Shirley Henderson Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Shirley Henderson (born 24 November 1965) is a Scottish actress. She is perhaps best known for her film roles as Gail in Trainspotting (1996), Jude in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). Her other films include Topsy-Turvy (1999), Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Frozen (2005) and Anna Karenina (2012). On television from 1995-1997, she starred opposite Robert Carlyle in the BBC series Hamish Macbeth. In 2014, she received a BAFTA TV Award nomination for the Channel 4 miniseries Southcliffe (2013).
American scripts are usually non-stop conversation. People talking over each other. I like that.
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I like doom and gloom with a sense of humour. Maybe it's a Scottish thing, we like to undercut indulgence with a laugh.
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I spend plenty of time in London and it doesn't scare me, but it's a lonely place, even if you've got friends there. My job takes me all around the world, meeting lots of interesting people. But I think if I couldn't get home, if I couldn't get back to what I consider my real life I'd be frightened.
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When I'm doing theatre, I feel like my life's on hold. Even though you might go out for a coffee, or go and see a film, your brain is still there, pulling you back to it.
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I daydream all the time, and I like that quality.
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I never get the tall, blonde, glamorous roles because I'm not tall, blonde and glamorous. I'm more the wee, disturbing characters because of the way I look or sound.
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It's odd, because I used to see pictures, on telly or wherever, of what I now know to be Shaftesbury Avenue and I used to wonder what that amazing street with all the lights was. Well, now I know. I think when you get a wee taste of something, it maybe isn't what you thought it was.
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It's such a stress always trying to get bigger houses and larger cars and better schools. Of course, parents want to give their children the best opportunities in life, but sometimes that can stifle them.
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Youth makes you brave, I suppose. When you're young, you make a fool of yourself all the time. Because of all the rejections and the criticism you get all the time, there has to be a drive there.
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I'm always nervous taking on a period role because it's difficult to research - you can't observe it, go out and see it. But it's satisfying because eventually you think, 'I got there.'
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Children don't just play any more - they're far too busy learning to fence and taking extra French classes. In the end, you're actually doing more damage to your children by trying to hot-house them. It's far better to remain a calm parent.
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Filming is long - you get very tired, and your skin breaks out and you get lumps and bumps. It's easier if you're allowed to have bags under your eyes.
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You suddenly find yourself somewhere and you wonder, how did I get in this room? That happens to me all the time, every day!
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I don't have children, but we all want to protect whatever we love in life.
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I wasn't frightened of people, but I didn't have a clue about the adult world.
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I'm not going to get an Oscar at 30 - that's done. So I'll think of something else.
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I don't know what I'd do if I had to look pretty all the time.
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There is such pressure on kids these days to be the best at everything.
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Has acted in both the Harry Potter and Doctor Who franchise.
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Currently filming Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, a film with Amy Adams, Ciaran Hinds and Mark Strong. [April 2007]
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Filming 'Wedding Belles' for Channel 4 Films, written by Irvine Welsh. [October 2006]
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Just finished filming on the comedy I Really Hate My Job, in which she plays one of the five leads, and is currently preparing for her role in Master of Lies, which is in pre-production. [September 2006]
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Just finished a new short film up in Scotland called Ma Boy and a guest appearance on Doctor Who. [April 2006]
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Currently filming May Contain Nuts, a two-part comedy drama for ITV1 with Sophie Thompson. The Tiger Aspect production is shooting around London till November for a 2008 release. [October 2007]
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Graduated from the Guildhall of Music and Drama (London) in 1986.
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She is the only actress to have won Best Actress at Cherbourg-Octeville twice.
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In 2006 she won Best Actress at the Cherbourg International Film Festival for Frozen (2004).
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In 2005 she was awarded Best Actress in a Scottish Film by the BAFTA Awards Scotland for Frozen (2004).
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In 2003 she won a British Supporting Actress of the Year nomination at the London Film Critics Circle for Twenty-four Hour Party People (2002).
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In 2003 she won a nomination for the Bowmore/Scottish Screen/Sunday Times Actress of the Year for Twenty-four Hour Party People (2002), Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002), Villa des Roses (2002) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002).
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In 2002 she was named Most Deserving Actor by The Scotsman newspaper for Twenty-four Hour Party People (2002), Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002), Villa des Roses (2002) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002).
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In 2002 she won a nomination for the Bowmore/Scottish Screen/Sunday Times Actress of the Year for The Claim (2000) and Bridget Jones's Diary (2001).
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In 2001 she won a nomination for the Bowmore/Scottish Screen/Sunday Times Actress of the Year for Wonderland (1999) and Topsy-Turvy (1999).
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In 2003 she won the Silver Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival for Fishy (2003).
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In 2004 she won Best Comedy Actress at the Newport Beach Film International Film Festival for American Cousins (2003).
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In 2004 she won the Bowmore/Scottish Screen/Sunday Times Actress of the Year for American Cousins (2003), intermission (2003) and Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002).
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In 2004 she won a Best Scottish Actor nomination at the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards.
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In 2005 she was runner-up for Best Actress at the Film de Femmes Creteil for Frozen (2004).
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In 2005 she won Best Actress at the Marrakech International Film Festival for Frozen (2004).
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In 2005 she was runner-up for the Golden Needle at the Seattle International Film Festival for Frozen (2004).
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In Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), she plays Jude, who is always in the ladies' room crying about her boyfriend; in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), she plays Moaning Myrtle, a young ghost who is always crying in the girls' room.
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Being age 35 at the time that she first played Moaning Myrtle, she is the oldest actor to play a Hogwarts student in the Harry Potter films.
performer: "Three Little Maids From School Are We from The Mikado" - uncredited
Topsy-Turvy
1999
performer: "Incantation" 1877, "But Soft... / Why, Where Be Oi?" 1877, "Three Little Maids from School Are We" 1885, "The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze" 1885
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The British Academy Scotland Awards
2014
TV Movie
Herself
56th BFI London Film Festival
2012
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The Making of I Really Hate My Job
2008
TV Movie
Herself
The Making of 'Charles II'
2003
TV Movie documentary
GMTV
2003
TV Series
Herself
24 Hour Party People: Manchester the Movie
2003
Video short
Herself
Det store lærred: Wilbur begår selvmord
2002
TV Short documentary
Herself / Alice
Good Morning... with Anne and Nick
1996
TV Series
Herself / Isobel Sutherland
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Doctor Who
2008
TV Series
Ursula Blake
The Cult of...
2008
TV Series documentary
Isobel Sutherland
Joy Division: Under Review
2006
Video documentary
Lindsey Wilson (uncredited)
Doctor Who Confidential
2006
TV Series documentary
Ursula Blake
Build a Scene
2003
Video documentary short
Moaning Myrtle (uncredited)
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
BAFTA Scotland Award
BAFTA Awards, Scotland
Best Actress - Television
Southcliffe (2013)
2006
Best Actress
Cherbourg-Octeville Festival of Irish & British Film
Frozen (2005)
2005
BAFTA Scotland Award
BAFTA Awards, Scotland
Best Actress in a Scottish Film
Frozen (2005)
2005
Special Mention
Créteil International Women's Film Festival
Frozen (2005)
2005
Best Actress
Marrakech International Film Festival
Frozen (2005)
2005
Angel Film Award
Monaco International Film Festival
Best Ensemble Cast
American Cousins (2003)
2004
Jury Award
Newport Beach Film Festival
Feature Film - Best Actress - Comedy
American Cousins (2003)
2003
Mademoiselle Ladubay Award
Angers European First Film Festival
Short Film
The Girl in the Red Dress (2005)
2003
Golden Wave
Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema
Best Actress (Meilleure Interprétation Féminine)
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
2003
Best Actress
Cherbourg-Octeville Festival of Irish & British Film
American Cousins (2003)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
BAFTA TV Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Supporting Actress
Southcliffe (2013)
2013
British Independent Film Award
British Independent Film Awards
Best Supporting Actress
Filth (2013)
2010
Gotham Independent Film Award
Gotham Awards
Best Ensemble Performance
Life During Wartime (2009)
2005
Chlotrudis Award
Chlotrudis Awards
Best Supporting Actress
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
2005
RTS Television Award
Royal Television Society, UK
Best Actor - Female
Dirty Filthy Love (2004)
2004
ALFS Award
London Critics Circle Film Awards
British Supporting Actress of the Year
Intermission (2003)
2003
British Independent Film Award
British Independent Film Awards
Best Supporting Actor/Actress
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
2003
ALFS Award
London Critics Circle Film Awards
British Supporting Actress of the Year
24 Hour Party People (2002)
2002
British Independent Film Award
British Independent Film Awards
Best Actress
Villa des roses (2002)
2002
RTS Television Award
Royal Television Society, UK
Best Actor - Female
The Way We Live Now (2001)
2001
ALFS Award
London Critics Circle Film Awards
British Supporting Actress of the Year
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Known for movies
Trainspotting (1996) as Gail
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) as Jude
Marie Antoinette (2006) as Aunt Sophie
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) as Moaning Myrtle
$6 Million
