Shirley Henderson

Shirley Henderson

Actor (b. 1965)
18
Movies
72.3%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Audiences rate Shirley Henderson’s films higher than 57% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

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Frequent Collaborators

Renée Zellweger (3)Colin Firth (3)Jim Broadbent (3)Gemma Jones (3)Sally Phillips (3)
i How is this score calculated?

The ThumbScore for Shirley Henderson (72.3%) is the average audience approval rating across 18 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Shirley's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

Shirley Henderson (born 24 November 1965) is a Scottish actress. Her accolades include two Scottish BAFTAs, a VFCC Award and an Olivier Award, and BAFTA, BIFA, London Critics' Circle, Chlotrudis, Gotham, and Canadian Screen Award nominations. Henderson's film roles include Gail in Trainspotting (1996) and its 2017 sequel, Jude in the Bridget Jones films (2001–2025), and Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). Her other notable credits include Rob Roy (1995), Wonderland (1999), Topsy-Turvy (1999), 24 Hour Party People (2002), Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002), Intermission (2003), American Cousins (2003), Frozen (2005), Marie Antoinette (2006), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), Life During Wartime (2009), Meek's Cutoff (2010), Anna Karenina (2012), Filth (2013), Okja (2017), Never Steady, Never Still (2017), and Stan & Ollie (2018). Henderson starred as Isobel Sutherland in the BBC series Hamish Macbeth (1995–97) and played Frances Drummond in the BBC drama Happy Valley (2016). She was nominated for RTS Awards for the BBC miniseries The Way We Live Now (2001) and the ITV television film Dirty Filthy Love (2004), and received a BAFTA nomination for her portrayal of Claire Salter in the Channel 4 miniseries Southcliffe (2013). She won the 2018 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Elizabeth in the original Old Vic production of Girl from the North Country. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shirley Henderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born 1965-11-24 in Forres, Morayshire, Scotland.

On ThumbScore, Shirley Henderson appears in 18 films with an average audience score of 72.3%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Shirley Henderson movie, ranked by audience score

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
👍 86%
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary
2001
👍 85%
I Swear
I Swear
2025
👍 83%
24 Hour Party People
24 Hour Party People
2002
👍 83%
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
2006
👍 80%
Bridget Jones's Baby
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016
👍 78%
T2 Trainspotting
T2 Trainspotting
2017
👍 72%
Stan & Ollie
Stan & Ollie
2018
👍 72%
Topsy-Turvy
Topsy-Turvy
1999
👍 72%
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
2008
👍 71%
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
2002
👍 71%
Rob Roy
Rob Roy
1995
👍 68%
Meek's Cutoff
Meek's Cutoff
2011
👍 68%
Intermission
Intermission
2003
👍 67%
A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story
2005
👍 67%
The Claim
The Claim
2000
👍 64%
The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker
2010
👍 58%
Tale of Tales
Tale of Tales
2015
👍 56%