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Acting

Shirley Henderson

Career: Active from 1987 to 2026, busiest in 2005 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 31
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: I Swear
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 75 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Shirley Henderson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.3, average 4.8
Violence
3.2, average 4.1
Scare
1.7, average 2.6
Tech & Humanity
1.0, average 1.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 4
Literary Adaptation 4
Dark Comedy 3
Ensemble Cast 3
Character-Driven 3
Social Satire 3
Period Drama 3
Emotional Catharsis 2
Historical Setting 2
Psychological Drama 2
Psychological Tension 2
Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

102

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

15 titles · average score 61

Glenrothan

34

as Jess

The Mandalorian and Grogu

62

as The Anzellans (voice)

I Swear

84

as Heather

Summerwater

42

TV show · as Annie

Elio

71

as Ooooo (voice)

Dept. Q

79

TV show · as Claire Marsh

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

72

as Jude

The Trouble with Jessica

50

as Sarah

Tom Jones

50

TV show · as Aunt Western

The House Across the Street

50

TV show · as Claudia

Lovely Little Farm

TV show · as Quackety Duck Duck (voice)

See How They Run

65

as Agatha Christie

2010s

35 titles · average score 63

Greed

51

as Margaret

Stan & Ollie

78

as Lucille Hardy

T2 Trainspotting

73

as Gail

Never Steady, Never Still

59

as Judy

Tale of Tales

70

as Imma

Urban Hymn

62

as Kate Linton

In Secret

49

as Suzanne

Southcliffe

77

TV show · as Claire Salter

Everyday

52

as Karen

The Gruffalo's Child

68

as The Gruffalo's Child (voice)

The Crimson Petal and the White

70

TV show · as Mrs Emmeline Fox

Life During Wartime

61

as Joy Jordan

2000s

35 titles · average score 65

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

70

as Edythe Dubarry

I Really Hate My Job

38

as Alice

ShakespeaRe-Told

76

TV show · as Kate Minola

Frozen

57

as Kath

Dirty Filthy Love

71

as Charlotte

Doctor Who

78

TV show · as Ursula Blake

A Cock and Bull Story

73

as Susannah / Shirley Henderson

Fishy

as Glenda Sands

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

72

as Alice

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands

56

as Shirley

Doctor Sleep

41

as Janet Losey

24 Hour Party People

80

as Lindsay

1990s

11 titles · average score 68

Wonderland

68

as Debbie

Topsy-Turvy

81

as Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum)

Speak Like a Child

as Woman in Dream (uncredited)

Bumping the Odds

as Lynette

Trainspotting

86

as Gail

Hamish Macbeth

51

TV show · as Isobel Sutherland

Rob Roy

67

as Morag

Salt on Our Skin

63

as Mary

Dreaming

as Pauline McPherson

Clarissa

60

TV show · as Sally

The Advocates

TV show · as Andrea

1980s

5 titles · average score 70

Wish Me Luck

74

TV show · as Sylvie Schneider

Shadow of the Stone

TV show · as Elizabeth Finlay

Casualty

62

TV show · as Denise

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Pauline McPherson

The Bill

77

TV show · as Kelly Rogers

1970s

1 title · average score 79

NOVA

79

TV show · as Mileva Maric