Shirley Henderson Biography

Fast Facts

• Spotted singing in a talent competition as a teen while on a family holiday, which led to her playing gigs at local working men's clubs, singing the likes of Abba, The Carpenters and Barbara Streisand
• Made her breakthrough in 1995 in British comedy drama Hamish Macbeth
• Played the role of a 14-year-old ghost, Moaning Myrtle, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets at the age of 35, making her the oldest actor to play a Hogwarts student
• Was the first actress to have won the Best Actress award at the Cherbourg-Octeville Festival of Irish and British Film twice
• Frequently collaborates with British director Michael Winterbottom