---
name: "Charlene McKenna"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charlene-mckenna"
fi1m_id: "charlene-mckenna"
imdb_id: "nm1800670"
tmdb_id: 17027
wikidata_id: "Q2957880"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 March 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T16:08:19.232285+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charlene McKenna

## Identity

Charlene McKenna

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charlene-mckenna
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charlene-mckenna
- **IMDb ID:** nm1800670
- **TMDB ID:** 17027
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2957880
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlene_McKenna, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2957880, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1800670/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17027

Actor. Born 26 March 1984 in Glaslough, County Monaghan, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 March 1984, Glaslough, County Monaghan, Ireland
- **Also known as:** Searlaoin Nic Chionaoith, Charlene Lee McKenna
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlene_McKenna, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2957880, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1800670/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17027

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ripper Street*](https://film.one/tv/ripper-street.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Charlene McKenna is an Irish actress. Born on 26 March 1984 in Glaslough, County Monaghan, she studied classical music and religious education at the Mater Dei Institute of Education in Dublin. She first gained prominence in Ireland with her role as Jennifer Jackson in the 2005 miniseries *Pure Mule*.

McKenna appeared in Irish television series including *Single-Handed 2* (2008), *Whistleblower* (2008) and *Raw* (2008–2013) as Jojo Harte. For *Raw* she won the IFTA for Best Actress (Television), and for *Whistleblower* she received the Outstanding Actress in a Mini-Series award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival. She has appeared on British television as Rose Erskine in *Ripper Street* (2012–2016), Leah Liebermann in *Vienna Blood* (2019–present) and Laura McKee / Captain Swing in *Peaky Blinders* (2019–2022). She is married to actor Adam Rothenberg, whom she met on the set of *Ripper Street*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ripper Street* (2012), Fi1m 74, as Rose Erskine — [page](https://film.one/tv/ripper-street.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Greyhound of a Girl* (2023), as Tansey (voice)
- *Clean Sweep* (2023), series, as Shelly Mohan
- *Holding* (2022), series, as as Evelyn Ross
- *Bloodlands* (2021), series, as DS Niamh McGovern
- *Vienna Blood* (2019), series, as Leah Liebermann
- *Death and Nightingales* (2018), series, as Mercy Boyle
- *Stan Lee's Lucky Man* (2016), series, as Clare Cartmell
- *Boogaloo and Graham* (2014), as Mutter
- *Ghosts* (2014), as Regina Engstrand
- *Peaky Blinders* (2013), series, as Laura McKee, Captain Swing — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/peaky-blinders.md)
- *Skins: Pure* (2013), as Maddie
- *Ripper Street* (2012), series, as Rose Erskine — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/ripper-street.md)
- *Jump* (2012), as Marie
- *Inn Mates* (2010), as Maisie
- *Misfits* (2009), series, as Shannon — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md)
- *A Boy Called Dad* (2009), as Nia
- *Being Human* (2009), series, as Josie
- *Merlin* (2008), series, as Lamia
- *Raw* (2008), series, as Jojo Harte
- *Whistleblower* (2008), series, as Karen
- *Dorothy Mills* (2008), as Mary McMahon
- *The Old Curiosity Shop* (2007), as The Marchioness
- *Kitchen* (2007), as Kirsty Dunne
- *Middletown* (2007), as Adele
- *Kitchen* (2007), series, as Kirsty Dunne
- *Skins* (2007), series, as Maddie — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Small Engine Repair* (2006), as Melanie
- *Breakfast on Pluto* (2005), as Caroline Braden
- *Pure Mule* (2005), series, as Jennifer Jackson
- *West the Road*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Charlene McKenna](https://film.one/media/person/6792958/gallery-4785b610612f.jpg) Charlene McKenna — Thierry Caro, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Charlene_McKenna_%282008%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Carice van Houten, Charlene McKenna et Sean Stewart à l'avant-première de Dorothy diffusée à l'UGC Ciné Cité Bercy, à Paris. (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/6792958/gallery-94d82d22761a.jpg) Carice van Houten, Charlene McKenna et Sean Stewart à l'avant-première de Dorothy diffusée à l'UGC Ciné Cité Bercy, à Paris. (2008) — Thierry Caro, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Houten-McKenna-Stewart-Dorothy.JPG/1280px-Houten-McKenna-Stewart-Dorothy.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/charlene-mckenna