Biography
Shirley Henderson is a Scottish actress. She was born on 24 November 1965 in Forres, Moray, and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She began her career in theatre with the National Theatre and on television in the 1980s.
Henderson is known for her film roles as 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). She has voiced characters in the Star Wars franchise, including Anzellan Crew in The Mandalorian (2019–2023) and Babu Frik in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
Her other credits include Hamish Macbeth (1995–97), Happy Valley (2016), Okja (2017) and Stan & Ollie (2018). She won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Girl from the North Country (2018). Recent work includes voicing Ooooo in Elio (2025), playing Claire Marsh in Dept. Q (2025) and The Anzellans in The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026).
