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Shirley Henderson is a Actor Ecossaise born on 24 november 1965
Shirley Henderson (born 24 November 1965) is a Scottish actress. She is perhaps best known for her film roles as Gail in Trainspotting (1996), Jude in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). Her other films include Topsy-Turvy (1999), Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Frozen (2005), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) and Anna Karenina (2012). On television from 1995-1997, she starred opposite Robert Carlyle in the BBC series Hamish Macbeth. In 2014, she received a BAFTA TV Award nomination for the Channel 4 miniseries Southcliffe (2013).
Enfant, elle découvre sa passion pour le chant et le théâtre, elle va rejoindre un cours d'art dramatique après l'école. Elle a fréquenté à l'âge de seize ans la Adam Smith College .
Elle déménage à l'âge de dix-sept ans à Londres, où elle étudiera pendant trois ans à la Guildhall School of Music and Drama, elle en sort diplômée en 1986.
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Shirley Henderson
Shirley Henderson (born 24 November 1965) is a Scottish actress. She is perhaps best known for her film roles as Gail in Trainspotting (1996), Jude in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). Her other films include Topsy-Turvy (1999), Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Frozen (2005), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) and Anna Karenina (2012). On television from 1995-1997, she starred opposite Robert Carlyle in the BBC series Hamish Macbeth. In 2014, she received a BAFTA TV Award nomination for the Channel 4 miniseries Southcliffe (2013).
Biography
Elle naît à Forres, dans le Moray en Ecosse mais grandit à Kincardine. Elle a trois sœurs plus jeunes.Enfant, elle découvre sa passion pour le chant et le théâtre, elle va rejoindre un cours d'art dramatique après l'école. Elle a fréquenté à l'âge de seize ans la Adam Smith College .
Elle déménage à l'âge de dix-sept ans à Londres, où elle étudiera pendant trois ans à la Guildhall School of Music and Drama, elle en sort diplômée en 1986.
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, 2h22Directed by J. J. Abrams
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, War, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Ian McDiarmid, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels
Roles Babu Frik (voice)
Rating63%
L'univers de Star Wars se déroule dans une galaxie qui est le théâtre d'affrontements entre les Chevaliers Jedi et les Seigneurs noirs des Sith, personnes sensibles à la Force, un champ énergétique mystérieux leur procurant des pouvoirs psychiques. Les Jedi maîtrisent le Côté lumineux de la Force, pouvoir bénéfique et défensif, pour maintenir la paix dans la galaxie. Les Sith utilisent le Côté obscur, pouvoir nuisible et destructeur, pour leurs usages personnels et pour dominer la galaxie.
Greed (2019)
Directed by Michael Winterbottom
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Steve Coogan, Isla Fisher, David Mitchell, Asa Butterfield, Sophie Cookson, Shirley Henderson
Roles Margaret
Rating57%
Une satire sur un homme avide d'argent et sa femme, qui est la seule personne capable de le comprendre.
Stan & Ollie (2019)
, 1h37Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy
Actors Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Nina Arianda, Susy Kane
Roles Lucille Hardy
Rating71%
Durant leur tournée de 1953 au Royaume-Uni, Stan Laurel et Oliver Hardy se rendent compte que leur popularité a décliné. Ils peinent à remplir de petits théâtres mais avec de la publicité ils parviennent à retrouver le succès et remplissent de grandes salles. Alors que les affaires semblent reprendre, Laurel apprend de son producteur que leur film sur Robin des Bois ne se fera pas, il cache la vérité à Hardy. Peu de temps après, la santé de Hardy commence à décliner.
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
, 1h57Directed by Danny Boyle
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime, Black comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Anjela Nedyalkova, Kelly Macdonald
Roles Gail
Rating71%
Vingt ans après avoir dérobé le butin de 16 000 £ à ses amis, Mark Renton quitte Amsterdam et retourne à Édimbourg. Il retrouve son ami Daniel "Spud" Murphy, toujours héroïnomane et en proie à des pulsions suicidaires. Il croise aussi à nouveau la route de Simon « Sick Boy » Williamson, qui vit de petites combines et tient désespérément le pub déserté de sa tante, le Port Sunshine, dans le quartier froid et pluvieux de Leith. De son côté, Francis Begbie purge une peine de 25 ans de prison. Lassé et furieux de voir ses demandes de libération refusées, il compte bien s'évader et prendre sa revanche sur Mark.
Okja (2017)
, 2hDirected by Bong Joon-ho
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films about pigs, Giant monster films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Eco-terrorism in fiction
Actors Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Byun Hee-bong, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito, Yoon Je-moon
Roles Jennifer
Rating73%
La société agro-alimentaire Mirando Corporation a mis au point une race de cochons génétiquement modifiés géants, ressemblant à des hippopotames et se comportant comme des chiens. Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton) qui dirige l’entreprise, s'étend surtout, lors d'une conférence de presse, sur les 26 premiers spécimens qui seront élevés dans la nature selon les traditions locales des différentes régions du monde où ils seront envoyés. Et dans dix ans, annonce-t-elle, une élection du plus beau cochon sera organisée.
Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
, 2h3Directed by Peter Cattaneo, Sharon Maguire
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Sally Phillips
Roles Jude
Rating64%
Bridget Jones a désormais la quarantaine et est redevenue célibataire. Séparée de Mark Darcy, elle se concentre sur sa carrière et sur ses amies, et délaisse sa vie amoureuse. Alors que tout va pour le mieux, Bridget rencontre Jack mais retrouve aussi Mark. Tout bascule lorsqu'elle apprend qu'elle est enceinte... mais de qui ?
Tale of Tales (2015)
, 2h5Directed by Matteo Garrone
Origin Italie
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror, Historical, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, Toby Jones, Shirley Henderson, Vincent Cassel, Massimo Ceccherini
Roles Imma
Rating63%
The Baroque stories manage to mix real and surreal with many metaphorical usages. Pentamerone was the first book of fairytales, written in the 1600s that has inspired many authors including the Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault.
Urban Hymn (2015)
Directed by Michael Caton-Jones
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime
Actors Shirley Henderson, Ian Hart, Letitia Wright, Steven Mackintosh, Caroline O'Neill, Shaun Parkes
Roles Kate Linton
Rating65%
Set against the backdrop of the 2011 England Riots, the film follows a neglected and volatile female offender, Jamie, who possesses an amazing singing voice and is torn between her loyalties toward her inspiring, unconventional care worker, Kate, and her possessive and volatile best friend, Leanne.
Set Fire to the Stars (2014)
, 1h37Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Kelly Reilly, Elijah Wood, Steven Mackintosh, Shirley Henderson, Kevin Eldon, Steve Speirs
Roles Shirley
Rating58%
In 1950 New York, Harvard graduate and aspiring poet John M. Brinnin (Elijah Wood) embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hero, acclaimed Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Celyn Jones).
Filth (2013)
, 1h37Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Imogen Poots, Joanne Froggatt, Eddie Marsan, Emun Elliott
Roles Bunty
Rating69%
Bruce Robertson is a Detective Sergeant in Edinburgh, Scotland who suffers from Borderline personality disorder; He is a scheming, manipulative, misanthropic man who spends his time indulging in drugs, alcohol, sexually abusive relationships, and "the games" — his euphemism for the myriad foul plots he hatches directed at workmates. Robertson also delights in systematically bullying and taking advantage of his mild-mannered friend Clifford Blades, a member of Robertson's masonic lodge whose wife, Bunty, he repeatedly prank calls and asks for phone sex.
The Look of Love (2013)
, 1h45Directed by Michael Winterbottom
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about pornography
Actors Stephen Fry, Anna Friel, Imogen Poots, Matt Lucas, Steve Coogan, Tamsin Egerton
Roles Rusty Humphries
Rating59%
The story opens in London in 1992. Paul Raymond (Steve Coogan) returns to his flat after attending the funeral of his daughter Debbie (Imogen Poots). Raymond plays a videotape of a TV programme he and Debbie took part in and reflects on their lives.
In Secret (2013)
, 1h46Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Tom Felton, Elizabeth Olsen, Mackenzie Crook, Lily Laight, Jessica Lange, Shirley Henderson
Roles Suzanne
Rating61%
In the lower echelons of 1860s Paris, Thérèse Raquin is a sexually repressed beautiful young woman trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille, having been forced into it by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. Thérèse spends her days confined behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching Madame play dominoes with an eclectic group. After she meets her husband's alluring friend Laurent LeClaire, she embarks on an illicit affair that leads to tragic consequences. Camille soon dies during an outing on the lake with Laurent and Therese, which is revealed to be their doing as Laurent physically beat Camille while he was in the water, causing him to drown. Madame Raquin finds it difficult to come to terms with her son's death and is incapacitated by a stroke. To escape being sentenced for murder, Laurent and Therese choose to take their own lives and they drink poison mixed with champagne, dying in front of Madame Raquin.
Anna Karenina (2012)
, 2h10Directed by Joe Wright
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about suicide
Actors Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alicia Vikander, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen
Roles Opera House Wife
Rating66%
In 1874 Imperial Russia, Prince Stephan "Stiva" Oblonsky's wife, Princess Daria "Dolly", surprises him cheating with their governess and banishes him from home. Stiva's sister, Anna Karenina, is a well off and liked socialite, living St. Petersburg with her elder husband, Count Alexei Karenin and their son, Seryozha travels to Moscow to persuade Dolly to forgive her unfaithful Stiva.
Everyday (2012)
, 1h46Directed by Michael Winterbottom
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors John Simm, Shirley Henderson, Laurence Richardson, Valerie Lilley, Peter Gunn
Roles Karen
Rating60%
, 3hDirected by Steve Barron
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Films about disabilities, L'Or
Actors Toby Regbo, Eddie Izzard, Rupert Penry-Jones, Daniel Mays, Philip Glenister, Donald Sutherland
Roles Meg Hawkins
Rating61%
Young Jim Hawkins (Toby Regbo) discovers a map to a legendary island of treasure belonging to the infamous Captain Flint (Donald Sutherland), and embarks on a journey abroad the ship Hispaniola to find it, however, the enigmatic Long John Silver (Eddie Izzard) and crew have other plans.