The Shirley Henderson Page displays information about the Scottish actress who plays Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. There is a biography, links and Shirley Henderson pictures.

After graduating in 1986 Shirley Henderson embarked upon a stage career that included spells at the National Theatre under the direction of Peter Hall, the Royal Court, the Traverse, Hampstead, the Citizens, Shared Experience and most recently in Anna Weiss at the Whitehall Theatre under the direction of Michael Attenborough. Her first on-screen break saw her playing opposite Robert Carlyle in the popular TV series "Hamish Macbeth" (1995) which led to small roles in Rob Roy (1995) and Trainspotting (1996).

Shirley Henderson was cast in 2002'sHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Moaning Myrtle, the ghost of a young girl who haunts the toilets at Hogwarts. Being age 35 at the time that she played Myrtle, she is the oldest actor to play a Hogwarts student in the Harry Potter films. When asked how she felt about playing a character so much younger than herself, she said, "It's just how people see you. I think age doesn't come into acting. I think it's how you look, and how you look on screen, how your body's changing, how your face is developing, how each casting director sees you."

Amusingly her role in Harry Potter has brought comparisons to her part in Bridget Jones' Diary, where she played Jude, who is always in the ladies' room crying about her boyfriend. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Moaning Myrtle, spends all of her scenes crying in the girls' room. Shirley Henderson will reprise the role in the latest Harry Potter film, 'The Goblet of Fire'.

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