Charlene McKenna
Born: 1984-03-26 in Glaslough, County Monaghan, Ireland
Known For: Acting
Biography
Charlene Lee McKenna (Irish: Searlaoin Nic Chionaoith; born March 26, 1984) is an Irish actress. She became a household name in Ireland after starring as Jennifer Jackson in the miniseries Pure Mule (2005). She appeared on Irish television in Single-Handed 2 (2008), Whistleblower (2008), and Raw (2008–2013). For Raw, she won Best Actress (Television) at the Irish Film & Television Awards, and for Whistleblower, she won Outstanding Actress in a Mini-Series at the Monte Carlo Television Festival.
Filmography
2024
- Bring the Drama as Self
2023
- A Greyhound of a Girl as Tansey (voice)
- Clean Sweep as Shelly Mohan
2022
- Holding as as Evelyn Ross
2021
- Bloodlands as DS Niamh McGovern
2019
- Vienna Blood as Leah Liebermann
2018
- Death and Nightingales as Mercy Boyle
2016
- Stan Lee's Lucky Man as Clare Cartmell
2014
- Ghosts as Regina Engstrand
- Boogaloo and Graham as Mutter
2013
- Peaky Blinders as Laura McKee
2012
- Ripper Street as Rose Erskine
- Jump as Marie
2010
- Inn Mates as Maisie
2009
- Misfits as Shannon
- Being Human as Josie
2008
- Merlin as Lamia
- Dorothy Mills as Mary McMahon
- Raw as Jojo Harte
- Whistleblower as Karen
2007
- Skins as Maddie
- Kitchen as Kirsty Dunne
- Middletown as Adele
- The Old Curiosity Shop as The Marchioness
- Kitchen as Kirsty Dunne
2006
- Small Engine Repair as Melanie
2005
- Breakfast on Pluto as Caroline Braden
- Pure Mule as Jennifer Jackson