Shirley Henderson

Shirley Henderson Movies / Drama

• 24 Hour Party People [3 November 2004 (France)]

  Bridget gets uncomfortable in her relationship with Mark after learning that he is averse to change and holds traditional values when it comes to voting. She also struggles to deal with her new boss.

• American Cousins [4 September 2004]

  She is the bored wife of British politician Anthony. At a dinner party, she meets him, a Lebanese exile who, a professional in his own land, works in London as a cook. Fascinated by him, the two start a torrid affair but their cultural and political differences begin to drive a wedge into their happiness.

• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason [24 May 2006 (France)]

  In 1770, Marie Antoinette, an Austrian archduchess, weds a French royal. Pressured to bear an heir to the French throne, she is all at ease at the royal court and unready for a gory anti-royal revolt.

• Bridget Jones's Diary [25 April 2003 (India)]

  A house-elf warns Harry against returning to Hogwarts, but he decides to ignore it. When students and creatures at the school begin to get petrified, Harry finds himself surrounded in mystery.

• Dirty Filthy Love [18 January 2013 (United Kingdom)]

  The story of four children separated from their father, and a wife separated from her husband. The father Ian is in prison. The mother Karen has to bring up a family of four children by herself. Filmed over a period of five years, this film uses the repetitions and rhythms of everyday life to explore how a family can survive a prolonged period apart.

• Everyday [27 January 2006 (United Kingdom)]

  Thriller set in Morecambe Bay. Kath is a a fishery worker in a small seaside town. Still haunted by the disappearance of her sister Annie two years previously, Kath refuses to move on, even when police investigations wind down and her counsellor tries to persuade her to accept her loss. Convinced that she has spotted Annie in an old piece of CCTV footage, she becomes ever more obsessed with finding her sister.… MORE

• In Secret [29 December 2000 (New York)]

  A man who sells his wife and daughter to get ahead in business becomes immensely rich and successful. Twenty years later, when he is an accomplished gold miner, his past comes calling.

• May Contain Nuts (2009) [7 December 1997]

  A working-class Scotswoman (Sharon Small) tries to save her deeply indebted friend (Shirley Henderson) from loan sharks.

• Meek's Cutoff [27 January 2006 (USA)]

  A dramatisation of the novel `The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman' by Laurence Sterne. Tristram Shandy guides us through the epic tale of his life and opinions, chopping back and forth in time, commenting on his tale as he tells it.

• Never Steady, Never Still [21 August 1999 (Taiwan)]

  An intimate portrait of three generations of one family during a weekend in London. As boisterous "Bonfire Night" celebrations are held in the chilly November weather, the family members and those closest to them find their paths intersecting and their ties evolving. While the setting is specific and contemporary, the concerns are universal and eternal: love, loss, mortality, the family ties that bind, parenting, and a yearning for contentment in this world.… MORE

• Once Upon a Time in the Midlands [5 April 1995 (New York)]

  Rob Roy tries to transform his small town to a better place, by borrowing money to buy and herd cattle. When the money is stolen, he is forced to play Robin Hood.

• Rob Roy [September 2015 (Canada)]

  A tender and heart-breaking story of a physically disabled mother and discontent son- each alienated from their world and struggling to manage in the face of grief, guilt and chronic disease.

• Salt on Our Skin [2003]

  An ambitious journalist (Kevin McKidd) re-evaluates his life when he learns his mother (Lindsay Duncan) is dying of ovarian cancer.

• Set Fire to the Stars [February 2002]

  Dr. Michael Strother (Goran Visnjic) is a hypnotherapist with a potentially hazardous telepathic gift. In the middle of treating Police Detective Janet Losey (Shirley Henderson), Dr. Strother has a psychic viewing of a young girl drowning. He then discovers that the girl in his vision is the escaped victim of a crazed murderer. When he tries to take action, teaming up with Losey to catch the serial killer, he becomes caught in a dangerous web of intrigue and ritual homicide.… MORE

• Stan & Ollie [23 February 1996 (Ireland)]

  Renton is a drug addict who tries to mend his ways by moving to London and starting life afresh. He, however, is pulled back into the world of addiction by his friends.

• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Episode IX) [2015 (United Kingdom)]

  A social worker helps a young female offender who has a remarkable voice recognize her potential.

• The Gruffalo's Child [30 April 2015 (Russia)]

  In 1950, John Brinnin invited the highly acclaimed and infamous Welshman Dylan Thomas to New York for a series of poetry readings, touring around the most prestigious college campuses of the United States.

• The Look of Love [December 2011 (USA)]

  After learning about the Big Bad Mouse, Gruffalo's daughter chooses to ignore her father's warnings and embarks on a journey to find the creature in the dangerously cold winter.

• The Nutcracker in 3D [26 September 2004 (United Kingdom)]

  A mentally ill architect (Michael Sheen) struggles to get his life in order after losing his job and his wife.

• Topsy-Turvy [29 August 2003 (Ireland)]

  Comedy in which a series of coincidences and haphazard relationships unite a small group of people living in Dublin.

• Treasure Island [29 March 2007]

  A bride (Michelle Gomez) and three friends (Shirley Henderson, Shauna Macdonald) find their lives turned upside down as the important day approaches.

• Urban Hymn [6 February 2014 (Los Angeles)]

  A woman (Elizabeth Olsen) and her lover (Oscar Isaac) conspire to murder her mild-mannered husband (Tom Felton), but overwhelming guilt soon turns their passion into hatred.

• Villa des Roses [24 November 2010 (Canada)]

  Mary, her brother Max and her new toy-friends must do whatever it takes to save her nutcracker NC from the clutches of the evil rat king who paralyses NC and wants to take over the world.

• Wedding Belles [11 June 2009]

• Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself [8 April 2011 (USA)]

  During the 1840s, six settlers and their guide are caught in a dangerous situation: They are lost, food and water are running out, and the surrounding desert threatens to claim them all. Meanwhile, their guide, Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood), refuses to acknowledge that they may be several weeks off-course. When a Native American (Rod Rondeaux) is captured, Emily Tetherow (Michelle Williams), one of the settlers, shields him from Meek's wrath, and he offers to lead the group to water in return.… MORE

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