Acting

Charlene McKenna

Born 1984-03-26 · Glaslough, County Monaghan, Ireland

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.

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Bring the Drama
as Self
2024
A Greyhound of a Girl
as Tansey (voice)
2023
Clean Sweep
as Shelly Mohan
2023
Holding
as as Evelyn Ross
2022
Bloodlands
as DS Niamh McGovern
2021
Vienna Blood
as Leah Liebermann
2019
Death and Nightingales
as Mercy Boyle
2018
Stan Lee's Lucky Man
as Clare Cartmell
2016
Boogaloo and Graham
as Mutter
2014
Ghosts
as Regina Engstrand
2014
Peaky Blinders
as Laura McKee
2013
Peaky Blinders
as Captain Swing
2013
Skins: Pure
as Maddie
2013
Ripper Street
as Rose Erskine
2012
Jump
as Marie
2012
Inn Mates
as Maisie
2010
Misfits
as Shannon
2009
A Boy Called Dad
as Nia
2009
Being Human
as Josie
2009
Merlin
as Lamia
2008
Raw
as Jojo Harte
2008
Whistleblower
as Karen
2008
Dorothy Mills
as Mary McMahon
2008
The Old Curiosity Shop
as The Marchioness
2007
Kitchen
as Kirsty Dunne
2007
Middletown
as Adele
2007
Kitchen
as Kirsty Dunne
2007
Skins
as Maddie
2007
Small Engine Repair
as Melanie
2006
Breakfast on Pluto
as Caroline Braden
2005
Pure Mule
as Jennifer Jackson
2005
West the Road
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