Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 26, 1984
Place of Birth:
Glaslough, County Monaghan, Ireland
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Charlene McKenna
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | A Greyhound of a Girl | Tansey (voice) |
| 2014 | Boogaloo and Graham | Mutter |
| 2014 | Ghosts | Regina Engstrand |
| 2012 | Jump | Marie |
| 2010 | Inn Mates | Maisie |
| 2008 | Dorothy Mills | Mary McMahon |
| 2007 | Kitchen | Kirsty Dunne |
| 2007 | The Old Curiosity Shop | The Marchioness |
| 2007 | Middletown | Adele |
| 2006 | Small Engine Repair | Melanie |
| 2005 | Breakfast on Pluto | Caroline Braden |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bring the Drama | Self |
| 2023 | Clean Sweep | Shelly Mohan |
| 2022 | Holding | as Evelyn Ross |
| 2021 | Bloodlands | DS Niamh McGovern |
| 2019 | Vienna Blood | Leah Liebermann |
| 2018 | Death and Nightingales | Mercy Boyle |
| 2016 | Stan Lee's Lucky Man | Clare Cartmell |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders | Laura McKee |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders | Captain Swing |
| 2012 | Ripper Street | Rose Erskine |
| 2009 | Misfits | Shannon |
| 2009 | Being Human | Josie |
| 2008 | Raw | Jojo Harte |
| 2008 | Whistleblower | Karen |
| 2008 | Merlin | Lamia |
| 2007 | Skins | Maddie |
| 2005 | Pure Mule | Jennifer Jackson |