Person
Charlene McKenna
Acting · Born 1984-03-26 · Glaslough, County Monaghan, Ireland
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
Peaky Blinders
Laura McKee
Skins
Maddie
Merlin
Lamia
Misfits
Shannon
Ripper Street
Rose Erskine
Being Human
Josie
Vienna Blood
Leah Liebermann
Stan Lee's Lucky Man
Clare Cartmell
Raw
Jojo Harte
Bloodlands
DS Niamh McGovern
Filmography
- 2024Bring the DramaSelf
- 2023A Greyhound of a GirlTansey (voice)
- 2023Clean SweepShelly Mohan
- 2022Holdingas Evelyn Ross
- 2021BloodlandsDS Niamh McGovern
- 2019Vienna BloodLeah Liebermann
- 2018Death and NightingalesMercy Boyle
- 2016Stan Lee's Lucky ManClare Cartmell
- 2014Boogaloo and GrahamMutter
- 2014GhostsRegina Engstrand
- 2013Peaky BlindersLaura McKee
- 2013Skins: PureMaddie
- 2012Ripper StreetRose Erskine
- 2012JumpMarie
- 2010Inn MatesMaisie
- 2009MisfitsShannon
- 2009Being HumanJosie
- 2008MerlinLamia
- 2008RawJojo Harte
- 2008WhistleblowerKaren
- 2008Dorothy MillsMary McMahon
- 2007The Old Curiosity ShopThe Marchioness
- 2007KitchenKirsty Dunne
- 2007MiddletownAdele
- 2007KitchenKirsty Dunne
- 2007SkinsMaddie
- 2006Small Engine RepairMelanie
- 2005Breakfast on PlutoCaroline Braden
- 2005Pure MuleJennifer Jackson
- —skins puremaddie
- —West the Road
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