Charlene McKenna
Birthday
1984/03/26 (40 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Glaslough, County Monaghan, Ireland
Also know as
Searlaoin Nic Chionaoith, Charlene Lee 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.
Acting
(2005) Breakfast on Pluto
as Caroline Braden
(2006) Small Engine Repair
as Melanie
(2008) Dorothy Mills
as Mary McMahon
(2012) Jump
as Marie
(2007) Kitchen
as Kirsty Dunne
(2014) Boogaloo and Graham
as Mutter
(2007) The Old Curiosity Shop
as The Marchioness
(2006) Middletown
as ---
(2014) Ghosts
as Regina Engstrand
(2021) Bloodlands
as DS Niamh McGovern
(2007) Skins
as Maddie
(2005) Pure Mule
as Jennifer Jackson
(2012) Ripper Street
as Rose Erskine
(2008) Raw
as Jojo Harte
(2016) Stan Lee's Lucky Man
as Clare Cartmell
(2009) Misfits
as Shannon
(2022) Holding
as as Evelyn Ross
(2013) Peaky Blinders
as Laura McKee
(2013) Peaky Blinders
as Captain Swing
(2008) Whistleblower
as Karen
(2018) Death and Nightingales
as Mercy Boyle
(2024) Bring the Drama
as Self
(2023) Clean Sweep
as Shelly Mohan
(2019) Vienna Blood
as Leah Liebermann
(2008) Merlin
as Lamia
(2009) Being Human
as Josie