Charlene McKenna

Charlene McKenna

40 · Born: Mar 26, 1984

Personal Details

Born Mar 26, 1984 Glaslough, County Monaghan, Ireland
Parents
  • Josephine McKenna
  • Brendan 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.

Career

2023
A Greyhound of a Girl
A Greyhound of a Girl as Tansey (voice)
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Clean Sweep
Clean Sweep as Shelly Mohan
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2022
Holding
Holding as as Evelyn Ross
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Peaky Blinders
Peaky Blinders as Captain Swing
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2021
Bloodlands
Bloodlands as DS Niamh McGovern
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2019
Vienna Blood
Vienna Blood as Leah Liebermann
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2018
Death and Nightingales
Death and Nightingales as Mercy Boyle
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2014
Boogaloo and Graham
Boogaloo and Graham as Mutter
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Ghosts
Ghosts as Regina Engstrand
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2013
Skins
Skins as Maddie
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2012
Jump
Jump as Marie
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Ripper Street
Ripper Street as Rose Erskine
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2011
Misfits
Misfits as Shannon
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2009
A Boy Called Dad
A Boy Called Dad as Nia
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2008
Dorothy Mills
Dorothy Mills as Mary McMahon
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Whistleblower
Whistleblower as Karen
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2007
Kitchen
Kitchen as Kirsty Dunne
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2006
Middletown
Middletown
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2005
Breakfast on Pluto
Breakfast on Pluto as Caroline Braden
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Pure Mule
Pure Mule as Jennifer Jackson
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