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Charlene McKenna

Acting Born Mar 26, 1984 Glaslough, County Monaghan, Ireland 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Peaky Blinders

as Laura McKee

Peaky Blinders

as Captain Swing

Skins

as Maddie

Merlin

as Lamia

Ripper Street

as Rose Erskine

New Girl

as Caroline Braden

Full filmography

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