Charlene McKenna

Known for

Acting

Born

March 26, 1984 (age 42)

Birthplace

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.

Best known work

Peaky Blinders

2013

Skins

2007

Merlin

2008

Misfits

2009

Breakfast on Pluto

2005

Dorothy Mills

2008

Being Human

2009

Ripper Street

2012

Stan Lee's Lucky Man

2016

Vienna Blood

2019

Filmography

TBA
West the Road
2024
Bring the DramaTV
as Self (1 episode)
2023
A Greyhound of a Girl
as Tansey (voice)
2023
Clean SweepTV
as Shelly Mohan (6 episodes)
2022
HoldingTV
as as Evelyn Ross (4 episodes)
2021
BloodlandsTV
as DS Niamh McGovern (10 episodes)
2019
Vienna BloodTV
as Leah Liebermann (11 episodes)
2018
Death and NightingalesTV
as Mercy Boyle (3 episodes)
2016
Stan Lee's Lucky ManTV
as Clare Cartmell (1 episode)
2014
Boogaloo and Graham
as Mutter
2014
Ghosts
as Regina Engstrand
2013
Peaky BlindersTV
as Laura McKee (2 episodes), as Captain Swing (3 episodes)
2013
Skins: Pure
as Maddie
2012
Ripper StreetTV
as Rose Erskine (36 episodes)
2012
Jump
as Marie
2010
Inn Mates
as Maisie
2009
MisfitsTV
as Shannon (1 episode)
2009
A Boy Called Dad
as Nia
2009
Being HumanTV
as Josie (1 episode)
2008
MerlinTV
as Lamia (1 episode)
2008
RawTV
as Jojo Harte (30 episodes)
2008
WhistleblowerTV
as Karen (2 episodes)
2008
Dorothy Mills
as Mary McMahon
2007
The Old Curiosity Shop
as The Marchioness
2007
Kitchen
as Kirsty Dunne