
Charlene McKenna
Acting • Born 1984-03-26
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.
Filmography
28 credits
Breakfast on Pluto
Movie • 2005
Caroline Braden

Small Engine Repair
Movie • 2006
Melanie

Dorothy Mills
Movie • 2008
Mary McMahon

Jump
Movie • 2012
Marie

Kitchen
Movie • 2007
Kirsty Dunne

Boogaloo and Graham
Movie • 2014
Mutter

The Old Curiosity Shop
Movie • 2007
The Marchioness

Middletown
Movie • 2007
Adele

Ghosts
Movie • 2014
Regina Engstrand

Inn Mates
Movie • 2010
Maisie

Bloodlands
TV • 2021
DS Niamh McGovern

Skins
TV • 2007
Maddie

Pure Mule
TV • 2005
Jennifer Jackson

Ripper Street
TV • 2012
Rose Erskine

Raw
TV • 2008
Jojo Harte

Stan Lee's Lucky Man
TV • 2016
Clare Cartmell

Misfits
TV • 2009
Shannon

Holding
TV • 2022
as Evelyn Ross

Peaky Blinders
TV • 2013
Laura McKee

Peaky Blinders
TV • 2013
Captain Swing

Whistleblower
TV • 2008
Karen

Death and Nightingales
TV • 2018
Mercy Boyle

Bring the Drama
TV • 2024
Self

Clean Sweep
TV • 2023
Shelly Mohan

Vienna Blood
TV • 2019
Leah Liebermann

Merlin
TV • 2008
Lamia

Being Human
TV • 2009
Josie

Kitchen
TV • 2007
Kirsty Dunne