FrameThrower · Actors · Shirley Henderson
Shirley Henderson
13 films · 715 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1999–2019
Born 24 November 1965 · Forres, Morayshire, Scotland
Shirley Henderson is a Scottish actress. Her accolades include two Scottish BAFTAs, a VFCC Award and an Olivier Award, and BAFTA, BIFA, London Critics' Circle, Chlotrudis, Gotham, and Canadian Screen Award nominations.
Henderson's film roles include Gail in Trainspotting (1996) and its 2017 sequel, Jude in the Bridget Jones films (2001–2025), and Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).…
How their films are shot
Measured across 715 frames from the 13 films we hold. This is the look of the work Shirley takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 13 films we hold, 45% of their frames are day, 42% low key — the look of the work Shirley takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Stan & Ollie
2018 · Lucille Hardy
Everyday
2012 · Karen
Life During Wartime
2009 · Joy Jordan
Wonderland
1999 · Debbie
Greed
2019 · Margaret
T2 Trainspotting
2017 · Gail
Tale of Tales
2015 · Imma
The Look of Love
2013 · Rusty Humphries
Marie Antoinette
2006 · Aunt Sophie
A Cock and Bull Story
2005 · Susannah / Shirley Henderson
The Claim
2000 · Annie
Topsy-Turvy
1999 · Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum)
24 Hour Party People
· Lindsay
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 715 frames from Shirley Henderson's 13 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.