Cast & creator
Charlene McKenna
Best known for Peaky Blinders, Peaky Blinders, Skins
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.
Also known as: Searlaoin Nic Chionaoith, Charlene Lee McKenna
14
film credits
18
television credits
32
2005–2024 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (32)
Showing 32 of 32 credits
Peaky Blinders
Laura McKee
2013Peaky Blinders
Captain Swing
2013
Skins
Maddie
2007
Merlin
Lamia
2008
Vienna Blood
Leah Liebermann
2019
Ripper Street
Rose Erskine
2012
Misfits
Shannon
2009
Being Human
Josie
2009
Stan Lee's Lucky Man
Clare Cartmell
2016
Bloodlands
DS Niamh McGovern
2021
Raw
Jojo Harte
2008
Breakfast on Pluto
Caroline Braden
2005
Clean Sweep
Shelly Mohan
2023
Pure Mule
Jennifer Jackson
2005
Death and Nightingales
Mercy Boyle
2018
Holding
as Evelyn Ross
2022
Dorothy Mills
Mary McMahon
2008
A Greyhound of a Girl
Tansey (voice)
2023
Kitchen
Kirsty Dunne
2007
Bring the Drama
Self
2024
The Old Curiosity Shop
The Marchioness
2007
Skins: Pure
Maddie
2013
Middletown
Adele
2007
Jump
Marie
2012
A Boy Called Dad
Nia
2009
Whistleblower
Karen
2008
Small Engine Repair
Melanie
2006West the Road
Boogaloo and Graham
Mutter
2014
Ghosts
Regina Engstrand
2014Kitchen
Kirsty Dunne
2007Inn Mates
Maisie
2010