
Charlene McKenna
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Breakfast on Pluto
2005

Small Engine Repair
2006

Dorothy Mills
2008

Jump
2012

Kitchen
2007

Boogaloo and Graham
2014

The Old Curiosity Shop
2007

Middletown
2007

Ghosts
2014

Inn Mates
2010

A Greyhound of a Girl
2023

skins pure
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Skins: Pure
2013

Bloodlands
2021

Skins
2007

Pure Mule
2005

Ripper Street
2012

Raw
2008

Stan Lee's Lucky Man
2016

Misfits
2009

Holding
2022

Peaky Blinders
2013

Peaky Blinders
2013

Whistleblower
2008

Death and Nightingales
2018

Bring the Drama
2024

Clean Sweep
2023

Vienna Blood
2019

Merlin
2008

Being Human
2009

Kitchen
2007