She found fame as the lead singer of British band Garbage, but now Shirley Manson is a fully-fledged actress, with a starring role in a major US TV series.

These tantalising photos show Manson, who stars in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, morphing from a disguise as a urinal into a terminator.

In the dramatic scenes that follow, her character is then seen killing an employee.

Don't look now: The employee is caught short by a shape-changing urinal

Hello there: Shirley's character Catherine Weaver emerges from the plumbing

The Scottish singer plays Catherine Weaver, the CEO of Cyberdyne, a cutting edge hi-tech company, in the spin-off of the Terminator movies which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. 

Shirley's role will be a series regular in the second season, due to air in the US later this autumn. Lena Headey stars as Sarah Connor in the show.

Surprise: Shirley makes an unlikely appearance in the bathroom

I'm going to get you: Shirley will play a regular character on the show

Seeing red: The flame-haired actress points the finger spearing her victim

The 41-year-old beauty is also due to release her debut solo album this year, as well as returning to the studio to work on Garbage's fifth album - their first record since last year's Greatest Hits collection.

The Only Happy When It Rains singer also appears on The Trouble I'm In, a track on former Bush singer Gavin Rossdale's forthcoming solo album, Wanderlust.

Popstar: Shirley came to fame as the lead singer of Scottish band Garbage