Fiona Shaw
Fiona Shaw
Biography
Fiona Shaw (born Fiona Mary Wilson, 10 July 1958) is an Irish film and theatre actress. She did extensive work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, as well as in film and television. In 2020, she was listed at No. 29 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. She was made an Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2001. She won both the 1990 and 1994 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress for roles in the plays Electra, As You Like It, The Good Person of Szechwan (1990), and Machinal (1994) and received a further three Olivier Award nominations for her roles in Mephisto (1986), Hedda Gabler (1992), and Happy Days (2008). She made her Broadway debut playing the title role in Medea (2002), for which she earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She returned to Broadway in the Colm Tóibín play The Testament of Mary (2013). In film, she played Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2010). Other notable film roles include My Left Foot (1989), Persuasion (1995), Jane Eyre (1996), The Tree of Life (2011), Colette (2018), Ammonite (2020), and Enola Holmes (2020). Her television roles include Hedda Hopper in the HBO film RKO 281 (1999) and Marnie Stonebrook in the HBO series True Blood (2011). She played Carolyn Martens in the BBC series Killing Eve (2018–22), for which she received the 2019 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. For her role as a counsellor in Fleabag (2019), she received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series nomination. She starred in the BBC One series Baptiste (2021) and the Disney+ series Andor (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Manny Jacinto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
102
Gender
Female
Birthday
1958-07-10 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
County Cork, Ireland
Acting

2025

Echo Valley as Leslie Oliver

2025

Hot Milk as Rose

2025

Park Avenue as Kit

2024

IF as Grandmother

2024

That Christmas as Ms. Trapper (voice)

2022

Andor as Maarva Andor

2022

Bad Sisters as Angelica Collins

2022

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited)

2021

Russia vs. the World as Narrator

2020

Enola Holmes as Miss Harrison

2020

Ammonite as Elizabeth Philpot

2020

Kindred as Margaret

2020

Harry Potter and the Deathly Weapons as Petunia Dursley

2019

Baptiste as Emma Chambers

2019

Out of Innocence as Catherine Flynn

2019

The Christmas Letter as Ms. Broom

2018

Killing Eve as Carolyn Martens

2018

Colette as Sido

2018

Lizzie as Abby Borden

2018

Mrs Wilson as Coleman

2017

Emerald City as Mombi

2017

The Hippopotamus as Anne Logan

2016

Fleabag as Counsellor

2016

Channel Zero as Marla Painter

2016

Maigret as Madame Moncin

2016

The White King as Kathrin Fitz

2016

Maigret Sets A Trap as 曼森夫人

2015

Pixels as Prime Minister (uncredited)

2014

True Detective as Rose Aguineau

2014

Inside No. 9 as Jean

2014

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Hedwin (voice)

2013

The English Teacher as Narrator

2013

Muse of Fire as Self

2012

Shakespeare's Sonnets as Not available

2011

The Tree of Life as Grandmother

2010

We Believed as Emilie Ashurst

2009

Dorian Gray as Agatha

2009

Creating the World of Harry Potter as Self - 'Petunia Dursley'

2009

Simon Schama's John Donne as Not available

2008

True Blood as Marnie Stonebrook

2007

Fracture as Judge Robinson

2007

Mitchell And Kenyon In Ireland as Narrator (voice)

2006

The Black Dahlia as Ramona Linscott

2006

Catch and Release as Mrs. Ellen Douglas

2005

Empire as Fulvia

2005

Ebb and Flo as Narrator

2004

Agatha Christie's Marple as Miss Katherine Greenshaw

2002

Great Britons as Herself

2001

The Triumph of Love as Leontine

2001

Mind Games as Frances O'Neil

2000

The Last September as Marda Norton

1997

Richard II as Richard II

1995

The Last Machine as Not available

1993

Undercover Blues as Novacek

1992

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Viola (voice)

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Monstrous Beauty as Aphra Ben

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The Stalemate as Not available

2002

Doctor Sleep as Lebourg

2000

RKO 281 as Hedda Hopper

2000

Gormenghast as Irma Prunesquallor

1998

The Avengers as Father

1998

The Butcher Boy as Mrs. Nugent

1998

Titanic Town as Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)

1997

Trial & Retribution as Not available

1997

Anna Karenina as Lydia

1997

Ruby as Self

1996

Jane Eyre as Mrs. Reed

1995

Persuasion as Mrs. Croft

1995

The Waste Land as Herself

1993

Super Mario Bros. as Lena

1993

Hedda Gabler as Hedda Gabler

1993

Maria's Child as Pauline

1992

Twelfth Night as Viola (voice)

1991

Performance as Hedda Gabler

1991

Performance as Richard II

1991

London Kills Me as Headley

1991

For the Greater Good as Gillian Savage

1990

Mountains of the Moon as Isabel

1990

3 Men and a Little Lady as Miss Lomax

1990

The Hand of Stalin as Self - Narrator (voice)

1989

The Simpsons as Mrs. McCormick (voice)

1985

Love Song as Young Deirdre Walters

1985

Theatre Night as Not available

1985

Sacred Hearts as Sister Felicity

1984

Sherlock Holmes as Miss Morrison

1983

Fireworks for Elspeth as Elspeth

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Nominee

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Pride & Prejudice as Lady Catherine de Bourg

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Ebb and Flo as Narrator

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The Rising: 1916 as Countess Markievicz

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Ladies First as Not available

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Sense and Sensibility as Mrs. Jennings

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Scotch Verdict as Not available
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