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Fiona Shaw

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Fiona Shaw

EN, ZH, RU, IT cinema · 69 credits

Born

10 July 1958 (age 68)

Birthplace

Cobh, County Cork, Ireland

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

Filmography

Monstrous Beauty poster

Monstrous Beauty

ENNot rated

as Aphra Ben

The Rising: 1916

The Rising: 1916

ENNot rated

as Countess Markievicz

The Stalemate

The Stalemate

ENNot rated

Actor

Maigret Sets A Trap poster

Maigret Sets A Trap

ZHNot rated

as 演员

Ladies First poster

Ladies First

EN · 20266.0

as Felicity Chase

Sense and Sensibility poster

Sense and Sensibility

EN · 20267.2

as Mrs. Jennings

The Education of Jane Cumming poster

The Education of Jane Cumming

EN · 2026Not rated

as Lady Cumming Gordon

Park Avenue poster

Park Avenue

EN · 20258.5

as Kit

Hot Milk poster

Hot Milk

EN · 20255.9

as Rose

Echo Valley poster

Echo Valley

EN · 20256.5

as Leslie Oliver

IF poster

IF

EN · 20246.9

as Grandmother

That Christmas poster

That Christmas

EN · 20247.2

as Ms. Trapper (voice)

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look poster

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

EN · 20227.6

as Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Russia vs. the World poster

Russia vs. the World

EN · 2021Not rated

as Narrator

Ammonite poster

Ammonite

EN · 20206.9

as Elizabeth Philpot

Enola Holmes poster

Enola Holmes

EN · 20207.2

as Miss Harrison

Kindred poster

Kindred

EN · 20205.5

as Margaret

Out of Innocence poster

Out of Innocence

EN · 20196.6

as Catherine Flynn

The Christmas Letter poster

The Christmas Letter

EN · 20194.8

as Ms. Broom (voice)

Colette poster

Colette

EN · 20186.9

as Sido

Lizzie poster

Lizzie

EN · 20186.2

as Abby Borden

The Hippopotamus poster

The Hippopotamus

EN · 20176.3

as Anne Logan

The White King poster

The White King

EN · 20165.3

as Kathrin Fitz

Pixels poster

Pixels

EN · 20155.8

as Prime Minister (uncredited)

Great Poets: In Their Own Words poster

Great Poets: In Their Own Words

EN · 2014Not rated

as Self

The English Teacher poster

The English Teacher

EN · 20135.6

as Narrator

Muse of Fire poster

Muse of Fire

EN · 20136.5

as Self

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin poster

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

RU · 20139.0

Director

Shakespeare's Sonnets poster

Shakespeare's Sonnets

EN · 2012Not rated

Actor

The Tree of Life poster

The Tree of Life

EN · 20116.7

as Grandmother

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 poster

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

EN · 20107.7

as Petunia Dursley

National Theatre Live: London Assurance poster

National Theatre Live: London Assurance

EN · 20107.0

as Lady Gay Spanker

We Believed poster

We Believed

IT · 20106.6

as Emilie Ashurst

Dorian Gray poster

Dorian Gray

EN · 20096.0

as Agatha

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix poster

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

EN · 20077.7

as Petunia Dursley

Fracture poster

Fracture

EN · 20077.3

as Judge Robinson

Mitchell & Kenyon in Ireland poster

Mitchell & Kenyon in Ireland

EN · 2007Not rated

as Narrator (voice)

The Black Dahlia poster

The Black Dahlia

EN · 20065.6

as Ramona Linscott

Catch and Release poster

Catch and Release

EN · 20065.9

as Mrs. Ellen Douglas

Ebb and Flo

2005

Ebb and Flo

EN · 20058.0

as Narrator

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban poster

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

EN · 20048.0

as Petunia Dursley

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets poster

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

EN · 20027.7

as Petunia Dursley

Doctor Sleep poster

Doctor Sleep

EN · 20025.3

as Catherine Lebourg

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone poster

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

EN · 20017.9

as Aunt Petunia Dursley

The Triumph of Love poster

The Triumph of Love

EN · 20016.1

as Leontine

Mind Games poster

Mind Games

EN · 20016.2

as Frances O'Neil

The Last September poster

The Last September

EN · 20005.4

as Marda Norton

RKO 281 poster

RKO 281

EN · 19996.5

as Hedda Hopper

The Butcher Boy poster

The Butcher Boy

EN · 19986.8

as Mrs. Nugent

The Avengers poster

The Avengers

EN · 19984.4

as Father

Titanic Town poster

Titanic Town

EN · 19985.3

as Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)

Richard II poster

Richard II

EN · 19979.0

as Richard II

Anna Karenina poster

Anna Karenina

EN · 19976.1

as Lydia

Jane Eyre poster

Jane Eyre

EN · 19966.9

as Mrs. Reed

Persuasion poster

Persuasion

EN · 19957.2

as Mrs. Croft

The Waste Land poster

The Waste Land

EN · 199510.0

as Herself

Undercover Blues poster

Undercover Blues

EN · 19936.0

as Novacek

Maria's Child poster

Maria's Child

EN · 19933.3

as Pauline

Hedda Gabler poster

Hedda Gabler

EN · 19939.0

as Hedda Gabler

Super Mario Bros. poster

Super Mario Bros.

EN · 19934.5

as Lena

Twelfth Night poster

Twelfth Night

RU · 1992Not rated

as Viola (voice)

London Kills Me poster

London Kills Me

EN · 19915.9

as Headley

Mountains of the Moon poster

Mountains of the Moon

EN · 19906.6

as Isabel

3 Men and a Little Lady poster

3 Men and a Little Lady

EN · 19905.8

as Miss Lomax

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown poster

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

EN · 19897.5

as Dr. Eileen Cole

Love Song

1985

Love Song

EN · 1985Not rated

as Young Deirdre Walters

Sacred Hearts poster

Sacred Hearts

EN · 19854.8

as Sister Felicity

The Man Who Shot Christmas

1984

The Man Who Shot Christmas

EN · 198410.0

as Laura

Fireworks for Elspeth poster

Fireworks for Elspeth

EN · 1983Not rated

as Elspeth