Fiona Shaw
Age: N/A | From: County Cork, Ireland
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: County Cork, Ireland
Homepage: https://www.independenttalent.com/actors/fiona-shaw/
Movie Involvements: 45
TV Involvements: 21
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Agatha Christie's Marple
(2004) Miss Katherine Greenshaw
True Detective
(2014) Rose Aguineau
True Blood
(2008) Marnie Stonebrook
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
(2001) Petunia Dursley
Star Wars: Andor
(2022) Maarva Andor
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - Nominee
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(2002) Petunia Dursley
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(2004) Petunia DursleyActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jessie Oliver | |
| Grandmother | ||
| 2022 | Maarva Andor | |
| Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 2021 | Narrator | |
| 2020 | Elizabeth Philpot | |
| Margaret | ||
| Miss Harrison | ||
| 2019 | Ms. Broom | |
| Catherine Flynn | ||
| Emma Chambers | ||
| 2018 | Coleman | |
| Sido | ||
| Abby Borden | ||
| Carolyn Martens | ||
| 2017 | Anne Logan | |
| Kathrin Fitz | ||
| Mombi | ||
| 2016 | Marla Painter | |
| Counsellor | ||
| Madame Moncin | ||
| 2015 | Prime Minister (uncredited) | |
| 2014 | Hedwin (voice) | |
| N/A | ||
| Jean | ||
| Rose Aguineau | ||
| 2013 | Self | |
| Narrator | ||
| 2012 | N/A | |
| 2011 | Grandmother | |
| 2010 | Petunia Dursley | |
| Emilie Ashurst | ||
| Lady Gay Spanker | ||
| 2009 | Agatha | |
| N/A | ||
| 2008 | Marnie Stonebrook | |
| 2007 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Petunia Dursley | ||
| Judge Robinson | ||
| 2006 | Mrs. Ellen Douglas | |
| Ramona Linscott | ||
| 2005 | Fulvia | |
| Narrator | ||
| 2004 | Miss Katherine Greenshaw | |
| Petunia Dursley | ||
| 2002 | Petunia Dursley | |
| Herself | ||
| 2001 | Petunia Dursley | |
| Leontine | ||
| Frances O'Neil | ||
| 2000 | Marda Norton | |
| Hedda Hopper | ||
| Irma Prunesquallor | ||
| 1998 | Father | |
| Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo) | ||
| Mrs. Nugent | ||
| 1997 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Lydia | ||
| Richard II | ||
| 1996 | Mrs. Reed | |
| 1995 | Mrs. Croft | |
| Herself | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1993 | Novacek | |
| Lena | ||
| Pauline | ||
| Hedda Gabler | ||
| 1992 | Viola (voice) | |
| 1991 | Headley | |
| Gillian Savage | ||
| Hedda Gabler | ||
| Richard II | ||
| 1990 | Miss Lomax | |
| Self - Narrator (voice) | ||
| Isabel | ||
| 1989 | Dr. Eileen Cole | |
| 1985 | Sister Felicity | |
| N/A | ||
| Young Deirdre Walters | ||
| 1984 | Miss Morrison | |
| 1983 | Elspeth | |
| 1956 | Self - Nominee | |
| Aphra Ben | ||
| Kit | ||
| Rose Papastergiadis | ||
| Ms. Trapper (voice) | ||
| Countess Markievicz | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
