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Aliases: ミシェル・フェアリー , 米歇尔·费尔利 , میشل فیرلی

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK

Homepage: https://cam.co.uk/talent/michelle-fairley/

Movie Involvements: 33

TV Involvements: 25


Most Famous Work

Biography

Michelle Fairley (born 11 July 1963) is an actress from Northern Ireland. She is best known for playing Catelyn Stark in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2013). She has since appeared in the USA Network series Suits (2013), the Fox series 24: Live Another Day (2014), the RTÉ miniseries Rebellion (2016), the science fiction series The Feed (2019), and the Sky Atlantic crime drama Gangs of London (2020–). Fairley was born in Coleraine to parents Brian and Teresa Fairley, the second eldest of six children. Her father was a popular publican, owner of Fairley's Bar and several off-licences, in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, but Fairley remembers both Catholics and Protestants frequenting the pub. Fairley appeared in a number of British television shows, including The Bill, Holby City and Casualty. Some of her earlier roles were as Cathy Michaels on ITV1's Inspector Morse in the episode titled "The Way Through The Woods" and as Nancy Phelan in Lovejoy in the episode 9 of Season 3 titled "Smoke Your Nose". She took over the role of Mrs. Granger from Heather Bleasdale (who had played Mrs. Granger in Chamber of Secrets) in the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows films. From 2011 to 2013, Fairley starred as Catelyn Stark (née Tully) in the first three seasons of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones, replacing Jennifer Ehle who played the character in the original, unaired, pilot episode. Fairley joined the cast of the USA Network series Suits for its third season, playing the recurring role of Dr. Ava Hessington, a chemical engineer and oil CEO accused of bribery, and after that, accused for murder. She played Margot Al-Harazi in 24: Live Another Day on Fox. Her film roles included The Invisible Woman (2013) and In the Heart of the Sea (2015). In 2014, Fairley was cast as Margaret Langston in the ABC TV Series Resurrection (2014-2015). In 2017, it was announced Fairley would appear in a revival of Jim Cartwright's play Road at the Royal Court Theatre In 2018, she played Cassius in Julius Caesar at the Bridge Theatre, alongside David Calder, David Morrissey and Ben Whishaw. In 2019, Fairley led the Virgin Media and Amazon Prime science fiction series The Feed as Meredith Hatfield. As of June 2020, Fairley stars as Marian Wallace in the Sky Atlantic crime drama Gangs of London. She starred as Millie in the 2021 film Nobody Has To Know alongside Bouli Lanners. In 2023, Fairley starred as Princess Augusta in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story on Netflix. She also contributed to The Gone a TVNZ and RTE coproduction.

Most Famous Work

Suits
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8

Suits

(2011) Ava Hessington
Game of Thrones
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8

Game of Thrones

(2011) Catelyn Stark
Midsomer Murders
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8

Midsomer Murders

(1997) Iris Holman
24
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8

24

(2001) Margot Al-Harazi
Casualty
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6

Casualty

(1986) Kate Maguire
Inspector Morse
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8

Inspector Morse

(1987) Cathy Michaels
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
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8
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
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8

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

(2023) Princess Augusta

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Hannah
Princess Augusta
2022 Millie
Grainne (voice)
2021 Narrator
2020 Max
Marian Wallace
2019 Kerry
Meredith Hatfield
Michelle
Self
2018 Intensive Care Nurse
Caius Cassius
2017 Margaret Beaufort
2016 Shelia
Dolly Butler
2015 Mrs. Nickerson
Freya Lennox
2014 Queen Igneous (voice)
DCI Rachel Jones
Shelagh
Margaret Langston
Joan De Vesci
2013 Caroline Graves
Sally Mitchell
Sophie Baines
2011 Ava Hessington
Catelyn Stark
2010 Mrs Granger
Rosie
Marya
Annie McNabb
2009 Louise Young
Ann Best
Mrs. Savery
2008 N/A
2005 Julia Harper
Sonia Venning
2001 Margot Al-Harazi
Mrs. Marlish
Phoebe
2000 Bernadette
Janice Mee
Aisling
1999 Pat
Pat
Frances
1998 Patricia
Miss O'Shaunessy
1997 Mrs, Fitzpatrick
N/A
N/A
Iris Holman
1996 Eleanor Delaney
Jean McBride
Kathy Cowan
1995 Roisin Donaghy
1994 N/A
1993 Nula O'Reilly
Fiona Gibbons
1992 N/A
1991 Jenny
1990 Teresa Doyle
1987 Cathy Michaels
Cleaner
1986 Kathy Emerick
Kate Maguire
Nancy Phelan
Michelle
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Year Character Movie/Tv

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