Fiona Shaw
Birthplace: County Cork
Born: 1958-07-10
Occupations recorded in source
actor; director; film actor; performing artist; stage actor
Biography from Wikipedia
Fiona Shaw (born Fiona Mary Wilson; 10 July 1958) is an Irish actress in screen and stage. 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 in 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, as well as two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. For her role as a counselor 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).
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Hot Milk (2025) — Rose
- IF (2024) — Grandmother
- That Christmas (2024) — Mrs. Trapper
- Ammonite (2020) — Elizabeth Philpot
- Enola Holmes (2020) — Miss Harrison
- Colette (2018) — Sido
- Lizzie (2018) — Abby Borden
- Maigret Sets a Trap (2016)
- Out of Innocence (2016) — Catherine Flynn
- The White King (2016) — Kathrin Fitz
- The Tree of Life (2011) — Großmutter
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010) — Petunia Dursley
- Dorian Gray (2009) — Agatha
- Fracture (2007) — Judge Robinson
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) — Aunt Petunia
- Catch and Release (2006) — Ellen Douglas
- The Black Dahlia (2006) — Ramona Linscott
- Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004) — Aunt Petunia
- Doctor Sleep (2002) — Lebourg
- Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (2002) — Aunt Petunia Dursley
- Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (2001) — Aunt Petunia Dursley
- Mind Games (2001)
- The Triumph of Love (2001) — Leontine
- RKO 281 (1999) — Hedda Hopper
- The Last September (1999) — Marda Norton
- The Avengers (1998) — Father
- Anna Karenina (1997) — Lydia
- The Butcher Boy (1997) — Mrs. Nugent
- Jane Eyre (1996) — Mrs. Reed
- Undercover Blues (1993) — Paulina Novacek
- London Kills Me (1991)
- 3 Men and a Little Lady (1990) — Miss Elspeth Lomax
- Mountains of the Moon (1990) — Isabel Arundell
- My Left Foot (1989) — Dr. Eileen Cole
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Adrian Rawlins · 6 films
- Maggie Smith · 6 films
- Alan Rickman · 5 films
- Bonnie Wright · 5 films
- Daniel Radcliffe · 5 films
- Emma Watson · 5 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.
