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Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw

Acting1958County Cork, Ireland

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).

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Acting History

2026
Sense and Sensibility
as Mrs. Jennings
2025
Hot Milk
as Rose
Echo Valley
as Leslie Oliver
The Simpsons
TVas Mrs. McCormick (voice)1 eps
2024
IF
as Grandmother
That Christmas
as Ms. Trapper (voice)
Bad Sisters
TVas Angelica Collins7 eps
True Detective
TVas Rose Aguineau6 eps
2022
Andor
TVas Maarva Andor4 eps
2021
Baptiste
TVas Emma Chambers6 eps
2020
Enola Holmes
as Miss Harrison
Ammonite
as Elizabeth Philpot
Kindred
as Margaret
2019
Fleabag
TVas Counsellor1 eps
2018
Colette
as Sido
Lizzie
as Abby Borden
Killing Eve
TVas Carolyn Martens32 eps
Mrs Wilson
TVas Coleman3 eps
2017
The Hippopotamus
as Anne Logan
Emerald City
TVas Mombi2 eps
Inside No. 9
TVas Jean1 eps
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
TVas Hedwin (voice)1 eps
2016
The White King
as Kathrin Fitz
Channel Zero
TVas Marla Painter6 eps
Maigret
TVas Madame Moncin1 eps
2015
Pixels
as Prime Minister (uncredited)
2013
Agatha Christie's Marple
TVas Miss Katherine Greenshaw1 eps
2011
The Tree of Life
as Grandmother
True Blood
TVas Marnie Stonebrook12 eps
2010
2009
Dorian Gray
as Agatha
2006
The Black Dahlia
as Ramona Linscott
2005
Empire
TVas Fulvia6 eps
2000
The Last September
as Marda Norton
Gormenghast
TVas Irma Prunesquallor4 eps
1999
RKO 281
as Hedda Hopper
1998
The Avengers
as Father
The Butcher Boy
as Mrs. Nugent
Titanic Town
as Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)
1997
Richard II
as Richard II
Ruby
TVas Self1 eps
Performance
TVas Richard II1 eps
1996
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Reed
1995
Persuasion
as Mrs. Croft
1993
Hedda Gabler
as Hedda Gabler
1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
TVas Viola (voice)1 eps
1985
Love Song
as Young Deirdre Walters
1984
Sherlock Holmes
TVas Miss Morrison1 eps
1983

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
7/10/1958(67 years old)
Place of Birth
County Cork, Ireland