Fiona Shaw
Acting
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.
Born: July 10, 1958
Place of Birth: County Cork, Ireland
Known For
Filmography
as Kit
as Leslie Oliver
as Rose
as Ms. Trapper (voice)
as Grandmother
as Maarva Andor
as Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Angelica Collins
as Narrator
as Elizabeth Philpot
as Margaret
as Miss Harrison
as Ms. Broom
as Catherine Flynn
as Emma Chambers
as Coleman
as Sido
as Abby Borden
as Carolyn Martens
as Anne Logan
as Mombi
as Marla Painter
as Counsellor
as Kathrin Fitz
as Madame Moncin
as 曼森夫人
as Prime Minister (uncredited)
as Hedwin (voice)
as Jean
as Rose Aguineau
as Self
as Narrator
as Grandmother
as Petunia Dursley
as Emilie Ashurst
as Lady Gay Spanker
as Agatha
as Marnie Stonebrook
as Narrator (voice)
as Petunia Dursley
as Judge Robinson
as Mrs. Ellen Douglas
as Ramona Linscott
as Fulvia
as Miss Katherine Greenshaw
as Petunia Dursley
as Petunia Dursley
as Herself
as Lebourg
as Petunia Dursley
as Leontine
as Frances O'Neil
as Marda Norton
as Hedda Hopper
as Irma Prunesquallor
as Father
as Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)
as Mrs. Nugent
as Lydia
as Richard II
as Mrs. Reed
as Mrs. Croft
as Herself
as Novacek
as Lena
as Pauline
as Hedda Gabler
as Viola (voice)
as Viola (voice)
as Headley
as Hedda Gabler
as Richard II
as Gillian Savage
as Miss Lomax
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Isabel
as Mrs. McCormick (voice)
as Dr. Eileen Cole
as Sister Felicity
as Miss Morrison
as Elspeth
as Self - Nominee
as Aphra Ben
as Narrator
as Lady Catherine de Bourg