Fiona Shaw
Born July 10, 1958 (Age: 67)
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County 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Manny Jacinto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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.
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Filmography
IF
2024
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as Grandmother
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Age: 65
Ammonite
2020
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as Elizabeth Philpot
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Age: 62
Kindred
2020
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as Margaret
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Age: 62
Colette
2018
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as Sido
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Age: 60
Pixels
2015
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as Prime Minister (uncredited)
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Age: 57
The Tree of Life
2011
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as Grandmother
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Age: 52
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
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as Petunia Dursley
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Age: 52
We Believed
2010
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as Emilie Ashurst
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Age: 52
Dorian Gray
2009
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as Agatha
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Age: 51
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
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as Petunia Dursley
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Age: 48
Fracture
2007
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as Judge Robinson
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Age: 48
Catch and Release
2006
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as Mrs. Ellen Douglas
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Age: 48
The Black Dahlia
2006
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as Ramona Linscott
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Age: 48
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
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as Petunia Dursley
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Age: 45
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
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as Petunia Dursley
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Age: 44
Doctor Sleep
2002
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as Catherine Lebourg
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Age: 44
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
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as Petunia Dursley
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Age: 43
The Last September
2000
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as Marda Norton
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Age: 41
The Avengers
1998
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as Father
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Age: 40
Titanic Town
1998
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as Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)
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Age: 40
The Butcher Boy
1998
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as Mrs. Nugent
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Age: 39
Anna Karenina
1997
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as Lydia
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Age: 38
Jane Eyre
1996
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as Mrs. Reed
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Age: 37
Persuasion
1995
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as Mrs. Croft
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Age: 36
Undercover Blues
1993
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as Novacek
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Age: 35
Super Mario Bros.
1993
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as Lena
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Age: 34
3 Men and a Little Lady
1990
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as Miss Lomax
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Age: 32
Mountains of the Moon
1990
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as Isabel
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Age: 31
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1989
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as Dr. Eileen Cole
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Age: 30