Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw

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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CREDITS
PHOTOS

TV Series

Gormenghast

Gormenghast

7
Empire

Empire

6.4
Trial & Retribution

Trial & Retribution

6.769
True Blood

True Blood

7.617
Baptiste

Baptiste

7.006
The Last Machine

The Last Machine

0
Performance

Performance

6
Performance

Performance

6
For the Greater Good

For the Greater Good

0
Channel Zero

Channel Zero

7.101
Ruby

Ruby

0
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

6.9
Emerald City

Emerald City

6.621
Fleabag

Fleabag

8.28
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

5.917
Simon Schama's John Donne

Simon Schama's John Donne

0
Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

8.117
Killing Eve

Killing Eve

7.952
Mrs Wilson

Mrs Wilson

7.039
True Detective

True Detective

8.28
The Hand of Stalin

The Hand of Stalin

0
Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

7.737
Great Britons

Great Britons

0
Andor

Andor

8.269
Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9

8.004
Maigret

Maigret

7.6
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

6.333
Theatre Night

Theatre Night

0
Ebb and Flo

Ebb and Flo

0
Bad Sisters

Bad Sisters

7.533
Creating the World of Harry Potter

Creating the World of Harry Potter

10
The Simpsons

The Simpsons

8.013
Pride & Prejudice

Pride & Prejudice

0

Movies

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

7.902
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

7.674
The Butcher Boy

The Butcher Boy

6.8
Fracture

Fracture

7.268
Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray

6.049
The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life

6.737
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

7.741
The Avengers

The Avengers

4.421
Undercover Blues

Undercover Blues

6
The Black Dahlia

The Black Dahlia

5.635
Mountains of the Moon

Mountains of the Moon

6.5
Catch and Release

Catch and Release

5.928
Love Song

Love Song

0
Monstrous Beauty

Monstrous Beauty

0
Persuasion

Persuasion

7.11
Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

6.897
Park Avenue

Park Avenue

0
RKO 281

RKO 281

6.4
Hot Milk

Hot Milk

6.024
Fireworks for Elspeth

Fireworks for Elspeth

0
IF

IF

7.04
The English Teacher

The English Teacher

5.6
Maria's Child

Maria's Child

1
Great Poets: In Their Own Words

Great Poets: In Their Own Words

0
Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler

0
London Kills Me

London Kills Me

6
Richard II

Richard II

9
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

6
Ebb and Flo

Ebb and Flo

8
Pixels

Pixels

5.756
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

7.52
The Triumph of Love

The Triumph of Love

6.2
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

7.3
That Christmas

That Christmas

7.2
Mitchell And Kenyon In Ireland

Mitchell And Kenyon In Ireland

0
The White King

The White King

5.4
The Rising: 1916

The Rising: 1916

0
Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros.

4.5
Mind Games

Mind Games

5.3
3 Men and a Little Lady

3 Men and a Little Lady

5.9
Echo Valley

Echo Valley

6.446
Muse of Fire

Muse of Fire

6.5
The Hippopotamus

The Hippopotamus

6.4
National Theatre Live: London Assurance

National Theatre Live: London Assurance

7
The Last September

The Last September

5.2
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

7.707
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

8.012
Colette

Colette

6.886
We Believed

We Believed

6.6
Sacred Hearts

Sacred Hearts

4
The Waste Land

The Waste Land

10
Titanic Town

Titanic Town

5.2
Lizzie

Lizzie

6.228
Ammonite

Ammonite

6.944
Out of Innocence

Out of Innocence

6.6
Enola Holmes

Enola Holmes

7.254
Kindred

Kindred

5.5
Shakespeare's Sonnets

Shakespeare's Sonnets

0
The Christmas Letter

The Christmas Letter

4.8
Russia vs. the World

Russia vs. the World

0
Ladies First

Ladies First

0
The Stalemate

The Stalemate

0
Scotch Verdict

Scotch Verdict

0
Doctor Sleep

Doctor Sleep

5.1
Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

0
Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

0