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Fiona Shaw

Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 07/10/1958 (65) | County Cork (Ireland)
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Fiona Shaw (born Fiona Mary Wilson; 10 July 1958) is an Irish film and theatre actress. Known for 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 the 1990 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). She received 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 Tobin 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 ()
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Fiona Shaw (born Fiona Mary Wilson; 10 July 1958) is an Irish film and theatre actress. She is known for her roles as Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2010), Marnie Stonebrook in the fourth season of the HBO series True Blood (2011), and Carolyn Martens in the BBC series Killing Eve (2018–22).For her performance in Killing Eve, Shaw won the 2019 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress. For her performances in the second seasons of Killing Eve and Fleabag, she received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series respectively. For the third season of Killing Eve, she was again nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.Shaw has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. She won the 1990 Olivier Award for Best Actress for various roles, including Electra, the 1994 Olivier Award for Best Actress for Machinal, and the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for The Waste Land. Her other stage work includes playing the title role in Medea in the West End and on Broadway (2001–2002). She was awarded an Honorary CBE in 2001. In 2020, she was listed at No. 29 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Awards & Nominations for Fiona Shaw

Laurence Olivier Awards Commander of The Order of The British Empire Theatre World Award Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
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Movies with Fiona Shaw as Actress(51)

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as Rose Papastergiadis2023 Hot Milk
as Countess Markievicz2023 The Rising: 1916
as Maarva Andor (uncredited) (archive footage)2022 Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as Narrator2021 Russia vs. the World
as Miss Harrison2020 Enola Holmes
as Margaret2020 Kindred
as Elizabeth Philpot2020 Ammonite
as Catherine Flynn2019 Out of Innocence
as Ms. Broom2019 The Christmas Letter
as Abby Borden2018 Lizzie
as Sido2018 Colette
as Kathrin Fitz2017 The White King
as Anne Logan2017 The Hippopotamus
as Prime Minister (uncredited)2015 Pixels
as Narrator2013 The English Teacher
as herself2013 Muse of Fire
as Grandmother2011 The Tree of Life
as Emilie Ashurst2010 We Believed
as Agatha2009 Dorian Gray
as Judge Robinson2007 Fracture
as Ramona Linscott2006 The Black Dahlia
as Mrs. Ellen Douglas2006 Catch and Release
as Frances O'Neil2001 Mind Games
as Leontine2001 The Triumph of Love
as Hedda Hopper2000 RKO 281
as Marda Norton2000 The Last September
as Father1998 The Avengers
as Mrs. Nugent1998 The Butcher Boy
as Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)1998 Titanic Town
as Richard II1997 Richard II
as Lydia1997 Anna Karenina
as Mrs. Reed1996 Jane Eyre
as herself1995 The Waste Land
as Mrs. Croft1995 Persuasion
as Hedda Gabler1993 Hedda Gabler
as Paulina Novacek1993 Undercover Blues
as Lena1993 Super Mario Bros.
as Pauline1993 Maria's Child
as Headley1991 London Kills Me
as Isabel1990 Mountains of the Moon
as Miss Lomax1990 3 Men and a Little Lady
as Sister Felicity1985 Sacred Hearts

TV Shows/Series with Fiona Shaw as Actress(18)

as Maarva Andor2022 Star Wars: Andor
as Emma Chambers2019 Baptiste
as Carolyn Martens2018 Killing Eve
as Coleman2018 Mrs Wilson
as Madame Moncin2016 Maigret
as Marla Painter2016 Channel Zero
as Hedwin (voice)2014 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
as Rose Aguineau2014 True Detective
as Marnie Stonebrook2008 True Blood
as Fulvia2005 Empire
as Miss Katherine Greenshaw2004 Agatha Christie's Marple
as herself2002 Great Britons
as Irma Prunesquallor2000 Gormenghast
as Viola (voice)1992 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Miss Morrison1984 Sherlock Holmes

Movies with Fiona Shaw as Crew(1)

Directing/Director2013 Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Full Name: Fiona Shaw
Citizenship: Ireland
Born: Thursday, 07/10 1958 (July) in County Cork (Ireland) (current age: 65 years + 263 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, University College Cork
Other names for Fiona Shaw (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Fiona Mary Wilson"
"Фиона Шоу"
"피오나 쇼"
Fiona Shaw frequently works together with these people:
David Holmes (8x, Crew)
Chris Columbus (7x, Crew)
Alan Rickman (6x, Actor)
Julie Walters (6x, Actress)
J.K. Rowling (6x, Crew)
Maurice LaMarche (6x, Actor)
Maria Bamford (6x, Actress)
Stuart Craig (6x, Crew)
Nic Pizzolatto (6x, Crew)
John Hawkesworth (6x, Crew)
David Heyman (6x, Crew)
Tolga Kenan (6x, Cast)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:5784, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024