Fiona Shaw

Acting

Fiona Shaw

Born July 10, 1958County Cork, Ireland99 credits

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.

Known For

Filmography

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2026Sense and Sensibility
as Mrs. JenningsMovie
The Education of Jane Cumming
2026The Education of Jane Cumming
as Lady Cumming GordonMovie
Park Avenue
2025Park Avenue
as KitMovie
Echo Valley
2025Echo Valley
as Leslie OliverMovie
Hot Milk
2025Hot Milk
as RoseMovie
That Christmas
2024That Christmas
as Ms. Trapper (voice)Movie
IF
2024IF
as GrandmotherMovie
Andor
2022Andor
as Maarva AndorTV
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
Bad Sisters
2022Bad Sisters
as Angelica CollinsTV
Russia vs. the World
2021Russia vs. the World
as NarratorMovie
Ammonite
2020Ammonite
as Elizabeth PhilpotMovie
Kindred
2020Kindred
as MargaretMovie
Enola Holmes
2020Enola Holmes
as Miss HarrisonMovie
The Christmas Letter
2019The Christmas Letter
as Ms. BroomMovie
Out of Innocence
2019Out of Innocence
as Catherine FlynnMovie
Baptiste
2019Baptiste
as Emma ChambersTV
Mrs Wilson
2018Mrs Wilson
as ColemanTV
Colette
2018Colette
as SidoMovie
Lizzie
2018Lizzie
as Abby BordenMovie
Killing Eve
2018Killing Eve
as Carolyn MartensTV
The Hippopotamus
2017The Hippopotamus
as Anne LoganMovie
Channel Zero
2016Channel Zero
as Marla PainterTV
Fleabag
2016Fleabag
as CounsellorTV
The White King
2016The White King
as Kathrin FitzMovie
Maigret
2016Maigret
as Madame MoncinTV
Pixels
2015Pixels
as Prime Minister (uncredited)Movie
True Detective
2014True Detective
as Rose AguineauTV
Muse of Fire
2013Muse of Fire
as SelfMovie
The English Teacher
2013The English Teacher
as NarratorMovie
The Tree of Life
2011The Tree of Life
as GrandmotherMovie
We Believed
2010We Believed
as Emilie AshurstMovie
Dorian Gray
2009Dorian Gray
as AgathaMovie
True Blood
2008True Blood
as Marnie StonebrookTV
Mitchell & Kenyon in Ireland
2007Mitchell & Kenyon in Ireland
as Narrator (voice)Movie
Fracture
2007Fracture
as Judge RobinsonMovie
Catch and Release
2006Catch and Release
as Mrs. Ellen DouglasMovie
The Black Dahlia
2006The Black Dahlia
as Ramona LinscottMovie
Empire
2005Empire
as FulviaTV
E
2005Ebb and Flo
as NarratorMovie
Ebb and Flo
2005Ebb and Flo
as NarratorTV
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004Agatha Christie's Marple
as Miss Katherine GreenshawTV
Great Britons
2002Great Britons
as HerselfTV
Doctor Sleep
2002Doctor Sleep
as Catherine LebourgMovie
The Triumph of Love
2001The Triumph of Love
as LeontineMovie
Mind Games
2001Mind Games
as Frances O'NeilMovie
The Last September
2000The Last September
as Marda NortonMovie
Gormenghast
2000Gormenghast
as Irma PrunesquallorTV
RKO 281
1999RKO 281
as Hedda HopperMovie
The Avengers
1998The Avengers
as FatherMovie
Titanic Town
1998Titanic Town
as Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)Movie
The Butcher Boy
1998The Butcher Boy
as Mrs. NugentMovie
Ruby
1997Ruby
as SelfTV
Anna Karenina
1997Anna Karenina
as LydiaMovie
Richard II
1997Richard II
as Richard IIMovie
Jane Eyre
1996Jane Eyre
as Mrs. ReedMovie
Persuasion
1995Persuasion
as Mrs. CroftMovie
The Waste Land
1995The Waste Land
as HerselfMovie
Undercover Blues
1993Undercover Blues
as NovacekMovie
Maria's Child
1993Maria's Child
as PaulineMovie
Hedda Gabler
1993Hedda Gabler
as Hedda GablerMovie
Twelfth Night
1992Twelfth Night
as Viola (voice)Movie
London Kills Me
1991London Kills Me
as HeadleyMovie
Performance
1991Performance
as Hedda GablerTV
For the Greater Good
1991For the Greater Good
as Gillian SavageTV
3 Men and a Little Lady
19903 Men and a Little Lady
as Miss LomaxMovie
The Hand of Stalin
1990The Hand of Stalin
as Self - Narrator (voice)TV
The Simpsons
1989The Simpsons
as Mrs. McCormick (voice)TV
Sacred Hearts
1985Sacred Hearts
as Sister FelicityMovie
Theatre Night
1985Theatre Night
as ClytemnestraTV
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1985Love Song
as Young Deirdre WaltersMovie
Sherlock Holmes
1984Sherlock Holmes
as Miss MorrisonTV
Tony Awards
1956Tony Awards
as Self - NomineeTV
Monstrous Beauty
Monstrous Beauty
as Aphra BenMovie
T
The Rising: 1916
as Countess MarkieviczMovie
P
Pride and Prejudice
as Lady Catherine de BourgTV