Fiona Shaw
Born: 1958-07-10 in County Cork, Ireland
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2026
- Ladies First
- Sense and Sensibility as Mrs. Jennings
- The Education of Jane Cumming as Lady Cumming Gordon
2025
- Hot Milk as Rose
- Echo Valley as Leslie Oliver
- Park Avenue as Kit
2024
- IF as Grandmother
- That Christmas as Ms. Trapper (voice)
2022
- Andor as Maarva Andor
- Bad Sisters as Angelica Collins
- Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
- Russia vs. the World as Narrator
2020
- Enola Holmes as Miss Harrison
- Ammonite as Elizabeth Philpot
- Kindred as Margaret
2019
- Baptiste as Emma Chambers
- The Christmas Letter as Ms. Broom
- Out of Innocence as Catherine Flynn
2018
- Killing Eve as Carolyn Martens
- Lizzie as Abby Borden
- Colette as Sido
- Mrs Wilson as Coleman
2017
- Emerald City as Mombi
- The Hippopotamus as Anne Logan
2016
- Fleabag as Counsellor
- Channel Zero as Marla Painter
- Maigret as Madame Moncin
- The White King as Kathrin Fitz
2015
- Pixels as Prime Minister (uncredited)
2014
- True Detective as Rose Aguineau
- Inside No. 9 as Jean
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Hedwin (voice)
- Great Poets: In Their Own Words as Self
2013
- The English Teacher as Narrator
- Muse of Fire as Self
- Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin ... (Director)
2011
- The Tree of Life as Grandmother
2010
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Petunia Dursley
- We Believed as Emilie Ashurst
- National Theatre Live: London Assurance as Lady Gay Spanker
2009
- Dorian Gray as Agatha
- Simon Schama's John Donne
2008
- True Blood as Marnie Stonebrook
2007
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Petunia Dursley
- Fracture as Judge Robinson
- Mitchell & Kenyon in Ireland as Narrator (voice)
2006
- Catch and Release as Mrs. Ellen Douglas
- The Black Dahlia as Ramona Linscott
2005
- Empire as Fulvia
- Ebb and Flo as Narrator
- Ebb and Flo as Narrator
2004
- Agatha Christie's Marple as Miss Katherine Greenshaw
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as Petunia Dursley
2002
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Petunia Dursley
- Doctor Sleep as Catherine Lebourg
- Great Britons as Herself
2001
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as Petunia Dursley
- The Triumph of Love as Leontine
- Mind Games as Frances O'Neil
2000
- Gormenghast as Irma Prunesquallor
- The Last September as Marda Norton
1999
- RKO 281 as Hedda Hopper
1998
- The Avengers as Father
- The Butcher Boy as Mrs. Nugent
- Titanic Town as Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)
1997
- Ruby as Self
- Anna Karenina as Lydia
- Richard II as Richard II
1996
- Jane Eyre as Mrs. Reed
1995
- Persuasion as Mrs. Croft
- The Last Machine
- The Waste Land as Herself
1993
- Super Mario Bros. as Lena
- Undercover Blues as Novacek
- Maria's Child as Pauline
- Hedda Gabler as Hedda Gabler
1992
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Viola (voice)
- Twelfth Night as Viola (voice)
1991
- Performance as Hedda Gabler
- For the Greater Good as Gillian Savage
- London Kills Me as Headley
1990
- 3 Men and a Little Lady as Miss Lomax
- Mountains of the Moon as Isabel
- The Hand of Stalin as Self - Narrator (voice)
1989
- The Simpsons as Mrs. McCormick (voice)
- My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown as Dr. Eileen Cole
1985
- Theatre Night as Clytemnestra
- Sacred Hearts as Sister Felicity
- Love Song as Young Deirdre Walters
1984
- Sherlock Holmes as Miss Morrison
- The Man Who Shot Christmas as Laura
1983
- Fireworks for Elspeth as Elspeth
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Nominee