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Fiona Shaw
Born: 10th Jul 1958 County Cork, Ireland
Dept: Acting
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).
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 98
Film: 67 (68%)
Television: 31 (32%)
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Filmography
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2026
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2026
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2025
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2025
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2024
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2024
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Sep 2022 (first aired)
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2022
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Aug 2022 (first aired)
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2021
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Narrator
2020
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Elizabeth Philpot
2020
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2020
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2019
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2019
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Catherine Flynn
Feb 2019 (first aired)
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Emma Chambers (6 ep.)
Nov 2018 (first aired)
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2018
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2018
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Apr 2018 (first aired)
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Carolyn Martens (32 ep.)
2017
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Jan 2017 (first aired)
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Oct 2016 (first aired)
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Jul 2016 (first aired)
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Counsellor (1 ep.)
2016
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Kathrin Fitz
Mar 2016 (first aired)
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Madame Moncin (1 ep.)
2015
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Dec 2014 (first aired)
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2014
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Feb 2014 (first aired)
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Jan 2014 (first aired)
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2013
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2013
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2012
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2011
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2010
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Petunia Dursley
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2010
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2010
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2009
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Agatha
May 2009 (first aired)
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Sep 2008 (first aired)
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Marnie Stonebrook (12 ep.)
2007
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2007
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2007
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2006
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2006
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Jun 2005 (first aired)
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Fulvia (6 ep.)
2005
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Jan 2005 (first aired)
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Dec 2004 (first aired)
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2004
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2002
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Petunia Dursley
Oct 2002 (first aired)
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Herself (1 ep.)
2002
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2001
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2001
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2001
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2000
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Jan 2000 (first aired)
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Irma Prunesquallor (4 ep.)
1999
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1998
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1998
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Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)
1998
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Oct 1997 (first aired)
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May 1997 (first aired)
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Self (1 ep.)
1997
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1997
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1996
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1995
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Mrs. Croft
1995
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Herself
Jan 1995 (first aired)
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Unknown/various (5 ep.)
1993
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1993
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1993
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1993
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Hedda Gabler
Nov 1992 (first aired)
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Viola (voice) (1 ep.)
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1992
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Viola (voice)
1991
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Headley
Oct 1991 (first aired)
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Hedda Gabler (1 ep.)
Richard II (1 ep.)
Mar 1991 (first aired)
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Character:
Gillian Savage (2 ep.)
1990
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Oct 1990 (first aired)
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Self - Narrator (voice) (1 ep.)
1990
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Character:
Isabel
Dec 1989 (first aired)
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Character:
Mrs. McCormick (voice) (1 ep.)
1989
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Dr. Eileen Cole
1985
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Sister Felicity
Sep 1985 (first aired)
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Character:
Clytemnestra (1 ep.)
1985
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Character:
Young Deirdre Walters
1984
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Laura
Apr 1984 (first aired)
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Character:
Miss Morrison (1 ep.)
1983
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Elspeth
Apr 1956 (first aired)
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Character:
Self - Nominee (1 ep.)