Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw

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).

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🎬 Movies Featuring Fiona Shaw

Echo Valley

Echo Valley (2025)

as Leslie Oliver
That Christmas

That Christmas (2024)

as Ms. Trapper (voice)
IF

IF (2024)

as Grandmother
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look (2022)

as Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ammonite

Ammonite (2020)

as Elizabeth Philpot
Enola Holmes

Enola Holmes (2020)

as Miss Harrison
Out of Innocence

Out of Innocence (2019)

as Catherine Flynn
Lizzie

Lizzie (2018)

as Abby Borden
Pixels

Pixels (2015)

as Prime Minister (uncredited)
We Believed

We Believed (2010)

as Emilie Ashurst
Fracture

Fracture (2007)

as Judge Robinson
Catch and Release

Catch and Release (2006)

as Mrs. Ellen Douglas
The Black Dahlia

The Black Dahlia (2006)

as Ramona Linscott
Mind Games

Mind Games (2001)

as Frances O'Neil
RKO 281

RKO 281 (1999)

as Hedda Hopper
Titanic Town

Titanic Town (1998)

as Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)
Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler (1993)

as Hedda Gabler
Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night (1992)

as Viola (voice)
Sacred Hearts

Sacred Hearts (1985)

as Sister Felicity
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Love Song (1985)

as Young Deirdre Walters
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The Rising: 1916 (N/A)

as Countess Markievicz