Fiona Shaw

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.

Known For

Birth Location County Cork, Ireland
Born 1958-07-10

Movies

IF as Grandmother
2024
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Russia vs. the World as Narrator
2021
Ammonite as Elizabeth Philpot
2020
Kindred as Margaret
2020
Enola Holmes as Miss Harrison
2020
The Christmas Letter as Ms. Broom
2019
Out of Innocence as Catherine Flynn
2019
Colette as Sido
2018
Lizzie as Abby Borden
2018
The Hippopotamus as Anne Logan
2017
The White King as Kathrin Fitz
2017
Pixels as Prime Minister (uncredited)
2015
Muse of Fire as Self
2013
The English Teacher as Narrator
2013
The Tree of Life as Grandmother
2011
We Believed as Emilie Ashurst
2010
2010
Dorian Gray as Agatha
2009
Mitchell And Kenyon In Ireland as Narrator (voice)
2007
Fracture as Judge Robinson
2007
Catch and Release as Mrs. Ellen Douglas
2006
The Black Dahlia as Ramona Linscott
2006
Ebb and Flo as Narrator
2005
2002
The Triumph of Love as Leontine
2001
Mind Games as Frances O'Neil
2001
The Last September as Marda Norton
2000
RKO 281 as Hedda Hopper
2000
The Avengers as Father
1998
Titanic Town as Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)
1998
The Butcher Boy as Mrs. Nugent
1998
Anna Karenina as Lydia
1997
Richard II as Richard II
1997
Jane Eyre as Mrs. Reed
1996
Persuasion as Mrs. Croft
1995
The Waste Land as Herself
1995
Undercover Blues as Novacek
1993
1993
Maria's Child as Pauline
1993
Hedda Gabler as Hedda Gabler
1993
London Kills Me as Headley
1991
3 Men and a Little Lady as Miss Lomax
1990
1990
Sacred Hearts as Sister Felicity
1985
Love Song as Young Deirdre Walters
1985
1983
That Christmas as Ms. Trapper (voice)
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Park Avenue as Kit
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Monstrous Beauty as Aphra Ben
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Hot Milk as Rose Papastergiadis
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The Rising: 1916 as Countess Markievicz
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