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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Manny Jacinto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Simpsons
1989
True Detective
2014
True Blood
2008
0Tony Awards
1956
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Andor
2022
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Sherlock Holmes
1984
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Killing Eve
2018
Filmography
The Simpsons
as Mrs. McCormick (voice) · 1989
True Detective
as Rose Aguineau · 2014
True Blood
as Marnie Stonebrook · 2008
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1956
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Aunt Petunia Dursley · 2001
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Petunia Dursley · 2004
Andor
as Maarva Andor · 2022
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Petunia Dursley · 2002
Sherlock Holmes
as Miss Morrison · 1984
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Petunia Dursley · 2007
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Miss Katherine Greenshaw · 2004
Killing Eve
as Carolyn Martens · 2018
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Petunia Dursley · 2010
Inside No. 9
as Jean · 2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
as Hedwin (voice) · 2014
Fleabag
as Counsellor · 2016
Bad Sisters
as Angelica Collins · 2022
Performance
as Hedda Gabler · 1991
Performance
as Richard II · 1991
Pixels
as Prime Minister (uncredited) · 2015
Theatre Night
as Clytemnestra · 1985
IF
as Grandmother · 2024
Sense and Sensibility
as Mrs. Jennings · 2026
Ladies First
as Felicity Chase · 2026
Enola Holmes
as Miss Harrison · 2020
Channel Zero
as Marla Painter · 2016
Echo Valley
as Leslie Oliver · 2025
Emerald City
as Mombi · 2017
The Tree of Life
as Grandmother · 2011
Fracture
as Judge Robinson · 2007
That Christmas
as Ms. Trapper (voice) · 2024
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Viola (voice) · 1992
Dorian Gray
as Agatha · 2009
The Black Dahlia
as Ramona Linscott · 2006
Empire
as Fulvia · 2005
Baptiste
as Emma Chambers · 2019
Maigret
as Madame Moncin · 2016
Super Mario Bros.
as Lena · 1993
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
as Dr. Eileen Cole · 1989
The Avengers
as Father · 1998
Ruby
as Self · 1997
Mrs Wilson
as Coleman · 2018
Catch and Release
as Mrs. Ellen Douglas · 2006
Pride and Prejudice
as Lady Catherine de Bourg · 2026
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Miss Morrison · 1984
Gormenghast
as Irma Prunesquallor · 2000
Colette
as Sido · 2018
All for Love
as Elspeth Erskine · 1982
3 Men and a Little Lady
as Miss Lomax · 1990
Lizzie
as Abby Borden · 2018
Ammonite
as Elizabeth Philpot · 2020
Anna Karenina
as Lydia · 1997
Persuasion
as Mrs. Croft · 1995
The English Teacher
as Narrator · 2013
For the Greater Good
as Gillian Savage · 1991
Hot Milk
as Rose · 2025
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Reed · 1996
Undercover Blues
as Novacek · 1993
The Hand of Stalin
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1990
Mountains of the Moon
as Isabel · 1990
Simon Schama's John Donne
· 2009
Doctor Sleep
as Catherine Lebourg · 2002
Muse of Fire
as Self · 2013
Great Britons
as Herself · 2002
The Butcher Boy
as Mrs. Nugent · 1998
The Education of Jane Cumming
as Lady Cumming Gordon · 2026
Mind Games
as Frances O'Neil · 2001
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2022
Park Avenue
as Kit · 2025
RKO 281
as Hedda Hopper · 1999
The Hippopotamus
as Anne Logan · 2017
Sacred Hearts
as Sister Felicity · 1985
Mitchell & Kenyon in Ireland
as Narrator (voice) · 2007
Kindred
as Margaret · 2020
The Last Machine
· 1995
Ebb and Flo
as Narrator · 2005
The Triumph of Love
as Leontine · 2001
The Man Who Shot Christmas
as Laura · 1984
London Kills Me
as Headley · 1991
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
as Lady Gay Spanker · 2010
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
as Self · 2014
The Last September
as Marda Norton · 2000
Titanic Town
as Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo) · 1998
Richard II
as Richard II · 1997
The White King
as Kathrin Fitz · 2016
Shakespeare's Sonnets
· 2012
The Rising: 1916
as Countess Markievicz
Hedda Gabler
as Hedda Gabler · 1993
We Believed
as Emilie Ashurst · 2010
Monstrous Beauty
as Aphra Ben
The Christmas Letter
as Ms. Broom · 2019
Fireworks for Elspeth
as Elspeth · 1983
The Stalemate
Maria's Child
as Pauline · 1993
Russia vs. the World
as Narrator · 2021
The Waste Land
as Herself · 1995
Out of Innocence
as Catherine Flynn · 2019
Twelfth Night
as Viola (voice) · 1992
Love Song
as Young Deirdre Walters · 1985
Ebb and Flo
as Narrator · 2005