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Fiona Shaw
2.4 Popularity
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
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Mrs. Jennings
Sense and Sensibility
2026
7.0
Kit
Park Avenue
2025
6.5
Leslie Oliver
Echo Valley
2025
6.0
Rose
Hot Milk
2025
7.2
Ms. Trapper (voice)
That Christmas
2024
7.0
Grandmother
IF
2024
8.3
Maarva Andor
Andor
2022
7.3
Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022
7.5
Angelica Collins
Bad Sisters
2022
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Narrator
Russia vs. the World
2021
Credits
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Sense and Sensibility
as Mrs. Jennings
2026
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Park Avenue
as Kit
2025
7.0
Echo Valley
as Leslie Oliver
2025
6.5
Hot Milk
as Rose
2025
6.0
That Christmas
as Ms. Trapper (voice)
2024
7.2
IF
as Grandmother
2024
7.0
Andor
as Maarva Andor
2022
8.3
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
7.3
Bad Sisters
as Angelica Collins
2022
7.5
Russia vs. the World
as Narrator
2021
0.0
Ammonite
as Elizabeth Philpot
2020
6.9
Kindred
as Margaret
2020
5.4
Enola Holmes
as Miss Harrison
2020
7.2
The Christmas Letter
as Ms. Broom
2019
4.8
Out of Innocence
as Catherine Flynn
2019
6.6
Baptiste
as Emma Chambers
2019
7.0
Mrs Wilson
as Coleman
2018
7.0
Colette
as Sido
2018
6.9
Lizzie
as Abby Borden
2018
6.2
Killing Eve
as Carolyn Martens
2018
7.9
The Hippopotamus
as Anne Logan
2017
6.4
Emerald City
as Mombi
2017
6.6
Channel Zero
as Marla Painter
2016
7.1
Fleabag
as Counsellor
2016
8.3
The White King
as Kathrin Fitz
2016
5.3
Maigret
as Madame Moncin
2016
7.6
Pixels
as Prime Minister (uncredited)
2015
5.8
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
as Hedwin (voice)
2014
7.2
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
as Self
2014
0.0
Inside No. 9
as Jean
2014
8.0
True Detective
as Rose Aguineau
2014
8.3
Muse of Fire
as Self
2013
6.5
The English Teacher
as Narrator
2013
5.5
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012
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The Tree of Life
as Grandmother
2011
6.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Petunia Dursley
2010
7.7
We Believed
as Emilie Ashurst
2010
6.6
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
as Lady Gay Spanker
2010
7.0
Dorian Gray
as Agatha
2009
6.0
Simon Schama's John Donne
2009
0.0
True Blood
as Marnie Stonebrook
2008
7.6
Mitchell And Kenyon In Ireland
as Narrator (voice)
2007
0.0
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Petunia Dursley
2007
7.7
Fracture
as Judge Robinson
2007
7.3
Catch and Release
as Mrs. Ellen Douglas
2006
5.9
The Black Dahlia
as Ramona Linscott
2006
5.6
Empire
as Fulvia
2005
6.4
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Ebb and Flo
as Narrator
2005
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Ebb and Flo
as Narrator
2005
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Agatha Christie's Marple
as Miss Katherine Greenshaw
2004
7.8
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Petunia Dursley
2004
8.0
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Petunia Dursley
2002
7.7
Great Britons
as Herself
2002
0.0
Doctor Sleep
as Lebourg
2002
5.1
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Petunia Dursley
2001
7.9
The Triumph of Love
as Leontine
2001
6.0
Mind Games
as Frances O'Neil
2001
5.3
The Last September
as Marda Norton
2000
4.9
RKO 281
as Hedda Hopper
2000
6.4
Gormenghast
as Irma Prunesquallor
2000
6.9
The Avengers
as Father
1998
4.4
Titanic Town
as Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)
1998
4.7
The Butcher Boy
as Mrs. Nugent
1998
6.8
Trial & Retribution
1997
6.8
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Ruby
as Self
1997
0.0
Anna Karenina
as Lydia
1997
6.1
Richard II
as Richard II
1997
9.0
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Reed
1996
6.9
Persuasion
as Mrs. Croft
1995
7.1
The Waste Land
as Herself
1995
10.0
The Last Machine
1995
0.0
Undercover Blues
as Novacek
1993
6.1
Super Mario Bros.
as Lena
1993
4.5
Maria's Child
as Pauline
1993
1.0
Hedda Gabler
as Hedda Gabler
1993
0.0
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Viola (voice)
1992
6.3
Twelfth Night
as Viola (voice)
1992
0.0
London Kills Me
as Headley
1991
5.7
Performance
as Hedda Gabler
1991
6.0
Performance
as Richard II
1991
6.0
For the Greater Good
as Gillian Savage
1991
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3 Men and a Little Lady
as Miss Lomax
1990
5.9
The Hand of Stalin
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1990
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Mountains of the Moon
as Isabel
1990
6.5
The Simpsons
as Mrs. McCormick (voice)
1989
8.0
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
as Dr. Eileen Cole
1989
7.5
Sacred Hearts
as Sister Felicity
1985
3.3
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Theatre Night
1985
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Love Song
as Young Deirdre Walters
1985
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The Man Who Shot Christmas
as Laura
1984
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Sherlock Holmes
as Miss Morrison
1984
8.1
Fireworks for Elspeth
as Elspeth
1983
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Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
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The Stalemate
N/A
0.0
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Pride & Prejudice
as Lady Catherine de Bourg
N/A
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The Rising: 1916
as Countess Markievicz
N/A
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Ladies First
N/A
0.0
Monstrous Beauty
as Aphra Ben
N/A
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Scotch Verdict
N/A
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