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Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw

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

Sense and Sensibility
2026 • Mrs. Jennings
The Education of Jane Cumming
The Education of Jane Cumming
2026 • Lady Cumming Gordon
Park Avenue
Park Avenue
2025 • Kit
Echo Valley
Echo Valley
2025 • Leslie Oliver
Hot Milk
Hot Milk
2025 • Rose
That Christmas
That Christmas
2024 • Ms. Trapper (voice)
IF
IF
2024 • Grandmother
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022 • Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Full filmography

Sense and Sensibility
2026 • Mrs. Jennings
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The Education of Jane Cumming
The Education of Jane Cumming
2026 • Lady Cumming Gordon
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Echo Valley
Echo Valley
2025 • Leslie Oliver
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Hot Milk
Hot Milk
2025 • Rose
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That Christmas
That Christmas
2024 • Ms. Trapper (voice)
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IF
IF
2024 • Grandmother
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Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022 • Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Ammonite
Ammonite
2020 • Elizabeth Philpot
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Kindred
Kindred
2020 • Margaret
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Enola Holmes
Enola Holmes
2020 • Miss Harrison
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Out of Innocence
Out of Innocence
2019 • Catherine Flynn
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Colette
Colette
2018 • Sido
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Lizzie
Lizzie
2018 • Abby Borden
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The Hippopotamus
The Hippopotamus
2017 • Anne Logan
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The White King
The White King
2016 • Kathrin Fitz
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Pixels
Pixels
2015 • Prime Minister (uncredited)
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The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life
2011 • Grandmother
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We Believed
We Believed
2010 • Emilie Ashurst
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Dorian Gray
Dorian Gray
2009 • Agatha
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Fracture
Fracture
2007 • Judge Robinson
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Catch and Release
Catch and Release
2006 • Mrs. Ellen Douglas
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The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia
2006 • Ramona Linscott
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Ebb and Flo
2005 • Narrator
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Doctor Sleep
Doctor Sleep
2002 • Catherine Lebourg
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Mind Games
Mind Games
2001 • Frances O'Neil
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The Last September
The Last September
2000 • Marda Norton
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RKO 281
RKO 281
1999 • Hedda Hopper
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The Avengers
The Avengers
1998 • Father
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Titanic Town
Titanic Town
1998 • Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)
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The Butcher Boy
The Butcher Boy
1998 • Mrs. Nugent
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Richard II
Richard II
1997 • Richard II
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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
1996 • Mrs. Reed
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Persuasion
Persuasion
1995 • Mrs. Croft
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The Waste Land
The Waste Land
1995 • Herself
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Maria's Child
Maria's Child
1993 • Pauline
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Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler
1993 • Hedda Gabler
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Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
1992 • Viola (voice)
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Sacred Hearts
Sacred Hearts
1985 • Sister Felicity
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Love Song
1985 • Young Deirdre Walters
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The Rising: 1916
Unknown year • Countess Markievicz
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Monstrous Beauty
Monstrous Beauty
Unknown year • Aphra Ben
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