About

Known credits:
83
Birthday:
1958-07-10
Place of birth:
County Cork, Ireland
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Fiona Shaw

Overview

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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Known for

Acting

2025 Echo Valley Actor Jessie Oliver 60
Fair
2025 Hot Milk Actor Rose 58
Average
2025 Park Avenue Actor Kit N/A
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2024 That Christmas Actor Ms. Trapper (voice) 64
Fair
2024 IF Actor Grandmother 67
Fair
2022 Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look Actor Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited) 59
Average
2021 Russia vs. the World Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
2020 Ammonite Actor Elizabeth Philpot 64
Fair
2020 Kindred Actor Margaret 58
Average
2020 Enola Holmes Actor Miss Harrison 71
Good
2019 The Christmas Letter Actor Ms. Broom 58
Average
2019 Out of Innocence Actor Catherine Flynn 58
Average
2019 Baptiste Actor Emma Chambers 69
Fair
2018 Mrs Wilson Actor Coleman 69
Fair
2018 Colette Actor Sido 65
Fair
2018 Lizzie Actor Abby Borden 59
Average
2018 Killing Eve Actor Carolyn Martens 79
Good
2017 Private View Actor Jean N/A
N/A
2017 Private View Actor Jean N/A
N/A
2017 The Hippopotamus Actor Anne Logan 59
Average
2016 The White King Actor Kathrin Fitz 58
Average
2016 Maigret Sets a Trap Actor Madame Moncin 63
Fair
2016 Maigret sets a trap Actor Pani Moncin 61
Fair
2015 Pixels Actor Prime Minister (uncredited) 58
Average
2014 Great Poets: In Their Own Words Actor Self N/A
N/A
2014 True Detective Actor Rose Aguineau 82
Very good
2013 Muse of Fire Actor Self 58
Average
2013 The English Teacher Actor Narrator 57
Average
2012 Shakespeare's Sonnets Actor N/A
N/A
2011 The Tree of Life Actor Grandmother 66
Fair
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Actor Petunia Dursley 76
Good
2010 We Believed Actor Emilie Ashurst 59
Average
2010 National Theatre Live: London Assurance Actor Lady Gay Spanker 58
Average
2009 Creating the World of Harry Potter Actor Self - 'Petunia Dursley' 69
Fair
2009 Dorian Gray Actor Agatha 59
Average
2007 Mitchell And Kenyon In Ireland Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
N/A
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Actor Petunia Dursley 76
Good
2007 Fracture Actor Judge Robinson 71
Good
2006 Catch and Release Actor Mrs. Ellen Douglas 59
Average
2006 The Black Dahlia Actor Ramona Linscott 56
Average
2005 Empire Actor Fulvia 67
Fair
2005 Ebb and Flo Actor Narrator 59
Average
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Actor Petunia Dursley 79
Good
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Actor Petunia Dursley 76
Good
2002 Doctor Sleep Actor Lebourg 57
Average
2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Actor Petunia Dursley 78
Good
2001 The Triumph of Love Actor Leontine 58
Average
2001 Mind Games Actor Frances O'Neil 58
Average
2000 The Last September Actor Marda Norton 58
Average
2000 RKO 281 Actor Hedda Hopper 59
Average
2000 Gormenghast Actor Irma Prunesquallor 69
Fair
1998 The Avengers Actor Father 49
Bad
1998 Titanic Town Actor Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo) 58
Average
1998 The Butcher Boy Actor Mrs. Nugent 60
Fair
1997 Anna Karenina Actor Lydia 58
Average
1997 Richard II Actor Richard II 59
Average
1996 Jane Eyre Actor Mrs. Reed 61
Fair
1995 Persuasion Actor Mrs. Croft 61
Fair
1995 The Waste Land Actor Herself 58
Average
1995 The Last Machine Actor N/A
N/A
1993 Undercover Blues Actor Novacek 58
Average
1993 Super Mario Bros. Actor Lena 48
Bad
1993 Maria's Child Actor Pauline 58
Average
1993 Hedda Gabler Actor Hedda Gabler N/A
N/A
1992 Twelfth Night Actor Viola (voice) N/A
N/A
1991 London Kills Me Actor Headley 58
Average
1991 For the Greater Good Actor Gillian Savage N/A
N/A
1990 3 Men and a Little Lady Actor Miss Lomax 58
Average
1990 Mountains of the Moon Actor Isabel 59
Average
1989 My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown Actor Dr. Eileen Cole 69
Fair
1985 Sacred Hearts Actor Sister Felicity 58
Average
1985 Love Song Actor Young Deirdre Walters N/A
N/A
1983 Fireworks for Elspeth Actor Elspeth N/A
N/A
The Stalemate Actor N/A
N/A
Scotch Verdict Actor N/A
N/A
Sense and Sensibility Actor Mrs. Jennings N/A
N/A
Monstrous Beauty Actor Aphra Ben N/A
N/A
Ladies First Actor N/A
N/A
The Rising: 1916 Actor Countess Markievicz N/A
N/A
Ebb and Flo Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
Pride & Prejudice Actor Lady Catherine de Bourg N/A
N/A

Directing

2013 Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin Directing Director 59
Average
2013 Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin Directing Director N/A
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