About
Fiona Shaw
Overview
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
Acting |
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2024 | That Christmas | Actor | Ms. Trapper (voice) | 58 Average |
2024 | IF | Actor | Grandmother | 68 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 | 59 Average |
2019 | Out of Innocence | Actor | Catherine Flynn | 59 Average |
2019 | Baptiste | Actor | Emma Chambers | 70 Good |
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 | 梅格雷的陷阱 | Actor | 曼森夫人 Madame Moncin | 58 Average |
2016 | Maigret Sets A Trap | Actor | Madame Moncin | N/A N/A |
2016 | Maigret sets a trap | Actor | Pani Moncin | 61 Fair |
2016 | Maigret Sets a Trap | Actor | Madame Moncin | 63 Fair |
2015 | Pixels | Actor | Prime Minister (uncredited) | 57 Average |
2014 | Great Poets: In Their Own Words | Actor | N/A N/A |
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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 |
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2011 | The Tree of Life | Actor | Grandmother | 66 Fair |
2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Actor | Petunia Dursley | 77 Good |
2010 | We Believed | Actor | Emilie Ashurst | 59 Average |
2010 | National Theatre Live: London Assurance | Actor | Lady Gay Spanker | 59 Average |
2009 | Dorian Gray | Actor | Agatha | 60 Fair |
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 | 58 Average |
2006 | The Black Dahlia | Actor | Ramona Linscott | 56 Average |
2005 | Empire | Actor | Fulvia | 68 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 |
2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Actor | Petunia Dursley | 78 Good |
2001 | The Triumph of Love | Actor | Leontine | 59 Average |
2001 | Mind Games | Actor | Frances O'Neil | 59 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 | 50 Average |
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 | 59 Average |
1997 | Richard II | Actor | Richard II | 59 Average |
1996 | Jane Eyre | Actor | Mrs. Reed | 62 Fair |
1995 | Persuasion | Actor | Mrs. Croft | 61 Fair |
1995 | The Waste Land | Actor | Herself | 59 Average |
1995 | The Last Machine | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1993 | Undercover Blues | Actor | Novacek | 59 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 |
1991 | London Kills Me | Actor | Headley | 59 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 | 59 Average |
1985 | Love Song | Actor | Young Deirdre Walters | N/A N/A |
1983 | Fireworks for Elspeth | Actor | Elspeth | N/A N/A |
Hot Milk | Actor | Rose Papastergiadis | N/A N/A |
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Park Avenue | Actor | Kit | N/A N/A |
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Monstrous Beauty | Actor | Aphra Ben | N/A N/A |
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Echo Valley | Actor | Jessie Oliver | N/A N/A |
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The Rising: 1916 | Actor | Countess Markievicz | N/A N/A |
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Ebb and Flo | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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2013 | Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2013 | Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |