Fiona Shaw

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

birthday

July 10, 1958 (67 yrs)

place of birth

County Cork, Ireland

total credits

50 movies

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).

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Known For

Filmography

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
7.9

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001as Petunia Dursley
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
8.0

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004as Petunia Dursley
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
7.7

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002as Petunia Dursley
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
7.7

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007as Petunia Dursley
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
7.7

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010as Petunia Dursley
Ladies First
6.0

Ladies First

2026as Felicity Chase
Pixels
5.8

Pixels

2015as Prime Minister (uncredited)
Enola Holmes
7.2

Enola Holmes

2020as Miss Harrison
IF
7.0

IF

2024as Grandmother
The Tree of Life
6.7

The Tree of Life

2011as Grandmother
Super Mario Bros.
4.5

Super Mario Bros.

1993as Lena
Fracture
7.3

Fracture

2007as Judge Robinson
That Christmas
7.1

That Christmas

2024as Ms. Trapper (voice)
Echo Valley
6.4

Echo Valley

2025as Leslie Oliver
Dorian Gray
6.0

Dorian Gray

2009as Agatha
The Black Dahlia
5.6

The Black Dahlia

2006as Ramona Linscott
Persuasion
7.2

Persuasion

1995as Mrs. Croft
Ammonite
6.9

Ammonite

2020as Elizabeth Philpot
Hot Milk
5.9

Hot Milk

2025as Rose
The Avengers
4.5

The Avengers

1998as Father
Lizzie
6.2

Lizzie

2018as Abby Borden
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
7.5

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

1989as Dr. Eileen Cole
Catch and Release
5.9

Catch and Release

2006as Mrs. Ellen Douglas
The English Teacher
5.5

The English Teacher

2013as Narrator
RKO 281
6.5

RKO 281

1999as Hedda Hopper
3 Men and a Little Lady
5.9

3 Men and a Little Lady

1990as Miss Lomax
Colette
6.9

Colette

2018as Sido
Jane Eyre
6.9

Jane Eyre

1996as Mrs. Reed
Undercover Blues
6.1

Undercover Blues

1993as Novacek
Anna Karenina
6.1

Anna Karenina

1997as Lydia
Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

2026as Mrs. Jennings
The Butcher Boy
6.8

The Butcher Boy

1998as Mrs. Nugent
Mountains of the Moon
6.5

Mountains of the Moon

1990as Isabel
Muse of Fire
6.5

Muse of Fire

2013as Self
Kindred
5.5

Kindred

2020as Margaret
Park Avenue
7.0

Park Avenue

2025as Kit
Doctor Sleep
5.2

Doctor Sleep

2002as Catherine Lebourg
The White King
5.3

The White King

2016as Kathrin Fitz
The Hippopotamus
6.4

The Hippopotamus

2017as Anne Logan
We Believed
6.6

We Believed

2010as Emilie Ashurst
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
7.4

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

2022as Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Titanic Town
5.3

Titanic Town

1998as Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)
The Triumph of Love
6.1

The Triumph of Love

2001as Leontine
Mind Games
6.3

Mind Games

2001as Frances O'Neil
The Education of Jane Cumming

The Education of Jane Cumming

2026as Lady Cumming Gordon
London Kills Me
5.9

London Kills Me

1991as Headley
Maria's Child
3.3

Maria's Child

1993as Pauline
The Last September
5.2

The Last September

2000as Marda Norton
Shakespeare's Sonnets

Shakespeare's Sonnets

2012
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
7.0

National Theatre Live: London Assurance

2010as Lady Gay Spanker