Acting

Fiona Shaw

born 1958 · Acting

62.5avg grm
18titles
#378best rank
7honors
Hbest title · #378 on siteHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban2004 · as Aunt Petunia78.3

Honors

7
2019British Academy Television Award — Best Supporting Actress
1999honorary doctorate
1997Theatre World Award
1997Drama Desk Award — Outstanding One-Person Show
—Evening Standard Theatre Award — Best Actress
Honors
  • 2019British Academy Television Award — Best Supporting Actress
  • 1999honorary doctorate
  • 1997Theatre World Award
  • 1997Drama Desk Award — Outstanding One-Person Show
  • —Evening Standard Theatre Award — Best Actress
  • —Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • —Laurence Olivier Awards

Bio

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.

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.

Filmography

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2020s1 titleEThe Education of Jane Cumming2026 · as Lady Cumming Gordon58.5
2010s7 titlesBBaptiste2019 · as Emma Chambers · series62.1MMrs. Wilson2018 · as Coleman · series63.7KKilling Eve2018 · as Carolyn Martens · series60.9KKilling Eve2018 · as Carolyn · series60.9UUntitled2017 · as Narrator58.0UUntitled2017 · as Narrator58.0OOut of Innocence2016 · as Catherine Flynn58.5
2000s6 titlesHHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2007 · as Petunia Dursley71.3FFracture2007 · as Judge Robinson53.1HHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban2004 · as Aunt Petunia78.3HHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002 · as Aunt Petunia71.3HHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone2001 · as Aunt Petunia Dursley72.9GGormenghast2000 · as Irma Prunesquallor · series63.7
1990s4 titlesBThe Butcher Boy1997 · as Mrs. Nugent53.1PPerformance1991 · as Hedda Gabler · series63.4PPerformance1991 · as Richard II · series63.4MMountains of the Moon1990 · as Isabel54.3

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Fiona Shaw

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born1958
known forActing
titles on site18
avg GRM62.5
honors7 · British Academy Television Award — Best Supporting Actress, 2019
Honors
  • 2019British Academy Television Award — Best Supporting Actress
  • 1999honorary doctorate
  • 1997Theatre World Award
  • 1997Drama Desk Award — Outstanding One-Person Show
  • —Evening Standard Theatre Award — Best Actress
  • —Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • —Laurence Olivier Awards
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.

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