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Fiona Shaw

Acting 67 years old County Cork, Ireland ★ 1.7
Born: July 10, 1958

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

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Petunia Dursley 2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Petunia Dursley 2002
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Petunia Dursley 2004
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Petunia Dursley 2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Petunia Dursley 2010

Jimmy's Seen (1)

Enola Holmes
Enola Holmes Miss Harrison 2020

Filmography

Acting Credits (98)

The Education of Jane Cumming
The Education of Jane Cumming Lady Cumming Gordon 2026
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility Mrs. Jennings 2026
Ladies First
Ladies First 2026
Park Avenue
Park Avenue Kit 2025
Echo Valley
Echo Valley Leslie Oliver 2025
Hot Milk
Hot Milk Rose 2025
That Christmas
That Christmas Ms. Trapper (voice) 2024
IF
IF Grandmother 2024
Andor
Andor Maarva Andor 2022
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited) 2022
Bad Sisters
Bad Sisters Angelica Collins 2022
Russia vs. the World
Russia vs. the World Narrator 2021
Ammonite
Ammonite Elizabeth Philpot 2020
Kindred
Kindred Margaret 2020
Enola Holmes
Enola Holmes Miss Harrison 2020
The Christmas Letter
The Christmas Letter Ms. Broom 2019
Out of Innocence
Out of Innocence Catherine Flynn 2019
Baptiste
Baptiste Emma Chambers 2019
Mrs Wilson
Mrs Wilson Coleman 2018
Colette
Colette Sido 2018
Lizzie
Lizzie Abby Borden 2018
Killing Eve
Killing Eve Carolyn Martens 2018
The Hippopotamus
The Hippopotamus Anne Logan 2017
Emerald City
Emerald City Mombi 2017
Channel Zero
Channel Zero Marla Painter 2016
Fleabag
Fleabag Counsellor 2016
The White King
The White King Kathrin Fitz 2016
Maigret
Maigret Madame Moncin 2016
Pixels
Pixels Prime Minister (uncredited) 2015
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Hedwin (voice) 2014
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
Great Poets: In Their Own Words Self 2014
Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9 Jean 2014
True Detective
True Detective Rose Aguineau 2014
Muse of Fire
Muse of Fire Self 2013
The English Teacher
The English Teacher Narrator 2013
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets 2012
The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life Grandmother 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Petunia Dursley 2010
We Believed
We Believed Emilie Ashurst 2010
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
National Theatre Live: London Assurance Lady Gay Spanker 2010
Dorian Gray
Dorian Gray Agatha 2009
Simon Schama's John Donne
Simon Schama's John Donne 2009
True Blood
True Blood Marnie Stonebrook 2008
Mitchell & Kenyon in Ireland
Mitchell & Kenyon in Ireland Narrator (voice) 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Petunia Dursley 2007
Fracture
Fracture Judge Robinson 2007
Catch and Release
Catch and Release Mrs. Ellen Douglas 2006
The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia Ramona Linscott 2006
Empire
Empire Fulvia 2005
Ebb and Flo
Ebb and Flo Narrator 2005
Ebb and Flo
Ebb and Flo Narrator 2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple Miss Katherine Greenshaw 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Petunia Dursley 2004
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Petunia Dursley 2002
Great Britons
Great Britons Herself 2002
Doctor Sleep
Doctor Sleep Catherine Lebourg 2002
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Petunia Dursley 2001
The Triumph of Love
The Triumph of Love Leontine 2001
Mind Games
Mind Games Frances O'Neil 2001
The Last September
The Last September Marda Norton 2000
Gormenghast
Gormenghast Irma Prunesquallor 2000
RKO 281
RKO 281 Hedda Hopper 1999
The Avengers
The Avengers Father 1998
Titanic Town
Titanic Town Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo) 1998
The Butcher Boy
The Butcher Boy Mrs. Nugent 1998
Ruby
Ruby Self 1997
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina Lydia 1997
Richard II
Richard II Richard II 1997
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre Mrs. Reed 1996
Persuasion
Persuasion Mrs. Croft 1995
The Waste Land
The Waste Land Herself 1995
The Last Machine
The Last Machine 1995
Undercover Blues
Undercover Blues Novacek 1993
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. Lena 1993
Maria's Child
Maria's Child Pauline 1993
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler Hedda Gabler 1993
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Viola (voice) 1992
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night Viola (voice) 1992
London Kills Me
London Kills Me Headley 1991
Performance
Performance Hedda Gabler 1991
Performance
Performance Richard II 1991
For the Greater Good
For the Greater Good Gillian Savage 1991
3 Men and a Little Lady
3 Men and a Little Lady Miss Lomax 1990
The Hand of Stalin
The Hand of Stalin Self - Narrator (voice) 1990
Mountains of the Moon
Mountains of the Moon Isabel 1990
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Mrs. McCormick (voice) 1989
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown Dr. Eileen Cole 1989
Sacred Hearts
Sacred Hearts Sister Felicity 1985
Theatre Night
Theatre Night Clytemnestra 1985
Love Song
Love Song Young Deirdre Walters 1985
The Man Who Shot Christmas
The Man Who Shot Christmas Laura 1984
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes Miss Morrison 1984
Fireworks for Elspeth
Fireworks for Elspeth Elspeth 1983
Tony Awards
Tony Awards Self - Nominee 1956
Monstrous Beauty
Monstrous Beauty Aphra Ben
The Rising: 1916
The Rising: 1916 Countess Markievicz
The Stalemate
The Stalemate
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice Lady Catherine de Bourg

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