Fiona Shaw\u00a0(born\u00a0Fiona Mary Wilson, 10 July 1958) is an Irish film and theatre actress. She did extensive work with the\u00a0Royal Shakespeare Company\u00a0and the\u00a0National Theatre, as well as in film and television. In 2020, she was listed at No. 29 on\u00a0The Irish Times\u00a0list of Ireland’s greatest film actors. She was made an\u00a0Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)\u00a0by Queen\u00a0Elizabeth II\u00a0in 2001.<\/p>\n
She won both the\u00a01990\u00a0and\u00a01994\u00a0Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress\u00a0for roles in the plays\u00a0Electra,\u00a0As You Like It,\u00a0The Good Person of Szechwan\u00a0(1990), and\u00a0Machinal\u00a0(1994) and received a further three\u00a0Olivier Award\u00a0nominations for her roles in\u00a0Mephisto\u00a0(1986),\u00a0Hedda Gabler (1992), and\u00a0Happy Days\u00a0(2008). She made her\u00a0Broadway\u00a0debut playing the title role in\u00a0Medea (2002), for which she earned a nomination for the\u00a0Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She returned to Broadway in the\u00a0Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn\u00a0play\u00a0The Testament of Mary\u00a0(2013).<\/p>\n
In film, she played\u00a0Petunia Dursley\u00a0in the\u00a0Harry Potter\u00a0film series (2001\u20132010). Other notable film roles include\u00a0My Left Foot\u00a0(1989),\u00a0Persuasion (1995),\u00a0Jane Eyre\u00a0(1996),\u00a0The Tree of Life\u00a0(2011),\u00a0Colette\u00a0(2018),\u00a0Ammonite\u00a0(2020), and\u00a0Enola Holmes\u00a0(2020).<\/p>\n
Her television roles include\u00a0Hedda Hopper\u00a0in the\u00a0HBO\u00a0film\u00a0RKO 281\u00a0(1999) and\u00a0Marnie Stonebrook\u00a0in the HBO series\u00a0True Blood\u00a0(2011). She played Carolyn Martens in the\u00a0BBC\u00a0series\u00a0Killing Eve\u00a0(2018\u201322), for which she received the 2019\u00a0BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress and two\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award\u00a0nominations. For her role as a counsellor in\u00a0Fleabag\u00a0(2019), she received a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series\u00a0nomination. She starred in the\u00a0BBC One\u00a0series\u00a0Baptiste\u00a0(2021) and the\u00a0Disney+ series\u00a0Andor\u00a0(2022).<\/p>\n
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Fiona Shaw\u00a0(born\u00a0Fiona Mary Wilson, 10 July 1958) is an Irish film and theatre actress. She did extensive work with the\u00a0Royal Shakespeare Company\u00a0and the\u00a0National Theatre, as well as in film and television. In 2020, she was listed at No. 29 on\u00a0The Irish Times\u00a0list of Ireland’s greatest film actors. She was made an\u00a0Honorary Commander of the Order […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-7943","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n