Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw

Birthdate
July 10, 1958 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
County Cork, Ireland
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
July 10, 1958 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
County Cork, Ireland
Known For
Acting

Biography

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.

Fiona Shaw's LGBTQ+ Titles

Ammonite
Ammonite
Elizabeth Philpot
Lizzie
Lizzie
Abby Borden

Acting (91)

Ebb and Flo as Narrator (26 episodes)
The Rising: 1916 as Countess Markievicz
Echo Valley as Jessie Oliver
Monstrous Beauty as Aphra Ben
Park Avenue as Kit
Ladies First
2025
Hot Milk as Rose Papastergiadis
2024
That Christmas as Ms. Trapper (voice)
2024
IF as Grandmother
2022
Star Wars: Andor as Maarva Andor (4 episodes)
2022
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Russia vs. the World as Narrator
2020
Ammonite as Elizabeth Philpot
2020
Kindred as Margaret
2020
Enola Holmes as Miss Harrison
2019
The Christmas Letter as Ms. Broom
2019
Out of Innocence as Catherine Flynn
2019
Baptiste as Emma Chambers (6 episodes)
2018
Mrs Wilson as Coleman (3 episodes)
2018
Colette as Sido
2018
Lizzie as Abby Borden
2018
Killing Eve as Carolyn Martens (32 episodes)
2018
Killing Eve as Carolyn Martens
2017
The Hippopotamus as Anne Logan
2017
Emerald City as Mombi (1 episode)
2016
Channel Zero as Marla Painter (6 episodes)
2016
Fleabag as Counsellor (1 episode)
2016
The White King as Kathrin Fitz
2016
Maigret as Madame Moncin (1 episode)
2015
Pixels as Prime Minister (uncredited)
2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Hedwin (voice) (1 episode)
2014
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
2014
Inside No. 9 as Jean (1 episode)
2014
True Detective as Rose Aguineau (6 episodes)
2013
Muse of Fire as Self
2013
The English Teacher as Narrator
2012
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2011
The Tree of Life as Grandmother
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Petunia Dursley
2010
We Believed as Emilie Ashurst
2010
National Theatre Live: London Assurance as Lady Gay Spanker
2009
Dorian Gray as Agatha
2009
Simon Schama's John Donne (1 episode)
2008
True Blood as Marnie Stonebrook (12 episodes)
2007
Mitchell And Kenyon In Ireland as Narrator (voice)
2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Petunia Dursley
2007
Fracture as Judge Robinson
2006
Catch and Release as Mrs. Ellen Douglas
2006
The Black Dahlia as Ramona Linscott
2005
Empire as Fulvia (6 episodes)
2005
Ebb and Flo as Narrator
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple as Miss Katherine Greenshaw (1 episode)
2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as Petunia Dursley
2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Petunia Dursley
2002
Great Britons as Herself (1 episode)
2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as Petunia Dursley
2001
The Triumph of Love as Leontine
2001
Mind Games as Frances O'Neil
2000
The Last September as Marda Norton
2000
RKO 281 as Hedda Hopper
2000
Gormenghast as Irma Prunesquallor (4 episodes)
1998
The Avengers as Father
1998
Titanic Town as Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)
1998
The Butcher Boy as Mrs. Nugent
1997
Trial & Retribution (2 episodes)
1997
Ruby as Self (1 episode)
1997
Anna Karenina as Lydia
1997
Richard II as Richard II
1996
Jane Eyre as Mrs. Reed
1995
Persuasion as Mrs. Croft
1995
The Waste Land as Herself
1995
The Last Machine (5 episodes)
1993
Undercover Blues as Novacek
1993
Super Mario Bros. as Lena
1993
Maria's Child as Pauline
1993
Hedda Gabler as Hedda Gabler
1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Viola (voice) (1 episode)
1991
London Kills Me as Headley
1991
For the Greater Good as Gillian Savage (3 episodes)
1991
Performance as Hedda Gabler (1 episode)
1991
Performance as Richard II (1 episode)
1990
3 Men and a Little Lady as Miss Lomax
1990
The Hand of Stalin as Self - Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
1990
Mountains of the Moon as Isabel
1989
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown as Dr. Eileen Cole
1985
Sacred Hearts as Sister Felicity
1985
Theatre Night (1 episode)
1985
Love Song as Young Deirdre Walters
1984
Sherlock Holmes as Miss Morrison (1 episode)
1983
Fireworks for Elspeth as Elspeth
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Nominee (1 episode)

Directing (1)

2013
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin • Director
• Director