Fiona Shaw
Acting

Fiona Shaw

July 10, 1958 (67 years old) County Cork, Ireland

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

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989 • TV

True Detective

True Detective

2014 • TV

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004 • TV

Andor

Andor

2022 • TV

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001 • Movie

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004 • Movie

Movie Credits (51)

Acting

2001

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

as Petunia Dursley

2004

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

as Petunia Dursley

2002

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

as Petunia Dursley

2010

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

as Petunia Dursley

2007

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

as Petunia Dursley

2015

Pixels

as Prime Minister (uncredited)

2024

IF

as Grandmother

1995

Persuasion

as Mrs. Croft

2007

Fracture

as Judge Robinson

2025

Park Avenue

as Kit

2016

The White King

as Kathrin Fitz

2011

The Tree of Life

as Grandmother

2010

We Believed

as Emilie Ashurst

2018

Colette

as Sido

2000

The Last September

as Marda Norton

2013

Muse of Fire

as Self

2006

The Black Dahlia

as Ramona Linscott

1999

RKO 281

as Hedda Hopper

2024

That Christmas

as Ms. Trapper (voice)

1983

Fireworks for Elspeth

as Elspeth

Crew

2013

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Director

TV Credits (32)

Acting

1989

The Simpsons

as Mrs. McCormick (voice)

1 episodes

2014

True Detective

as Rose Aguineau

6 episodes

2004

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Miss Katherine Greenshaw

1 episodes

2022

Andor

as Maarva Andor

4 episodes

2008

True Blood

as Marnie Stonebrook

12 episodes

1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1 episodes

2018

Killing Eve

as Carolyn Martens

32 episodes

1984

Sherlock Holmes

as Miss Morrison

1 episodes

2014

Inside No. 9

as Jean

1 episodes

1991

Performance

as Hedda Gabler

1 episodes

1991

Performance

as Richard II

1 episodes

2016

Fleabag

as Counsellor

1 episodes

1997

Trial & Retribution

2 episodes

2014

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

as Hedwin (voice)

1 episodes

2022

Bad Sisters

as Angelica Collins

7 episodes

2016

Channel Zero

as Marla Painter

6 episodes

1992

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

as Viola (voice)

1 episodes

2017

Emerald City

as Mombi

2 episodes

2016

Maigret

as Madame Moncin

1 episodes

2005

Empire

as Fulvia

6 episodes

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
July 10, 1958 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
County Cork, Ireland
Popularity
1.8

Career Stats

51
Movies
32
TV Shows