Fiona Shaw

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Fiona Shaw
CBE
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Shaw in 2011
Born
Fiona Mary Wilson

(1958-07-10) 10 July 1958 (age 66)
Cobh, County Cork, Ireland
OccupationActress
Years active1983–present
Spouse
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(m. 2018)​

Fiona Shaw CBE (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. [1]

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She won the 1990 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). She received 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 Tobin 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 in 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, as well as two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. For her role as a counselor 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).

Early life

Shaw was born Fiona Mary Wilson on 10 July 1958 [2] in Cobh, [3] County Cork, Ireland, [4] the daughter of physicist Mary T. Wilson (née Flynn, born 1927) [5] and ophthalmic surgeon Denis Joseph Wilson (1922–2011), who wed in 1952.[ citation needed ] They maintained a home in Montenotte. [6] [7] Her father was of half English descent. The second of four children, she has an older brother and two younger brothers, John and Peter, the latter of whom was killed in a car accident aged 18. [5] She attended secondary school at Scoil Mhuire in Cork, and received her degree in philosophy at University College Cork. Shaw studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, graduating in 1982 with an Acting (RADA Diploma). [8] On joining Equity, she had to change her name because they already had a member named Fiona Wilson. She adopted the surname Shaw, which was her grandmother's maiden name, also doing so in tribute to George Bernard Shaw. [9]

Career

Theatre

In 1983, she starred as Julia in the National Theatre production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Rivals (1983). [10] Her theatrical roles include Celia in As You Like It (1984), Madame de Volanges in Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1985), Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew (1987), Lady Franjul in The New Inn (1987), Young Woman in Machinal (1993), for which she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress.

Shaw notably played the male lead in Richard II , directed by Deborah Warner in 1995. She performed T. S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land as a one-person show at the Liberty Theatre in New York to great acclaim in 1996, winning the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show for her performance. [11]

Winnie in Happy Days (2007), and the title roles in Electra (1988), The Good Person of Sechuan (1989), Hedda Gabler (1991), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1998) and Medea (2000).

In 2009, Shaw collaborated with Deborah Warner again, taking the lead role in Tony Kushner's translation of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children . In a 2002 article for The Daily Telegraph , Rupert Christiansen described their professional relationship as "surely one of the most richly creative partnerships in theatrical history." [12] Other collaborations between the two women include productions of Brecht's The Good Woman of Szechuan and Ibsen's Hedda Gabler , the latter was adapted for television. [13]

In 2010, Shaw appeared in The Waste Land at Wilton's Music Hall, and in a National Theatre revival of London Assurance . [14] In November 2010, Shaw starred in Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin alongside Alan Rickman and Lindsay Duncan. [15] [16] The play was also staged in New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2011. [17] In 2012, Shaw appeared in the National Theatre revival of Scenes from an Execution by Howard Barker. The world's largest solo theatre festival, United Solo, recognised her performance in The Testament of Mary on Broadway with the 2013 United Solo Special Award. [18]

Television and film

In 1984, Shaw played Miss Morrison in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes episode The Adventure of the Crooked Man. She appeared in My Left Foot (1989), Mountains of the Moon (1990), Three Men and a Little Lady (1990), Super Mario Bros. (1993), Undercover Blues (1993), Persuasion (1995), Jane Eyre (1996), The Butcher Boy (1997), The Avengers (1998), Gormenghast (2000), and five of the Harry Potter films in which she played Petunia Dursley, Harry Potter's repressed maternal aunt. Shaw had a brief but key role in Brian DePalma's The Black Dahlia (2006).

Shaw appeared in season four of the American TV show True Blood . [4] [19] Shaw's character, Marnie Stonebrook, has been described as an underachieving palm reader who is spiritually possessed by an actual witch. [20]

In 2013, she starred as Catherine Greenshaw in Agatha Christie's Marple episode "Greenshaw's Folly".

In 2018, Shaw began portraying Carolyn Martens, the head of MI6's Russia-focused branch, in BBC America's Killing Eve . For her performance, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Television Series. [21] Later the same year, she played a senior MI6 officer in Mrs Wilson . [22] For her role as a counselor in Phoebe Waller-Bridge series Fleabag (2019) she received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series nomination. [23] [24]

Shaw starred in the Star Wars television series Andor as the titular character's adoptive mother, Maarva Andor. [25] For her work in Andor, Shaw was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress. [26]

In October 2022, Shaw was awarded an AudioFile Magazine Earphone Award for her performance of The Bullet That Missed, the third book in Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club series. [27]

In 2024, she portrayed Rose Aguineau, a woman with a mysterious past who aids the protagonists, in season 4 of True Detective.

Personal life

Shaw is a lesbian, although she had been in two long-term relationships with men before realising her sexual orientation, stating "It was a shock. I was full of self-hatred and thought I would come back into the fold shortly. But I just didn't." [28]

From 2002 to 2005, Shaw was the partner of English actress Saffron Burrows. [29] She met Sri Lankan economist Sonali Deraniyagala after reading Deraniyagala's memoir, [30] and they married in 2018. [31] Shaw lives in Islington, north London, having previously lived in nearby Primrose Hill, "within earshot of London Zoo". [30]

Shaw was raised Catholic, and in January 1997, she spent two weeks with the Tyburn Nuns at their convent. [32]

In 2020, she was listed at No. 29 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. [33]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes Ref.
1984The Man Who Shot ChristmasLauraShort film
1985Sacred HeartsSister Felicity
1989 My Left Foot Dr. Eileen Cole
1990 Mountains of the Moon Isabel
Three Men and a Little Lady Miss Lomax
1991 London Kills Me Headley
1992The Big FishUnknown roleShort film
Ridin' High: The VideoDancerDirect-to-Video
1993 Super Mario Bros. Lena
Undercover Blues Novacek
1995 Persuasion Mrs. Croft
The Waste LandUnknown roleShort film
1996 Jane Eyre Mrs. Reede
1997 Anna Karenina Lydia
The Butcher Boy Mrs. Nugent
1998 The Avengers Father
1999 The Last September Marda Norton
2001 The Triumph of Love Leontine
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Petunia Dursley
2002 Close Your Eyes Catherine Lebourg
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Petunia Dursley
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Petunia Dursley
2005 Midsummer Dream The WitchesVoice; English version
2006 The Black Dahlia Ramona Linscott
Catch and Release Mrs. Douglas
2007 Fracture Judge Robinson
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Petunia Dursley
2009 Dorian Gray Agatha
2010National Theatre Live: London AssuranceLady Gay Spanker
We Believed Emilie Ashurst
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Petunia Dursley
Tell MeMarthaShort film
2011 The Tree of Life Grandmother
2013 The English Teacher Narrator
The Daisy ChainNarratorShort film
2015 Pixels Prime MinisterUncredited
2016 The White King Kathrin Fitz
Out of InnocenceCatherine Flynn
2017 The Hippopotamus Anne Logan
2018 Lizzie Abby Borden
Colette Sido
2020 Ammonite Elizabeth Philpot
Enola Holmes Miss Harrison
Kindred Margaret
2024 IF Margaret
Hot Milk [34] Post-production
That Christmas Miss Trapper (voice)Post-production
Echo Valley Jessie OliverPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1983All for LoveElspethEpisode: "Fireworks for Elspeth"
1984 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Miss MorrisonEpisode: "The Crooked Man"
1985Love SongYoung DeirdreTV movie
1990 Theatre Night ClytemnestraEpisode: "Iphigenia at Aulis"
1991For the Greater GoodGillian Savage2 episodes
1992 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Viola (voice)Episode: "Twelfth Night"
1992,
1995		 Screen Two PaulineEpisode: "Maria's Child"
Mrs. CroftEpisode: "Persuasion"
1993,
1997		PerformanceHedda GablerEpisode: "Hedda Gabler"
Richard IIEpisode: "Richard II"
1994SeascapeUnknown roleTV movie
1999 RKO 281 Hedda Hopper TV movie
2000 Gormenghast Irma PrunesquallorMiniseries (4 episodes)
2001 Mind Games Frances O'NeilTV movie
The Seventh StreamMrs. GourdonTV movie
2005 Empire Fulvia Miniseries (3 episodes)
2007 Trial & Retribution Jo Wilson QCEpisode: "Mirror Image: Part 2"
2009 Dido and Aeneas – Didon et Énée Comédienne dans le prologueTV movie
2011 True Blood Marnie Stonebrook Recurring role (12 episodes)
2013 Marple Miss Katherine GreenshawEpisode: "Greenshaw's Folly"
2014 Masterpiece Mystery Miss Katherine GreenshawEpisode: "Agatha Christie's Miss Marple VII: Greenshaw's Folly"
2015LumenD'LariaTV movie
2015–17 Sarah & Duck Music Lady2 episodes
2016Maigret Sets a TrapMadam MoncinTV movie
Channel Zero Marla PainterSeries regular (6 episodes)
2017 Emerald City Mombi2 episodes
Inside No. 9 JeanEpisode: "Private View"
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero HedwinVoice; Episode: "Mr. Rippen"
2018 Mrs. Wilson ColemanMiniseries (3 episodes)
3Below: Tales of Arcadia Birdie / HalconVoice; Episode: "Flying the Coop"
2018–22 Killing Eve Carolyn MartensSeries regular (31 episodes)
2019 Fleabag CounsellorEpisode: "#2.2"
2021 Baptiste Emma ChambersSeries regular (6 episodes) [35]
2022 Andor Maarva AndorSeries regular (5 episodes) [25]
2024 True Detective: Night Country Rose AguineauMain role [36]
2024 Bad Sisters Angelica CollinsMain Role [37]

Theatre

YearTitleRole(s)VenueRef.
1982 Woyzeck Margret/ShowmanEpworth Hall, Edinburgh [38]
1983 The Rivals Julia Melville Royal National Theatre, London [39]
1985 As You Like It Celia Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon [40]
PhilistinesTatyana Vasilyevna The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon [41]
Les Liaisons Dangereuses Mme de Volanges [42]
Barnes' Peopleperformer [43]
Gone to Heaven (Back Soon)performer [44]
As You Like It Celia Barbican Theatre, London [45]
1986PhilistinesTatyana Vasilyevna The Pit, London [46]
Les Liaisons Dangereuses Mme de Volanges [47]
MephistoErika Bruckner Barbican Theatre, London [48]
Missa Super L'Homme Armeperformer Almeida Theatre, London [49]
Blood on the Neck of the Cat performer [50]
The Merchant of Venice PortiaUK tour [51]
Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice [52]
1987 Hyde Park Mistress Carol Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon [45]
The Taming of the Shrew Katherina Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon [53]
The New Inn Lady Frampul Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon [54]
1988 The People's Theatre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [55]
The Taming of the Shrew Katherina Theatre Royal, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [56]
Barbican Theatre, London [57]
Hyde Park Mistress Carol The Pit, London [58]
Electra Electra [59]
1989 The Good Person of Sichuan Shen Te Royal National Theatre, London [60]
1991 Hedda Gabler Hedda Gabler Abbey Theatre, Dublin [61]
MI Group Playhouse, West End [62]
Electra Electra Riverside Studios, London [63]
1992Bobigny Theatre, Paris [63]
Templemore Sports Complex, Derry [64]
1993 Machinal Young Woman Royal National Theatre, London [65] [66]
1994Shakespeare's Languageperformer The Pit, London [67]
1995 Richard II Richard II Royal National Theatre, London [68] [69]
The Way of the World Mistress Millamant [70]
1996 The Waste Land performer Liberty Theatre, Off-Broadway [71]
1998 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Jean Brodie Royal National Theatre, London [72]
2000 Medea Medea Abbey Theatre, Dublin [73]
2001 Queen's Theatre, West End [74]
2002The Powerbookperformer Royal National Theatre, London [75]
Medea Medea Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway [76]
2003 The Seagull Arkadina King's Theatre, Edinburgh [77]
2006Woman and ScarecrowWoman Royal Court Theatre, London [78]
2007 Happy Days Winnie Royal National Theatre, London [79]
2008 Abbey Theatre, Dublin [80]
Brooklyn Academy of Music [81]
2009 Mother Courage and Her Children Mother Courage Royal National Theatre, London [82]
2010 London Assurance Lady Gay Spanker [83]
John Gabriel Borkman Gunhild Abbey Theatre, Dublin [84]
2011 Brooklyn Academy of Music [85]
2012 Scenes from an Execution Galactia Royal National Theatre, London [86]
2013 The Testament of Mary performer Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway [87]
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner performer Brooklyn Academy of Music [88]
2022 The Tempest Ariel (voice) Ustinov Studio, Bath [89]

Other projects

Awards and nominations

YearAwardWorkCategoryRef
1986 Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role As You Like It / MephistoNominated
1990 Olivier Award for Best Actress Electra / As You Like It / The Good Person of Szechwan Won
1992Olivier Award for Best Actress Hedda Gabler Nominated
1993 Evening Standard Award for Best Actress Machinal Won
1994Olivier Award for Best ActressWon
1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance The Waste LandWon
2001Evening Standard Award for Best Actress Medea Won
2003 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play Nominated
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Nominated
2008Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play Happy Days Nominated
Olivier Award for Best ActressNominated
2017 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards for Best TV Supporting Actress Channel Zero Nominated
2019 British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress Killing Eve Won [21]
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated [23]
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Fleabag Nominated [24]
2020 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Killing Eve Nominated [23]
2022 Peabody Award Andor Won [92]
2023 Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series Nominated
British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated [26]

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