Date of Birth: July 10, 1958 (64)
Birth Place: IRELAND
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.
Shaw appeared in The Waste Land at Wilton's Music Hall in January 2010 and in a National Theatre revival of London Assurance in March 2010. In November 2010, Shaw starred in Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin alongside Alan Rickman and Lindsay Duncan. The play was also staged in New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2011. 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.
[1984]Sacred Hearts Sister Felicity
[1985]Love Song Young Deirdre
[1989]My Left Foot Dr. Eileen Cole
[1990]3 Men and a Little Lady Miss Lomax
[1990]Mountains of the Moon Isabel
[1991]London Kills Me Headley
[1993]Super Mario Bros. Lena
[1993]Undercover Blues Novacek
[1994]Seascape
[1996]Jane Eyre Mrs. Reed
[1997]Anna Karenina Lydia
[1997]The Butcher Boy Mrs. Nugent
[1998]The Avengers Father
[1999]RKO 281 Hedda Hopper
[1999]The Last September
[1999]The Last September Marda Norton
[2001]The Triumph of Love Leontine
[2001]Mind Games Frances O'Neil
[2001]Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Aunt Petunia Dursley
[2001]The Seventh Stream Mrs. Gourdon
[2002]Close Your Eyes Catherine Lebourg
[2002]Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Aunt Petunia
[2004]Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Aunt Petunia
[2005]Midsummer Dream The Witches - Voice
[2006]The Black Dahlia Ramona Linscott
[2006]Catch and Release Mrs. Douglas
[2006]Paris, je t'aime
[2007]Fracture Judge Robinson
[2007]Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Petunia Dursley
[2009]Dorian Gray Agatha
[2009]Dido and Aeneas - Didon et Énée Comédienne dans le prologue
[2010]We Believed Emilie Ashurst
[2010]National Theatre Live: London Assurance Lady Gay Spanker
[2010]Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Petunia Dursley
[2011]The Tree of Life Grandmother
[2013]The English Teacher Narrator
[2015]Lumen D'Laria
[2016]Out of Innocence Catherine Flynn
[2016]The White King Kathrin Fitz
[2017]The Hippopotamus Anne Logan
[2018]Lizzie Abby Borden
[2018]Colette Sido
[2020]Kindred Margaret
[2020]Enola Holmes Miss Harrison
[2020]Ammonite Elizabeth Philpot
[2024]Imaginary Friends
All for Love Elspeth
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Miss Morrison
Theatre Night Clytemnestra
For the Greater Good Gillian Savage
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Viola
[ 1992-1995]Screen Two Mrs. Croft, Pauline
[ 1993-1997]Performance Richard II, Hedda Gabler
Gormenghast Irma Prunesquallor
Ebb and Flo Narrator
Empire Fulvia
Trial & Retribution Jo Wilson QC
True Blood Marnie Stonebrook
Marple Miss Katherine Greenshaw
Masterpiece Mystery Miss Katherine Greenshaw
True Detective Rose Aguineau
Maigret Madame Moncin
Channel Zero Marla Painter
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Hedwin
[ 2015-2017]Sarah & Duck Music Lady
Inside No. 9 Jean
Emerald City Mombi
3Below: Tales of Arcadia Birdie, Halcon
Mrs Wilson Coleman
Fleabag Counsellor
Baptiste Emma Chambers
[ 2018-2022]Killing Eve Carolyn Martens, Carolyn
Andor Maarva Andor
Fiona Shaw, The Testament of Mary
Fiona Shaw, The Testament of Mary
Fiona Shaw, Happy Days
Fiona Shaw, Happy Days
Fiona Shaw, Medea
Fiona Shaw, The Waste Land
Fiona ShawMachinal
Fiona ShawHedda Gabler
Fiona ShawHedda Gabler
Fiona ShawElectra
Fiona ShawAs You Like It
Fiona Shaw has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows.
Fiona Shaw has appeared on London's West End in 2 shows.
Fiona Shaw's first West End show was Scenes From An Execution which opened in 2012
Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for The Testament of Mary , Outstanding Solo Performance (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Testament of Mary , Best Actress (Olivier Awards) for Happy Days , Outstanding Actress in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Happy Days , Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Medea , Outstanding Actress - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Medea , Outstanding One Person Show (Drama Desk Awards) for The Waste Land , Best Actress (Olivier Awards) for Machinal , Actress of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Hedda Gabler , Actress of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Hedda Gabler , Actress of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Electra Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role (Olivier Awards) for As You Like It and Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role (Olivier Awards) for Mephisto .
Outstanding Actress - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Medea, Outstanding One Person Show (Drama Desk Awards) for The Waste Land Best Actress (Olivier Awards) for Machinal and Actress of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Electra.
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