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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Sense and Sensibility
Character:Mrs. Jennings
Release Date:11/09/2026
Park Avenue
Character:Kit
Release Date:14/11/2025
Echo Valley
Character:Leslie Oliver
Release Date:13/06/2025
Hot Milk
Character:Rose
Release Date:28/05/2025
That Christmas
Character:Ms. Trapper (voice)
Release Date:27/11/2024
IF
Character:Grandmother
Release Date:08/05/2024
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Character:Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:08/09/2022
Russia vs. the World
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/2021
Ammonite
Character:Elizabeth Philpot
Release Date:13/11/2020
Kindred
Character:Margaret
Release Date:06/11/2020
Enola Holmes
Character:Miss Harrison
Release Date:23/09/2020
The Christmas Letter
Character:Ms. Broom
Release Date:22/12/2019
Out of Innocence
Character:Catherine Flynn
Release Date:12/04/2019
Colette
Character:Sido
Release Date:21/09/2018
Lizzie
Character:Abby Borden
Release Date:14/09/2018
The Hippopotamus
Character:Anne Logan
Release Date:08/03/2017
The White King
Character:Kathrin Fitz
Release Date:18/06/2016
Pixels
Character:Prime Minister (uncredited)
Release Date:16/07/2015
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
Character:Self
Release Date:10/08/2014
Muse of Fire
Character:Self
Release Date:26/09/2013
The English Teacher
Character:Narrator
Release Date:16/05/2013
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Character:
Release Date:18/07/2012
The Tree of Life
Character:Grandmother
Release Date:17/05/2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Character:Petunia Dursley
Release Date:17/11/2010
We Believed
Character:Emilie Ashurst
Release Date:12/11/2010
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
Character:Lady Gay Spanker
Release Date:24/06/2010
Dorian Gray
Character:Agatha
Release Date:09/09/2009
Mitchell And Kenyon In Ireland
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:30/07/2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Character:Petunia Dursley
Release Date:08/07/2007
Fracture
Character:Judge Robinson
Release Date:19/04/2007
Catch and Release
Character:Mrs. Ellen Douglas
Release Date:20/10/2006
The Black Dahlia
Character:Ramona Linscott
Release Date:15/09/2006
Ebb and Flo
Character:Narrator
Release Date:14/04/2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Character:Petunia Dursley
Release Date:31/05/2004
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Character:Petunia Dursley
Release Date:13/11/2002
Doctor Sleep
Character:Lebourg
Release Date:16/08/2002
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Character:Petunia Dursley
Release Date:16/11/2001
The Triumph of Love
Character:Leontine
Release Date:07/09/2001
Mind Games
Character:Frances O'Neil
Release Date:06/01/2001
The Last September
Character:Marda Norton
Release Date:28/04/2000
RKO 281
Character:Hedda Hopper
Release Date:20/11/1999
The Avengers
Character:Father
Release Date:13/08/1998
Titanic Town
Character:Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)
Release Date:08/08/1998
The Butcher Boy
Character:Mrs. Nugent
Release Date:20/02/1998
Anna Karenina
Character:Lydia
Release Date:04/04/1997
Richard II
Character:Richard II
Release Date:01/01/1997
Jane Eyre
Character:Mrs. Reed
Release Date:20/01/1996
Persuasion
Character:Mrs. Croft
Release Date:01/05/1995
The Waste Land
Character:Herself
Release Date:24/03/1995
Undercover Blues
Character:Novacek
Release Date:10/09/1993
Super Mario Bros.
Character:Lena
Release Date:28/05/1993
Maria's Child
Character:Pauline
Release Date:28/03/1993
Hedda Gabler
Character:Hedda Gabler
Release Date:27/03/1993
Twelfth Night
Character:Viola (voice)
Release Date:01/10/1992
London Kills Me
Character:Headley
Release Date:13/12/1991
3 Men and a Little Lady
Character:Miss Lomax
Release Date:21/11/1990
Mountains of the Moon
Character:Isabel
Release Date:16/02/1990
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Character:Dr. Eileen Cole
Release Date:07/04/1989
Sacred Hearts
Character:Sister Felicity
Release Date:01/11/1985
Love Song
Character:Young Deirdre Walters
Release Date:06/04/1985
The Man Who Shot Christmas
Character:Laura
Release Date:01/12/1984
Fireworks for Elspeth
Character:Elspeth
Release Date:02/10/1983
Television Appearances
Andor
Character:Maarva Andor
Bad Sisters
Character:Angelica Collins
Baptiste
Character:Emma Chambers
Mrs Wilson
Character:Coleman
Killing Eve
Character:Carolyn Martens
Emerald City
Character:Mombi
Channel Zero
Character:Marla Painter
Fleabag
Character:Counsellor
Maigret
Character:Madame Moncin
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Character:Hedwin (voice)
Inside No. 9
Character:Jean
True Detective
Character:Rose Aguineau
Simon Schama's John Donne
Character:
True Blood
Character:Marnie Stonebrook
Empire
Character:Fulvia
Ebb and Flo
Character:Narrator
Agatha Christie's Marple
Character:Miss Katherine Greenshaw
Great Britons
Character:Herself
Gormenghast
Character:Irma Prunesquallor
Trial & Retribution
Character:
Ruby
Character:Self
The Last Machine
Character:
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Character:Viola (voice)
Performance
Character:Hedda Gabler
Performance
Character:Richard II
For the Greater Good
Character:Gillian Savage
The Hand of Stalin
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
The Simpsons
Character:Mrs. McCormick (voice)
Theatre Night
Character:
Sherlock Holmes
Character:Miss Morrison
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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