Fiona Shaw Bio | Wiki
Fiona Shaw is a well-known Irish film and theatre actress. She is famous for portraying Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter film series from 2001 to 2010. She also appeared as Marnie Stonebrook in the fourth season of the HBO series True Blood and as Carolyn Martens in the BBC series Killing Eve. For her role in Killing Eve, she won the 2019 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Also, in season two of Killing Ebe, she received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Further, she worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Shaw attained the 1994 Olivier Award for Best Actress for Machinal and the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for The Waste Land.
Further, she had stage works in the title role in Medea in the West End and on Broadway from 2001 to 2002. In 2001, she was awarded an Honorary CBE and was listed at No. 29 on The Irish Times list of Ireland’s greatest film actors in 2020.
Fiona Shaw Age
She was born on July 10, 1958, in Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. Shaw is 64 years old.
Fiona Shaw Height
She is a woman of tall stature. Shaw stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in (Approx 1. 73 m).
Fiona Shaw Family
She was born to her hardworking parents in Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. Shaw holds British and Irish nationality. She is the daughter of ophthalmic surgeon Denis Joseph Wilson and physicist Mary T. Wilson. Her father studied medicine at University College Cork where he played rugby and worked for a short time as a GP in London before training to be an ophthalmologist at the Manchester Royal Infirmary in 1960. Moreover, they maintained a home in Montenotte.
Fiona Shaw Wife
She is hitched to her loving wife Sri Lankan economist Sonali Deraniyagala in 2018. Shaw met Sonali after reading Deraniyagala’s memoir. Before, from 2002 to 2005, she was the partner of English actress Saffron Burrows. Moreover, she is a lesbian, although she had dated men for many years before realizing her sexual orientation.
Fiona Shaw Education
She studied at secondary school at Scoil Mhuire in Cork. Upon her graduation, Shaw then attained her degree in philosophy at University College Cork.
Fiona Shaw Movies and Tv Shows
Movies
- The Man Who Shot Christmas as Laura in 1984
- Mountains of the Moon as Isabel in 1990
- Super Mario Bros. as Lena in 1993
- Jane Eyre as Mrs. Reede in 1996
- The Avengers as Father in 1998
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Petunia Dursley in 2002
- Catch and Release as Mrs. Douglas in 2006
- Dorian Gray as Agatha in 2009
- The Tree of Life as Grandmother in 2011
- Pixels as Prime Minister in 2015
- The Hippopotamus as Anne Logan in 2017
- Ammonite as Elizabeth Philpot in 2020
- Kindred as Margaret in 2020
Tv Shows
- All for Love as Elspeth in 1983
- Theatre Night as Clytemnestra in 1990
- Screen Two as Pauline and Pauline in 1992 and 1995
- RKO 281 as Hedda Hopper in 1999
- Empire as Fulvia in 2005
- True Blood as Marnie Stonebrook in 2011
- Sarah & Duck as Music Lady from 2015 to 2017
- Emerald City as Mombi in 2017
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Hedwin in 2017
- Killing Eve as Carolyn Martens from 2018 to 2022
- Baptiste as Emma Chambers in 2021
- Andor as Maarva Andor in 2022
Fiona Shaw Harry Potter
Shaw had a starring role as Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter film series from 2001 to 2010. Petunia is Harry’s maternal aunt, Lily Potter’s older sister, Vernon’s wife, Dudley’s mother, and Marge’s sister-in-law. She spends most of her time spying on her neighbors. The Harry Potter film series consists of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Fiona Shaw Fleabag
She appeared in an episode “#2.2” as Counsellor in 2019 in the British comedy-drama television series, Fleabag. The film is adapted from Waller-Bridge’s 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe one-woman play of the same name which won a Fringe First Award.
Fiona Shaw True Blood
She potrayed the recurring role of Marnie Stonebrook in the fourth season of the HBO series True Blood in 2011. Marnie has been described as an underachieving palm reader who is spiritually possessed by an actual witch.
Fiona Shaw Net Worth
Shaw is a well-known Irish film and theatre actress who has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Who Is Fiona Shaw
Shaw is a well-known Irish film and theatre actress. She is famous for portraying Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter film series from 2001 to 2010. She also appeared as Marnie Stonebrook in the fourth season of the HBO series True Blood and as Carolyn Martens in the BBC series Killing Eve. For her role in Killing Eve, she won the 2019 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress.
How Tall Is Fiona Shaw
Shaw is a woman of tall stature and is 5 ft 8 in.