Fiona Shaw
Acting
Born: Jul 10, 1958
From: County Cork, Ireland
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Avenue | Kit | 2025 | 7.0 |
| Hot Milk | Rose | 2025 | 5.848 |
| IF | Grandmother | 2024 | 6.964 |
| Pixels | Prime Minister (uncredited) | 2015 | 5.77 |
| Great Poets: In Their Own Words | Self | 2014 | — |
| The English Teacher | Narrator | 2013 | 5.544 |
| The Tree of Life | Grandmother | 2011 | 6.728 |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Petunia Dursley | 2010 | 7.734 |
| Dorian Gray | Agatha | 2009 | 6.045 |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Petunia Dursley | 2007 | 7.672 |
| Fracture | Judge Robinson | 2007 | 7.261 |
| The Black Dahlia | Ramona Linscott | 2006 | 5.635 |
| Catch and Release | Mrs. Ellen Douglas | 2006 | 5.937 |
| Ebb and Flo | Narrator | 2005 | 8.0 |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Petunia Dursley | 2001 | 7.898 |
| RKO 281 | Hedda Hopper | 1999 | 6.45 |
| The Butcher Boy | Mrs. Nugent | 1998 | 6.841 |
| The Avengers | Father | 1998 | 4.461 |
| Richard II | Richard II | 1997 | 9.0 |
| Anna Karenina | Lydia | 1997 | 6.124 |
| Jane Eyre | Mrs. Reed | 1996 | 6.903 |
| Persuasion | Mrs. Croft | 1995 | 7.155 |
| Undercover Blues | Novacek | 1993 | 6.078 |
| Maria's Child | Pauline | 1993 | 3.333 |
| Hedda Gabler | Hedda Gabler | 1993 | 9.0 |
| London Kills Me | Headley | 1991 | 5.9 |
| Mountains of the Moon | Isabel | 1990 | 6.506 |
| Love Song | Young Deirdre Walters | 1985 | — |
| Fireworks for Elspeth | Elspeth | 1983 | — |
| Monstrous Beauty | Aphra Ben | — | |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1958 |
| From | County Cork, Ireland |