Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw (born Fiona Mary Wilson; 10 July 1958) is an Irish film and theatre actress. She is known for her roles as Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2010), Marnie Stonebrook in the fourth season of the HBO series True Blood (2011), and Carolyn Martens in the BBC series Killing Eve (2018–22). For her performance in Killing Eve, Shaw won the 2019 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress. For her performances in the second seasons of Killing Eve and Fleabag, she received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series respectively. For the third season of Killing Eve, she was again nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. 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. In 2020, she was listed at No. 29 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

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Filmography

2025

Park Avenue
Park Avenue
as Kit
Movie - Released: 2/7/2025
Hot Milk
Hot Milk
as Rose Papastergiadis
Movie - Released: 5/28/2025
Echo Valley
Echo Valley
as Jessie Oliver
Movie - Released: 6/12/2025

2024

IF
IF
as Grandmother
Movie - Released: 5/8/2024
That Christmas
That Christmas
as Ms. Trapper (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/27/2024

2022

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 9/8/2022
Andor
Andor
as Maarva Andor
TV - Released: 9/21/2022
Bad Sisters
Bad Sisters
as Angelica Collins
TV - Released: 8/19/2022

2021

Russia vs. the World
Russia vs. the World
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/1/2021

2020

Ammonite
Ammonite
as Elizabeth Philpot
Movie - Released: 11/13/2020
Enola Holmes
Enola Holmes
as Miss Harrison
Movie - Released: 9/23/2020
Kindred
Kindred
as Margaret
Movie - Released: 11/6/2020

2019

Out of Innocence
Out of Innocence
as Catherine Flynn
Movie - Released: 4/12/2019
The Christmas Letter
The Christmas Letter
as Ms. Broom
Movie - Released: 12/22/2019
Baptiste
Baptiste
as Emma Chambers
TV - Released: 2/17/2019

2018

Colette
Colette
as Sido
Movie - Released: 9/21/2018
Lizzie
Lizzie
as Abby Borden
Movie - Released: 9/14/2018
Killing Eve
Killing Eve
as Carolyn Martens
TV - Released: 4/8/2018
Mrs Wilson
Mrs Wilson
as Coleman
TV - Released: 11/27/2018

2017

The Hippopotamus
The Hippopotamus
as Anne Logan
Movie - Released: 3/8/2017
Emerald City
Emerald City
as Mombi
TV - Released: 1/6/2017

2016

The White King
The White King
as Kathrin Fitz
Movie - Released: 6/18/2016
Channel Zero
Channel Zero
as Marla Painter
TV - Released: 10/11/2016
Fleabag
Fleabag
as Counsellor
TV - Released: 7/21/2016
Maigret
Maigret
as Madame Moncin
TV - Released: 3/28/2016

2015

Pixels
Pixels
as Prime Minister (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 7/16/2015

2014

Great Poets: In Their Own Words
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/10/2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
as Hedwin (voice)
TV - Released: 12/5/2014
True Detective
True Detective
as Rose Aguineau
TV - Released: 1/12/2014
Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9
as Jean
TV - Released: 2/5/2014

2013

The English Teacher
The English Teacher
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 5/16/2013
Muse of Fire
Muse of Fire
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/26/2013

2012

Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Movie - Released: 7/18/2012

2011

The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life
as Grandmother
Movie - Released: 5/17/2011

2010

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Petunia Dursley
Movie - Released: 11/17/2010
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
as Lady Gay Spanker
Movie - Released: 6/24/2010
We Believed
We Believed
as Emilie Ashurst
Movie - Released: 11/12/2010

2009

Dorian Gray
Dorian Gray
as Agatha
Movie - Released: 9/9/2009
Simon Schama's John Donne
Simon Schama's John Donne
TV - Released: 5/26/2009
Creating the World of Harry Potter
Creating the World of Harry Potter
as Self - 'Petunia Dursley'
TV - Released: 11/17/2009

2008

True Blood
True Blood
as Marnie Stonebrook
TV - Released: 9/7/2008

2007

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Petunia Dursley
Movie - Released: 7/8/2007
Fracture
Fracture
as Judge Robinson
Movie - Released: 4/19/2007
Mitchell And Kenyon In Ireland
Mitchell And Kenyon In Ireland
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/30/2007

2006

The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia
as Ramona Linscott
Movie - Released: 9/15/2006
Catch and Release
Catch and Release
as Mrs. Ellen Douglas
Movie - Released: 10/20/2006

2005

Movie
Ebb and Flo
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 4/14/2005
Empire
Empire
as Fulvia
TV - Released: 6/28/2005

2004

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Petunia Dursley
Movie - Released: 5/31/2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Miss Katherine Greenshaw
TV - Released: 12/12/2004

2002

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Petunia Dursley
Movie - Released: 11/13/2002
TV
Great Britons
as Herself
TV - Released: 10/20/2002

2001

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Petunia Dursley
Movie - Released: 11/16/2001
The Triumph of Love
The Triumph of Love
as Leontine
Movie - Released: 9/7/2001
Mind Games
Mind Games
as Frances O'Neil
Movie - Released: 1/6/2001

2000

RKO 281
RKO 281
as Hedda Hopper
Movie - Released: 4/7/2000
The Last September
The Last September
as Marda Norton
Movie - Released: 4/28/2000
Gormenghast
Gormenghast
as Irma Prunesquallor
TV - Released: 1/17/2000

1998

The Butcher Boy
The Butcher Boy
as Mrs. Nugent
Movie - Released: 2/20/1998
The Avengers
The Avengers
as Father
Movie - Released: 8/13/1998
Titanic Town
Titanic Town
as Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)
Movie - Released: 8/8/1998

1997

Richard II
Richard II
as Richard II
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
as Lydia
Movie - Released: 4/4/1997
Trial & Retribution
Trial & Retribution
TV - Released: 10/19/1997
TV
Ruby
as Self
TV - Released: 5/12/1997

1996

Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Reed
Movie - Released: 1/20/1996

1995

Persuasion
Persuasion
as Mrs. Croft
Movie - Released: 5/1/1995
The Waste Land
The Waste Land
as Herself
Movie - Released: 3/24/1995
The Last Machine
The Last Machine
TV - Released: 1/7/1995

1993

Undercover Blues
Undercover Blues
as Novacek
Movie - Released: 9/10/1993
Maria's Child
Maria's Child
as Pauline
Movie - Released: 3/28/1993
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler
as Hedda Gabler
Movie - Released: 3/27/1993
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.
as Lena
Movie - Released: 5/28/1993

1992

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Viola (voice)
TV - Released: 11/9/1992

1991

London Kills Me
London Kills Me
as Headley
Movie - Released: 12/13/1991
Performance
Performance
as Hedda Gabler
TV - Released: 2/22/1991
Performance
Performance
as Richard II
TV - Released: 2/22/1991
For the Greater Good
For the Greater Good
as Gillian Savage
TV - Released: 3/20/1991

1990

Mountains of the Moon
Mountains of the Moon
as Isabel
Movie - Released: 2/16/1990
3 Men and a Little Lady
3 Men and a Little Lady
as Miss Lomax
Movie - Released: 11/21/1990
The Hand of Stalin
The Hand of Stalin
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 10/16/1990

1989

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
as Dr. Eileen Cole
Movie - Released: 4/7/1989
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
as Mrs. McCormick (voice)
TV - Released: 12/17/1989

1985

Movie
Love Song
as Young Deirdre Walters
Movie - Released: 4/6/1985
Sacred Hearts
Sacred Hearts
as Sister Felicity
Movie - Released: 11/1/1985
TV
Theatre Night
TV - Released: 9/15/1985

1984

Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
as Miss Morrison
TV - Released: 4/24/1984

1983

Fireworks for Elspeth
Fireworks for Elspeth
as Elspeth
Movie - Released: 10/2/1983

1956

Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
TV - Released: 4/1/1956

Unknown

Monstrous Beauty
Monstrous Beauty
as Aphra Ben
Movie
Movie
The Rising: 1916
as Countess Markievicz
Movie
Movie
Ebb and Flo
Ebb and Flo
as Narrator
TV