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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Known For
Echo Valley
Jessie Oliver
2025
Hot Milk
Rose Papastergiadis
2025
Park Avenue
Kit
2025
That Christmas
Ms. Trapper (voice)
2024
IF
Grandmother
2024
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Colette
Sido
2018
The Hippopotamus
Anne Logan
2017
The White King
Kathrin Fitz
2016
Pixels
Prime Minister (uncredited)
2015
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
Self
2014
Muse of Fire
Self
2013
The English Teacher
Narrator
2013
The Tree of Life
Grandmother
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Petunia Dursley
2010
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
Lady Gay Spanker
2010
Dorian Gray
Agatha
2009
Mitchell And Kenyon In Ireland
Narrator (voice)
2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Petunia Dursley
2007
Fracture
Judge Robinson
2007
Catch and Release
Mrs. Ellen Douglas
2006
The Black Dahlia
Ramona Linscott
2006
Ebb and Flo
Narrator
2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Petunia Dursley
2004
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Petunia Dursley
2002
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Petunia Dursley
2001
The Triumph of Love
Leontine
2001
Mind Games
Frances O'Neil
2001
The Last September
Marda Norton
2000
RKO 281
Hedda Hopper
2000
The Avengers
Father
1998
The Butcher Boy
Mrs. Nugent
1998
Anna Karenina
Lydia
1997
Richard II
Richard II
1997
Jane Eyre
Mrs. Reed
1996
Persuasion
Mrs. Croft
1995
Undercover Blues
Novacek
1993
Super Mario Bros.
Lena
1993
London Kills Me
Headley
1991
Mountains of the Moon
Isabel
1990
Love Song
Young Deirdre Walters
1985
Monstrous Beauty
Aphra Ben
Maria's Child
Pauline
1993
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler
1993
3 Men and a Little Lady
Miss Lomax
1990
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Dr. Eileen Cole
1989
Fireworks for Elspeth
Elspeth
1983
The Rising: 1916
Countess Markievicz
Andor
Maarva Andor · (4 episodes)
2022
Bad Sisters
Angelica Collins · (7 episodes)
2022
Russia vs. the World
Narrator
2021
Ammonite
Elizabeth Philpot
2020
Kindred
Margaret
2020
Enola Holmes
Miss Harrison
2020
The Christmas Letter
Ms. Broom
2019
Out of Innocence
Catherine Flynn
2019
Baptiste
Emma Chambers · (6 episodes)
2019
Mrs Wilson
Coleman · (3 episodes)
2018
Lizzie
Abby Borden
2018
Killing Eve
Carolyn Martens · (32 episodes)
2018
Emerald City
Mombi · (1 episode)
2017
Channel Zero
Marla Painter · (6 episodes)
2016
Fleabag
Counsellor · (1 episode)
2016
Maigret Sets A Trap
曼森夫人
2016
Maigret
Madame Moncin · (1 episode)
2016
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Hedwin (voice) · (1 episode)
2014
Inside No. 9
Jean · (1 episode)
2014
True Detective
Rose Aguineau · (6 episodes)
2014
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012
We Believed
Emilie Ashurst
2010
Creating the World of Harry Potter
Self - 'Petunia Dursley' · (8 episodes)
2009
Simon Schama's John Donne
(1 episode)
2009
True Blood
Marnie Stonebrook · (12 episodes)
2008
Empire
Fulvia · (6 episodes)
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
Miss Katherine Greenshaw · (1 episode)
2004
Great Britons
Herself · (1 episode)
2002
Gormenghast
Irma Prunesquallor · (4 episodes)
2000
Titanic Town
Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)
1998
Trial & Retribution
(2 episodes)
1997
Ruby
Self · (1 episode)
1997
The Waste Land
Herself
1995
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Viola (voice) · (1 episode)
1992
Performance
Hedda Gabler · (1 episode)
1991
For the Greater Good
Gillian Savage · (3 episodes)
1991
Sacred Hearts
Sister Felicity
1985
Ladies First
The Stalemate
Scotch Verdict
The Last Machine
(5 episodes)
1995
Performance
Richard II · (1 episode)
1991
The Hand of Stalin
Self - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1990
The Simpsons
Mrs. McCormick (voice) · (1 episode)
1989
Theatre Night
(1 episode)
1985
Sherlock Holmes
Miss Morrison · (1 episode)
1984
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1956
Ebb and Flo
Narrator · (26 episodes)