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Also known as Fiona Mary Shaw, Fiona Wilson, Fiona Mary Wilson

Irish actress (born 1958)

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Active from
1910-05-23
Active to
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Fiona Shaw, CBE (born Fiona Mary Wilson; 10 July 1958) is an Irish actress and theatre director. Although to international audiences she is primarily known for her role as Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter films or her role portraying Marnie Stonebrook in the HBO series True Blood, she is an accomplished classical actress. Shaw was awarded an honorary CBE in 2001. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Fiona+Shaw">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Born
Fiona Mary Wilson , ( 1958-07-10 ) 10 July 1958 (age 67) , Cobh , County Cork , Ireland
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1983–present
Spouse
Sonali Deraniyagala ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2018 ) ​

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Fiona Shaw
date of birth
1958-07-10
start of work period
1983-00-00
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Fiona Shaw (born Fiona Mary Wilson; 10 July 1958) is an Irish actress in screen and stage. 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).

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