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My Take
Fiona Shaw is, to my mind, the gold standard of what stage training does for an actor. Decades with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre gave her an authority that bends every scene toward her, whether she is playing Petunia Dursley in Harry Potter or the magnificently dry spymaster of Killing Eve, which earned her a BAFTA. The Olivier Awards and the honorary CBE merely confirm what the eye already knows: this is craft of the highest order. Whenever her name appears in a cast list, I immediately trust the entire production a little more. Cork should be proud.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Fiona Shaw
- Name (Japanese)
- フィオナ・ショウ
- Reading
- ふぃおな・しょう
- Born
- July 10, 1958 (age 67)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Dog
- Origin
- County Cork, Ireland
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / film actor / performing artist / director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University College Cork
Awards & achievements
- Laurence Olivier Awards
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 1997 Theatre World Award
- 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show
- 2019 British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress
- Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress
- 1999 honorary doctorate
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Stage actor — see all → · More people from Ireland →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.