Michelle Fairley

Michelle Fairley will always be Catelyn Stark to me, and that's a compliment to how completely she inhabited the role. Her Game of Thrones run from 2011 to 2013 gave the early seasons a moral spine, and the Red Wedding still hits hard largely because of her. What I appreciate is that she never coasted on that fame; she's kept working across Suits, 24: Live Another Day, Rebellion, The Feed, and the brutal Gangs of London. Born in Coleraine in 1964, she carries that Northern Irish grounding into roles that demand steel. She's the kind of character actor a production can build trust around.

Michelle Fairley is an actress from Northern Ireland. She is best known for playing Catelyn Stark in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2013). She has since appeared in the USA Network series Suits (2013), the Fox series 24: Live Another Day (2014), the RTÉ miniseries Rebellion (2016), the science fiction series The Feed (2019), the Sky Atlantic crime drama Gangs of London (2020–present), and the Netflix series How…

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Name (English)

Michelle Fairley

Name (Japanese)

ミシェル・フェアリー

Reading

みしぇる・ふぇありー

Born

January 17, 1964 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

Origin

Coleraine, United Kingdom

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / actor

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC

Tags

• stage actor
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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