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Fiona Shaw

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Biography

Recent Role:
Marnie on True Blood
Gender:
Female
Born:
7-10-1958
Birthplace:
County Cork, Ireland

Irish-born actress Fiona Shaw is one of Ireland's most enduringly successful character actors on screen, yet on the stage she is one of the finest classical actresses in the world. Her intense performances and magnificent acting skills in the theatre have won her much praise and accolades. In films, she often takes small, comic roles, usually largely insignificant to the plot.

Her extensive theatre credits include 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie', 'Medea', 'As You Like It', 'The Taming of the Shrew', 'Elektra', 'Hedda Gabler', 'Footfalls' and the hugely controversial 'Richard

More II', in which she played the title role. She often collaborates with director Deborah Warner.

Film and television roles, despite being infrequent, are notable. She was arguably the best thing about 'Three Men and a Little Lady' and 'Super Mario Bros', and she made her mark in period films such as 'Persuasion' and 'Jane Eyre'. Shaw's is perhaps best known to cinema goers for her role as Aunt Petunia, the insufferable aunt of 'Harry Potter' in the blockbuster movies, a character she played to perfection in the first three films. She also appeared as Irma Prunasqualler in 'Gormenghast'.

A multiple Olivier winner, she is renowned worldwide for her unparalleled performances, and continues to play roles on stage that win her much acclaim.

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