Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw

1958-07-10 County Cork, Ireland 65 Credits

Biography

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 play...

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Echo Valley

Echo Valley

2025

as Jessie Oliver

6.5
Acting

Kate lives a secluded life—until her troubled daughter shows up, frightened and covered in someone else's blood. As Kate unravels the shocking truth, ...

Hot Milk

Hot Milk

2025

as Rose Papastergiadis

5.6
Acting

Rose and her daughter Sofia travel to the Spanish seaside town of Almería to consult with the shamanic Dr. Gomez, a physician who could possibly hold ...

Park Avenue

Park Avenue

2025

as Kit

Acting

Paralyzed by her life wrangling cattle in Alberta, Canada, Charlotte jumps into her Ford Bronco, flees her over-controlling husband, and lands back in...

That Christmas

That Christmas

2024

as Ms. Trapper (voice)

7.2
Acting

It's an unforgettable Christmas for the townsfolk of Wellington-on-Sea when the worst snowstorm in history alters everyone's plans — including Santa's...

IF

IF

2024

as Grandmother

7.0
Acting

After discovering she can see everyone's imaginary friends, a girl embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten imaginary friends with their ...

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

2022

as Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

Celebrate Disney+ Day with a special look at the Star Wars original series Andor.

Russia vs. the World

Russia vs. the World

2021

as Narrator

Acting

Fiona Shaw narrates this exploration of Russia's medieval origins through to its bloody expansion to become the biggest country in the world. It's a t...

Ammonite

Ammonite

2020

as Elizabeth Philpot

6.9
Acting

In 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite ...

Kindred

Kindred

2020

as Margaret

5.5
Acting

When her boyfriend Ben suddenly dies in an accident, mother-to-be Charlotte collapses upon receiving the news. She wakes up in Ben’s family home, a cr...

Enola Holmes

Enola Holmes

2020

as Miss Harrison

7.3
Acting

While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.

The Christmas Letter

The Christmas Letter

2019

as Ms. Broom

4.8
Acting

Christmas-mad kid Henry tries to bring some much-needed cheer into a lonely old lady’s life in this touching festive animation narrated by Kate Winsle...

Out of Innocence

Out of Innocence

2019

as Catherine Flynn

6.6
Acting

After a police investigation, a young mother, confused and scared, confesses to a crime she did not commit and is charged with murder.

Colette

Colette

2018

as Sido

6.9
Acting

After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France...

Lizzie

Lizzie

2018

as Abby Borden

6.2
Acting

Massachusetts, 1892. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, Lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control...

The Hippopotamus

The Hippopotamus

2017

as Anne Logan

6.4
Acting

Disgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.

The White King

The White King

2016

as Kathrin Fitz

5.4
Acting

Djata is a care-free 12-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father, Peter,...

Maigret Sets A Trap

Maigret Sets A Trap

2016

as 曼森夫人

8.0
Acting
Pixels

Pixels

2015

as Prime Minister (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

Great Poets: In Their Own Words

Great Poets: In Their Own Words

2014

as Self

Acting

A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

2013

Director

9.0
Directing

The imperious Onegin rejects naive Tatiana's proposal of love and also incites a duel with his best friend turned rival Lenski (Piotr Beczala). This s...

Muse of Fire

Muse of Fire

2013

as Self

6.5
Acting

Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever. This unique feature documentary follow...

The English Teacher

The English Teacher

2013

as Narrator

5.6
Acting

Small-town Pennsylvania schoolteacher Linda Sinclair balances her staid home life with an incredible passion for her subject. Then a former star pupil...

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Shakespeare's Sonnets

2012

Acting

Released alongside a spectacular edition of Shakespeare’s Sonnets for the Apple iPad, this beautifully produced DVD features specially filmed performa...

The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life

2011

as Grandmother

6.7
Acting

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhoo...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010

as Petunia Dursley

7.7
Acting

Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for ...

We Believed

We Believed

2010

as Emilie Ashurst

6.6
Acting

1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary uprisings in the monarchist South, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's patriotic cause, s...

National Theatre Live: London Assurance

National Theatre Live: London Assurance

2010

as Lady Gay Spanker

7.0
Acting

Grace has agreed to marry Sir Harcourt in return for his financial support of her family. At a house party in her father's place, Harcourt's son Charl...

Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray

2009

as Agatha

6.0
Acting

Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton, handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance,...

Mitchell And Kenyon In Ireland

Mitchell And Kenyon In Ireland

2007

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

Over a century ago, Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon roamed Britain and Ireland filming the everyday lives of people at work and play. For around 70 ye...

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007

as Petunia Dursley

7.7
Acting

Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Le...

Fracture

Fracture

2007

as Judge Robinson

7.3
Acting

A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put h...

Catch and Release

Catch and Release

2006

as Mrs. Ellen Douglas

5.9
Acting

For a grieving fiancée, learning to love again requires the help of her late love's three best friends.

The Black Dahlia

The Black Dahlia

2006

as Ramona Linscott

5.6
Acting

In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer ...

Ebb and Flo

2005

as Narrator

8.0
Acting

Flo doesn't think of Ebb as a dog, and Ebb doesn't think of Flo as a small human, they just are the best of friends. Until Bird arrives to lovingly di...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004

as Petunia Dursley

8.0
Acting

Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts...

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

as Petunia Dursley

7.7
Acting

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger aw...

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001

as Petunia Dursley

7.9
Acting

Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with ...

The Triumph of Love

The Triumph of Love

2001

as Leontine

6.2
Acting

A princess is determined to restore her homeland's throne to its rightful heir, a young prince with whom she falls in love.

Mind Games

Mind Games

2001

as Frances O'Neil

5.3
Acting

A former nun turned criminal profiler is called in to investigate the horrific ritualistic murders of two middle aged women. Her unorthodox approach m...

The Last September

The Last September

2000

as Marda Norton

5.2
Acting

In 1920s Ireland, an elderly couple reside over a tired country estate. Living with them are their high-spirited niece, their Oxford student nephew, a...

RKO 281

RKO 281

2000

as Hedda Hopper

6.4
Acting

In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater, and, hired by RKO Pictures, moves to Hollywood with the...

The Avengers

The Avengers

1998

as Father

4.4
Acting

British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the worl...

Titanic Town

Titanic Town

1998

as Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)

5.2
Acting

Belfast 1972: The politically naive Bernie is trying to bring up a normal family in less than normal surroundings. Her best friend is accidentally sho...

The Butcher Boy

The Butcher Boy

1998

as Mrs. Nugent

6.8
Acting

Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, su...

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

1997

as Lydia

6.0
Acting

Anna Karenina, the wife of a Russian imperial minister, creates a high-society scandal by an affair with Count Vronsky, a dashing cavalry officer in 1...

Richard II

Richard II

1997

as Richard II

9.0
Acting

The incompetent Richard II is deposed by Henry Bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer king.

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

1996

as Mrs. Reed

6.9
Acting

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she mee...

Persuasion

Persuasion

1995

as Mrs. Croft

7.1
Acting

Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, is persuaded to break her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young sea capt...

The Waste Land

The Waste Land

1995

as Herself

10.0
Acting

A film version of a performance by Fiona Shaw of T.S. Eliot's poem.

Undercover Blues

Undercover Blues

1993

as Novacek

6.0
Acting

When fun-loving American agents Jeff and Jane Blue are called back from maternity leave for a special assignment in New Orleans, the spy parents decid...

Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros.

1993

as Lena

4.5
Acting

Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only ho...

Maria's Child

Maria's Child

1993

as Pauline

1.0
Acting

Maria is a dancer who becomes pregnant, unexpectedly, and has to decide whether or not to keep the baby. When her live-in boyfriend, who is not the fa...

Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler

1993

as Hedda Gabler

Acting

Hedda Gabler is a beautiful woman married to the solid and respectable academic George Tesman. Then an old flame, the dreamer Eilert Lovborg, turns up...

London Kills Me

London Kills Me

1991

as Headley

6.0
Acting

For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe... a young man's life is almost lost, which is exactly what this film is all about: a man barel...

3 Men and a Little Lady

3 Men and a Little Lady

1990

as Miss Lomax

5.9
Acting

Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary w...

Mountains of the Moon

Mountains of the Moon

1990

as Isabel

6.5
Acting

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victor...

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

1989

as Dr. Eileen Cole

7.5
Acting

No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and...

Sacred Hearts

Sacred Hearts

1985

as Sister Felicity

4.0
Acting

A tough nun (Anna Massey) demands belief and obedience from convent schoolgirls (Katrin Cartlidge, Oona Kirsch) in World War II England.

Love Song

1985

as Young Deirdre Walters

Acting

The life of a successful student couple at Cambridge University.

Fireworks for Elspeth

Fireworks for Elspeth

1983

as Elspeth

Acting

Will they starve her? Shave her head? Force her to wear a hair shirt? Elspeth's friends and family react with horror, grief and even derision to her d...

Monstrous Beauty

Monstrous Beauty

N/A

as Aphra Ben

Acting

Barbara Field, born into poverty with a rare condition that means she is entirely covered in hair. Given the precious gift of an education, she is off...

The Rising: 1916

N/A

as Countess Markievicz

Acting

In the early 20th Century, a handsome young man leaves a small family farm and becomes the mastermind of a rebellion that changed Ireland forever. Fol...

Ladies First

N/A

Acting

An unrepentant womanizer finds himself in a parallel world dominated by women. A fiery female counterpart makes things even more complicated.

The Stalemate

N/A

Acting

A robber and sheriff, out of bullets and far from town, must negotiate their way out of an absurd, unending chase in the Old West.

Scotch Verdict

N/A

Acting