Biography
Fiona O'Shaughnessy is an Irish film, stage, and television actress. O'Shaughnessy was born in Galway. Her family moved to Reading, Berkshire, when she was 9. She returned to Galway a decade later where she pursued a career in theatre. She dated Irish comedian David McSavage for a period of time. O'Shaughnessy's most notable stage role to date is that of Salome for the Gate Theatre in Dublin. Other stage work has included The Shaughraun for the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, which transferred to th...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Möbius Trip
2023
as Maren
A road trip pushes a dysfunctional family to the brink after their journey descends into a claustrophobic hallucinatory nightmare.
Don't Breathe 2
2021
as Mother
The Blind Man has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a devastating house fi...
Gretel & Hansel
2020
as Mother
A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only...
The Overcoat
2018
as Anna (voice)
An animated adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's classic short story about an office worker who saves all his money to buy a new coat in time for Christmas, ...
Nina Forever
2016
as Nina
Holly loves Rob and tries to help him through his grief – even if it means contending with his dead girlfriend Nina, who comes back, bloody and broken...
Outcast
2010
as Niamh
When Mary and her teenage son, Fergal, move to yet another new home, it soon becomes clear they live their lives on the run, hiding from someone or so...
Malice in Wonderland
2010
as Hooker
A modern take on the classic fairytale, Alice in Wonderland, set in South East England.An American law student in London. Knocked down by a black cab,...
The Stronger
2007
as Miss Y
Based on a dramatic monologue by August Strindberg, the short film follows a married woman as she confronts her husband's lover after bumping into her...
Nightwatching
2007
as Marita
An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murder...
Until Death
2007
as Lucy
Anthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges ...
The Secret Language
2005
as Máthair
James and his dad Michael use Irish as a secret language to discuss their secret spy business. They must never let James' mum know about their covert ...
Rógairí
2005
as Leonora Rotherham
Ireland, 1763. When a murderous landlord vies to inherit the Rotherham estate, his crimes fall under the scrutiny of a witch who undertakes a terrible...
The Unusual Inventions of Henry Cavendish
2005
as Miss. Catherine Palmerston
A silent love story about an inventor who loses and then wins his love from a villainous cad.
Alexander
2004
as Nurse
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then ...
The Halo Effect
2004
as Suzie
Fatso is the proprietor of what may be the worst eaterie in the city, and is struggling to keep a sinking ship afloat. His compulsive gambling is gett...
Belonging
2004
as Stephanie
Jess (Brenda Blethyn) and town handyman Jacob (Kevin Whately) have been happily married 20 years, recently taking in a trio of Jacob's elderly relativ...
Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
2003
as Beth
Short film combining the true life event of Che Guevara's stopover at Shannon Airport with Science Fiction elements involving the Invisible Man.
Goldfish Memory
2003
as Clara
A small group of friends experience relationships which grow and stumble, involving everything from straight, gay, lesbian, and bisexual relationships...
Warlock III: The End of Innocence
1999
as Kris's Friend
A college student unexpectedly finds that she has inherited a derelict house. Accompanied by a group of friends, she goes there to clear it of heirloo...
Bluebird
N/A
as Jenny
Short film which premiered in competition at London Short Film Festival