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Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw

Actor · Born July 10, 1958 (68) · Cobh, County Cork, Ireland

BAFTA Award winner · Primetime Emmy nominee · 1 other major award body

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 plays Electra, As You Like It, The Good Person of Szechwan (1990), and Machinal (1994) and received a further three Olivier Award nominations for her roles in Mephisto (1986), Hedda Gabler (1992), and Happy Days (2008). She made her Broadway debut playing the title role in Medea (2002), for which she earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She returned to Broadway in the Colm Tóibín play The Testament of Mary (2013). In film, she played Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2010). Other notable film roles include My Left Foot (1989), Persuasion (1995), Jane Eyre (1996), The Tree of Life (2011), Colette (2018), Ammonite (2020), and Enola Holmes (2020). Her television roles include Hedda Hopper in the HBO film RKO 281 (1999) and Marnie Stonebrook in the HBO series True Blood (2011). She played Carolyn Martens in the BBC series Killing Eve (2018–22), for which she received the 2019 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. For her role as a counsellor in Fleabag (2019), she received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series nomination. She starred in the BBC One series Baptiste (2021) and the Disney+ series Andor (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Manny Jacinto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
July 10, 1958 (68)
From
Cobh, County Cork, Ireland
Works as
Actor
Titles
60 on MovieCove · 97 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 19% in 30 days

What are Fiona Shaw's films like?

Across their 40 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
28%
Self
24%
Power
16%
Survival
14%
Morality
9%
Society
7%
Ideas
4%
Family bonds15 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love10 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom7 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 37 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 11 · Serious 11 · Dark 15

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 15 · Stylized 15 · Heightened 7

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 13 · Charged 14 · Intense 10

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 23 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 19 · Some laughs 15 · Funny 3

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 19 · Even-paced 18 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 12 · Engaged 20 · Full focus 5

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 14 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 11

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 23 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 5

Roles they play

16 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 6 of 16 analyzed roles.

Mentor
6 of 16
Shadow
3 of 16
Herald
2 of 16
Hero
1 of 16
Shapeshifter
1 of 16
Ally
1 of 16
Trickster
1 of 16
Threshold guardian
1 of 16
Show the 16 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
22
Melancholic
19
Contemplative
13
Dread
10
Warm
9
Other
41

How their films linger

Bittersweet14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy11
  • Bittersweet18
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous7
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Fiona Shaw's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 44 of their 60 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Fiona Shaw's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

97 credits, 60 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Pride and Prejudice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 6 episodes · as Lady Catherine de Bourg

  • The Education of Jane Cumming(2026)

    as Lady Cumming Gordon

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Sense and Sensibility(2026)

    as Mrs. Jennings

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Ladies First(2026)

    as Felicity Chase

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Park Avenue(2025)

    as Kit

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Echo Valley(2025)

    as Leslie Oliver

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Hot Milk(2025)

    as Rose

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • That Christmas(2024)

    as Ms. Trapper (voice)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • IF(2024)

    as Grandmother

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Andor(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · as Maarva Andor

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Bad Sisters(2022)

    Show 7 episodes · as Angelica Collins

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Russia - A Thousand Years of History(2021)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Ammonite(2020)

    as Elizabeth Philpot

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Kindred(2020)

    as Margaret

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Enola Holmes(2020)

    as Miss Harrison

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Christmas Letter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Ms. Broom (voice)

  • Out of Innocence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Catherine Flynn

  • Baptiste(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · as Emma Chambers

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Mrs. Wilson(2018)

    Show 3 episodes · as Coleman

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Colette(2018)

    as Sido

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Lizzie(2018)

    as Abby Borden

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Killing Eve(2018)

    Show 32 episodes · as Carolyn Martens

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Malika Leopard Huntress(2018)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Hippopotamus(2017)

    as Anne Logan

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Emerald City(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mombi

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • Channel Zero(2016)

    Show 6 episodes · as Marla Painter

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • Fleabag(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Counsellor

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • The White King(2016)

    as Kathrin Fitz

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Maigret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Madame Moncin

  • Pixels(2015)

    as Prime Minister (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Hedwin (voice)

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Inside No. 9(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Jean

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • True Detective(2014)

    Show 6 episodes · as Rose Aguineau

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • The English Teacher(2013)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Shakespeare's Sonnets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • The Tree of Life(2011)

    as Grandmother

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1(2010)

    as Petunia Dursley

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • We Believed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Emilie Ashurst

  • National Theatre Live: London Assurance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Lady Gay Spanker

  • Dorian Gray(2009)

    as Agatha

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Simon Schama's John Donne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • True Blood(2008)

    Show 12 episodes · as Marnie Stonebrook

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Mitchell & Kenyon in Ireland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(2007)

    as Petunia Dursley

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Fracture(2007)

    as Judge Robinson

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Catch and Release(2006)

    as Mrs. Ellen Douglas

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Black Dahlia(2006)

    as Ramona Linscott

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Empire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 6 episodes · as Fulvia

  • Ebb and Flo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Narrator

  • Ebb and Flo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 26 episodes · as Narrator

  • Agatha Christie's Marple(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Miss Katherine Greenshaw

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(2004)

    as Petunia Dursley

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Petunia Evans Dursley

  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets(2002)

    as Petunia Dursley

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Close Your Eyes(2002)

    as Catherine Lebourg

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone(2001)

    as Aunt Petunia Dursley

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Triumph of Love(2001)

    as Leontine

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Mind Games(2001)

    as Frances O'Neil

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Seventh Stream(2001)

    as Mrs. Gourdon

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Last September (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Marda Norton

  • Gormenghast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 4 episodes · as Irma Prunesquallor

  • RKO 281(1999)

    as Hedda Hopper

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Avengers(1998)

    as Father

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Titanic Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Sue, TV Interviewer (Uncredited Cameo)

  • The Butcher Boy(1997)

    as Mrs. Nugent

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Anna Karenina(1997)

    as Lydia

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Richard II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Richard II

  • Jane Eyre(1996)

    as Mrs. Reed

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Persuasion(1995)

    as Mrs. Croft

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Last Machine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 5 episodes · Actor

  • Undercover Blues(1993)

    as Novacek

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Super Mario Bros.(1993)

    as Lena

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Maria's Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Pauline

  • Hedda Gabler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Hedda Gabler

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Viola (voice)

  • Twelfth Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Viola (voice)

  • London Kills Me(1991)

    as Headley

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Performance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Hedda Gabler · as Richard II

  • For the Greater Good (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 2 episodes · as Gillian Savage

  • Three Men and a Little Lady(1990)

    as Miss Lomax

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Mountains of the Moon(1990)

    as Isabel

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Simpsons(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs. McCormick (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • My Left Foot(1989)

    as Dr. Eileen Cole

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Sacred Hearts(1984)

    as Sister Felicity

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Theatre Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Clytemnestra

  • Love Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Young Deirdre Walters

  • The Man Who Shot Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Laura

  • Sherlock Holmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Miss Morrison

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Miss Morrison

  • Fireworks for Elspeth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Elspeth

  • All for Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Elspeth Erskine

  • Maigret Sets A Trap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as 演员

  • Monstrous Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Aphra Ben

  • The Rising: 1916 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Countess Markievicz

  • The Stalemate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 95 titles, 89 of them dated from 1982 to 2026; peak year 2025.

Biggest box office

IF (2024)

$191M worldwide

Highest rated

Persuasion (1995)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

Sense and Sensibility (2026)

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19822026

Peak 2025 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 12 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting94 of 95: 94 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score70thDirecting1 of 95: 1 only directing, 0 with another role

By decade

1980s10 · acting1990s20 · acting2000s21 · acting2010s24 · 23 acting · 1 crew2020s14 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 0% of 38 roles
899499091424

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a BAFTA Award from 6 major nominations, 2019–2025.

WinNomination
  1. 2025
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
  2. 2023
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Supporting Actress
  3. 2020
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
  4. 2019
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Supporting Actress

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Fiona Shaw's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 46; across their 37 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Midcredits score across 60 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up27
  • 50th to 74th16
  • 25th to 49th13
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

26 of their 60 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved14
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser26
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed14

Most divisive · actor

Park Avenue (2025)

84th percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Midcredits 99th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 34 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Fiona Shaw's work okay for kids?

Across up to 22 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore17 titles9–85 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity22 titles11–65 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity19 titles21–72 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs17 titles9–48 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense18 titles10–71 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Fiona Shaw work with?

People who share at least 2 of Fiona Shaw's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jane Austen shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers