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).
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| 1 | Echo Valley (2025) | Leslie Oliver | 7 | |
| 2 | That Christmas (2024) | Ms. Trapper (voice) | 5 | |
| 3 | IF (2024) | Grandmother | 6.7 | |
| 4 | Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look (2022) | Maarva Andor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7 | |
| 5 | Kindred (2020) | Margaret | 6 | |
| 6 | Ammonite (2020) | Elizabeth Philpot | 6.3 | |
| 7 | Enola Holmes (2020) Top movies in 2020 | Miss Harrison | 7 | |
| 8 | Colette (2018) | Sido | 7.5 | |
| 9 | Lizzie (2018) | Abby Borden | 6.6 | |
| 10 | The Hippopotamus (2017) | Anne Logan | 5 | |
| 11 | The White King (2016) | Kathrin Fitz | 6.5 | |
| 12 | Pixels (2015) | Prime Minister (uncredited) | 6.2 | |
| 13 | Muse of Fire (2013) | Self | - | - |
| 14 | The English Teacher (2013) | Narrator | 6 | |
| 15 | The Tree of Life (2011) Oscars 2012 | Grandmother | 6.2 | |
| 16 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) Top 100 by FilmGator | Petunia Dursley | 8 | |
| 17 | We Believed (2010) | Emilie Ashurst | 4 | |
| 18 | Dorian Gray (2009) | Agatha | 6.4 | |
| 19 | Fracture (2007) | Judge Robinson | 7.1 | |
| 20 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) | Petunia Dursley | 7.7 | |
| 21 | Catch and Release (2006) | Mrs. Ellen Douglas | 6 | |
| 22 | The Black Dahlia (2006) Oscars 2007 | Ramona Linscott | 6 | |
| 23 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Top 100 by FilmGator | Petunia Dursley | 8 | |
| 24 | Doctor Sleep (2002) | Lebourg | - | - |
| 25 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) | Petunia Dursley | 7.7 | |
| 26 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) Oscars 2002 | Petunia Dursley | 7.8 | |
| 27 | RKO 281 (1999) | Hedda Hopper | 6.5 | |
| 28 | The Avengers (1998) | Father | 4.6 | |
| 29 | The Butcher Boy (1998) | Mrs. Nugent | - | - |
| 30 | Anna Karenina (1997) | Lydia | - | - |
| 31 | Jane Eyre (1996) | Mrs. Reed | 5.5 | |
| 32 | Persuasion (1995) | Mrs. Croft | 9 | |
| 33 | Undercover Blues (1993) | Novacek | 7.5 | |
| 34 | Super Mario Bros. (1993) | Lena | 5.2 | |
| 35 | Mountains of the Moon (1990) | Isabel | 6.7 | |
| 36 | 3 Men and a Little Lady (1990) | Miss Lomax | 5.1 | |
| 37 | My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) | Dr. Eileen Cole | 7.5 | |
| 38 | Monstrous Beauty | Aphra Ben | - | - |

