Fiona Shaw

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Fiona Shaw , CBE (* 10. July 1958 as Fiona Mary Wilson in Cobh , County Cork ) is an Irish film and theater actress .

biography

The daughter of an ophthalmologist and a physicist, studied philosophy at University College Cork and attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art . In 1996 she spent two weeks in a Benedictine monastery . The diary she kept of her experiences during this period was broadcast in the UK on BBC Radio 4 . She currently lives in London . Today she is openly gay and married to Sonali Deraniyagala .

Career

Fiona Shaw is one of the most famous theater actresses in Great Britain and made a name for herself above all as a performer of classic plays. For example, she played one of the leading roles in Richard II from 1995. In 2009 she again played the leading role in Mother Courage and Her Children . Shaw has also appeared in many productions of classic plays and novels such as Hedda Gabler , Anna Karenina , Jane Eyre and Jane Austen's seduction in film and television .

In addition, Shaw also took part in numerous films and showed her comedic talent in Mit Schirm, Charme und Melon as well as in Undercover Blues - An Absolutely Cool Trio . With younger audiences, the actress is best known for her portrayal of Aunt Petunia Dursley in the film adaptations of the Harry Potter novels, with adults as the actress of Marnie in the series True Blood .

Since 2010 he has been active again on the theater stage and appeared in a play at the Royal National Theater . Also in 2010 she appeared in the play John Gabriel Borkman alongside Alan Rickman and Lindsay Duncan at the Dublin Theater .

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

watch TV

  • 1984: Sherlock Holmes (TV series, episode: The Crippled Man) (Director: Alan Grint)
  • 1985: Love Song (Director: Rodney Bennett)
  • 1991: Iphigenia at Aulis (Director: Don Taylor)
  • 1991: For the Greater Good
  • 1992: Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (miniseries, voice only)
  • 1993: Hedda Gabler (Director: Deborah Warner)
  • 1994: Seascape (Direction: Thaddeus O'Sullivan)
  • 1995: The Waste Land (Director: Deborah Warner)
  • 1997: Richard II (Director: Deborah Warner)
  • 1999: Citizen Kane - The Hollywood Legend (RKO 281) (Director: Benjamin Ross)
  • 2000: Gormenghast (miniseries) (Director: Andy Wilson)
  • 2001: Mind Games (Director: Richard Standeven)
  • 2001: The Seventh Stream (Director: John Gray )
  • 2005: Empire (miniseries) (Directors: John Gray and Kim Manners)
  • 2013: Agatha Christie's Marple , episode: Greenshaws Monstrum (TV series)
  • 2011: True Blood (TV series)
  • 2016: Channel Zero ( Channel Zero: Candle Cove , 6 episodes)
  • 2018: Killing Eve

Awards and nominations

  • 1990: "Laurence Olivier Theater Award" for Best Actress (1989 season) for "New Play for Electra" ( Elektra ), "As You Like It" ( As You Like It ) and "The Person of Sichaun" ( The Good Person of Sezuan )
  • 1992: The London Critics' Prize for her portrayal of "Hedda Gabler"
  • 1996: Nomination for the Chlotrudis Award for best supporting actress in Jane Austen's seduction
  • 1997: Honorary Doctorate from the National University of Ireland
  • 1994: "Laurence Olivier Theater Award" for Best Actress (1993 season) at the "Royal National Theater" London for "Machinal"
  • 2001: CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
  • 2001: Honorary Doctorate from Trinity College Dublin
  • 2002: "London Evening Standard Theater Award" for Best Actress in " Medea " at the Queen's Theater in London
  • 2003: Nominated for the " Tony Award " for best actress for her portrayal of the title role in "Medea"

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fiona Shaw's highs and lows from death of her brother to world stardom. June 9, 2019. Retrieved September 24, 2019 (UK English).
  2. ↑ Roland Koberg: A portrait of the Irish actress Fiona Shaw . In: The time . No. 31/1996 ( online ).

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personal data
SURNAME Shaw, Fiona
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shaw, Fiona Mary; Wilson, Fiona Mary (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH County Cork , Ireland