Anecdotes

A fitness enthusiast, Shaw commutes around her home base in London on her bicycle.

Her mother was a physicist and her father was an eye surgeon.

Throughout the Harry Potter movie series, Shaw played "Petunia Dursley", Harry Potter's aunt, who had a strong aversion to any mention of or person connected to witchcraft or wizardry. Soon after finishing the last Potter movie, she started playing a witch possessed by a much-more powerful witch on the TV show, True Blood (2008).

Graduated from University College Cork.

She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1994 (1993 season) for Best Actress in her performance for "Machinal" at the Royal National Theatre.

She was awarded the 1991 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actress for her performance in Hedda Gabler.

Attended secondary school at Scoil Mhuire in Cork City.

Former longtime companion of Saffron Burrows from 2002 to 2005.

She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1990 (1989 season) for Best Actress in a New Play for "Electra", "As You Like It" and "The Person of Sichaun".

At the Evening Standard Theatre Awards she was named Best Actress for 'Medea' performed at the Queeen's Theater in London. (2002)

In 2019, Fiona Shaw became a patron of London-based not-for-profit Irish Film London, which celebrates and champions Irish film, TV and animation in Great Britain.

She won the Bancroft Gold Medal at RADA and made her professional debut as Rosaline in "Love's Labour's Lost" in 1982.

Was nominated for Broadway's 2003 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for playing the title character in "Medea."

Used to live within earshot of London Zoo (Regent's Park) (UK), but later moved to the London borough of Islington.

Graduated from RADA.

She was awarded the 2001 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in Medea at the Queen's Theatre in London, England.

The second child of 4 to an Irish eye surgeon, she majored in philosophy at University College, Cork then attended University College in Cork and Drama School in London where fellow students included Kenneth Branagh, Sean Bean and Janet McTeer.

In the Independent on Sunday [UK] 2006 Pink List - a list of the most influential gay men and women - Fiona Shaw came no. 69, a new entry.

She was awarded an honorary C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2001 Queen's New Year Honours List for her services to drama.

Following an unhappy experience playing Kate in "The Taming of the Shrew" for Jonathan Miller (Miller would not extend himself to allow the inclusion of modern sexual politics), she has only occasionally worked with male directors. Her collaboration with Deborah Warner has produced a string of daring performances and an armful of theatre awards.

She was awarded the 1989 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actress for her performances in Electra and The Good Person of Sichuan.

Became an Associate Member of RADA.

Was at the Royal Shakespeare Company in the mid 80's.

She was awarded the 1993 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in Machinal.

She has appeared in two films that have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: My left foot: L'histoire de Christy Brown (1989) and L'arbre de la vie (2011).