Fiona Shaw
Fiona Shaw
Fiona Shaw, CBEis an Irish actress and theatre and opera director, known for her role as Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter films and her role as Marnie Stonebrook in season four of the HBO series True Blood. She has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, twice winning the Olivier Award for Best Actress; for various roles including Electra in 1990, and for Machinal in 1994. She won the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth10 July 1958
CityCounty Cork, Ireland
CountryIreland
I had a ball doing Harry Potter.
I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride.
The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.
I would say the next imminent hot writers are often the writers from the decade before you were born.
Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while.
There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.
A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.
Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.
And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation.
Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.
I certainly had no intention of playing a man.
Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.
I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.