19 Interesting Facts About Fiona Shaw

Interesting Facts (7)

#001
She attended secondary school at Scoil Mhuire in Cork City.
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From 2002 to 2005 she was the former long-term partner of Saffron Burrows.
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In 2019, Fiona Shaw became a patron of Irish Film London, a London-based non-profit that celebrates and supports Irish film, TV and animation in Great Britain.
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She won the Bancroft Gold Medal at RADA and made her professional debut in 1982 as Rosaline in "Love's Labour's Lost".
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She used to live within earshot of London Zoo (Regent's Park) (England), but later moved to the London borough of Islington.
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She was with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the mid-80s.
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Fiona Shaw became an Associate Member of RADA.
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Career & Awards (9)

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She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress in 1994 (1993 season) for her performance in "Machinal" at the Royal National Theatre.
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She was awarded the 1991 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actress for her performance in Hedda Gabler.
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She was awarded Best Actress at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for 'Medea', staged at the Queen's Theatre in London (2002).
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She was nominated for the 2003 Tony Award for Best Actress (Play) for her portrayal of the title character in "Medea" on Broadway.
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She was awarded the 2001 London Evening Standard Theatre Best Actress Award for her performance in Medea at the Queen's Theatre in London, England.
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She was awarded an honorary C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for services to drama in the 2001 Queen's New Year Honours List.
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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.
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#015
Fiona Shaw appeared in two films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: My Left Foot (1989) and The Tree of Life (2011).
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#016
Fiona Shaw won the 1993 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in Machinal.
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Life & Family (3)

#017
She graduated from University College Cork.
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Throughout the Harry Potter film series, Shaw played Harry Potter's aunt, "Petunia Dursley"; she herself had a strong aversion to any mention of or person connected with wizardry or witchcraft. Shortly after finishing the last Potter film, she began playing a witch who is possessed by a far more powerful witch in the series True Blood (2008).
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She graduated from RADA.
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