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Fiona Shaw, christened Fiona Mary Wilson (born 10
July 1958 to a mixed religion couple) is a leading
Irish stage actress who regularly appears in West
End Theatre|London theatre.  She was born in
County Cork, Ireland, and is widely regarded as
one of the finest classical actresses of the age.

After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic
Art (RADA) in London, she received much acclaim as
Julia in the National Theatre production of
Richard Sheridan's The Rivals, a role which
demonstrated her gift for comedy.

Other notable stage roles include Celia in As You
Like It (1984), Madame de Volanges in Dangerous
Liaisons (1985), Katherine in The Taming of the
Shrew (1987), the title role in Elektra (1988) and
Hedda Gabler (1991).

She controversially played the lead in Richard II,
directed by Deborah Warner in 1995. Shaw
collaborated with Warner on a number of occasions,
on both stage and screen.
Shaw has been linked romantically with English
actress Saffron Burrows.

Shaw has also worked in film and television,
including My Left Foot, Jane Eyre, Persuasion,
Gormenghast, and the Harry Potter films, in which
she plays the insufferable Petunia Dursley.

She was awarded an honorary Order of the British
Empire|CBE in 2001.

==Partial Filmography==
*The Black Dahlia (2006)
*Catch and Release (2005)
*Midsummer Dream (2005)
*Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(2004)
*Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(2002)
*Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
(film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
(2001)
*Gormenghast (2000) (miniseries)
*The Avengers (1998)
*The Butcher Boy (1997)
*Anna Karenina (1997)
*Super Mario Bros. (movie)|Super Mario Bros.
(1993)
*Hedda Gabler (1993) (TV)
*Mountains of the Moon (1990)
*My Left Foot (movie)|My Left Foot (1989)




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