An Irish-born stage actress often (to her dismay) compared to Vanessa Redgrave, Fiona Shaw has been making... (Learn more)
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Fiona Shaw’s Milestones
| Raised on the outskirts of Cork, Ireland | |
| 1980 | Moved to London to study at RADA |
| 1983 | Made professional stage debut in "Love's Labour's Lost" (date approximate) |
| 1983 | Played Julia Melville in "The Rivals" at London's Olivier Theatre |
| 1984 | Essayed the role of Mary Shelley in Howard Brenton's play "Bloody Poetry" in London |
| 1984 | Film debut as Sister Felicity in "Sacred Hearts" |
| 1985 | Joined the Royal Shakespeare Company; played Celia in "As You Like It", Madame de Volanges in "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" and Tatyana Vasilyevna in "The Philistines" |
| 1986 - 1987 | Performed Portia and Beatrice in the RSC touring productions of "The Merchant of Venice" and "Much Ado About Nothing" |
| 1986 | Played Erika Bruckner in "Mephisto" on stage |
| 1987 | Essayed the role of Prudence in "The New Inn" |
| 1988 | Breakthrough film role, as Dr. Eileen Cole in "My Left Foot" opposite Daniel Day-Lewis |
| 1988 | First stage collaboration with director Deborah Warner, the title role in "Electra" |
| 1990 | Appeared in "Three Men and a Little Lady" |
| 1990 | Played Isabel Arundell, explorer Richard Burton's free-spirited wife, in "Mountains of the Moon" |
| 1993 | Was one of the few bright spots in the otherwise forgettable "Super Mario Brothers", based on the popular video game |
| 1995 | Gave legendary performance as the title character in "Richard II" in London under Warner's direction |
| 1996 | Appeared in USA in one-person show based on T S Eliot's "The Waste Land"; directed by Warner |
| 1998 | Co-starred as the imperious neighbor who becomes the bane of the title character's life in Neil Jordan's "The Butcher Boy" |
| 1998 | Co-starred opposite Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman in the disastrous big-screen version of "The Avengers" |
| 1998 | Starred in London revival of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" |
| 1999 | Co-starred in "The Last September", Deborah Warner's feature directorial debut; released theatrically in USA in 2000; executive produced by Jordan |
| 1999 | Made Royal National Theatre directorial debut with the touring production of George Bernard Shaw's "Widowers' Houses" |
| 1999 | Portrayed Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper in HBO's "RKO 281" |
| 2000 | Appeared as Irma Prunesquallor in the BBC miniseries "Gormenghast" |
| 2000 | Starred in "Medea" at Dublin's Abbney Theatre, in production staged by Warner |
| 2001 | Played Aunt Petunia in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" |
| 2004 | Appeared in the thriller "Close Your Eyes" |
| 2007 | Co-starred with Jennifer Garner in "Catch and Release" the directorial debut of Susannah Grant |
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