Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw is 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 Stone brook in season four of the HBO series True Blood (2011).

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.

Date of birth:
10th July, 1958
"The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between the audience and the actor."
― Fiona Shaw
Topic(s): Power
"A relationship is sent by God and accident."
― Fiona Shaw
Topic(s): Relationship
"People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera."
― Fiona Shaw
Topic(s): Relationship
"I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them."
― Fiona Shaw
Topic(s): Movies
"Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history."
― Fiona Shaw
Topic(s): History
"Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history."
― Fiona Shaw
Topic(s): History
"Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy."
― Fiona Shaw
Topic(s): Happiness
"There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true."
― Fiona Shaw
Topic(s): Happiness
"I’m not on the run from anything and I’m not at all clear about what I’m running towards. But as some great writer put it, I want to be certain that when I arrive at death, I’m totally exhausted."
― Fiona Shaw
Topic(s): Death

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