Who is Killing Eve actress Fiona Shaw, what TV Bafta Award did she win and when did she star in Harry Potter?
FIONA Shaw is a seasoned star of stage and screen who just won a Bafta TV award for her role as an MI6 boss in the gripping BBC thriller Killing Eve.
Here is all you need to know about the actress who is best known for playing strict Aunt Petunia Dursley in the iconic Harry Potter films.
Who is Fiona Shaw?
Fiona Shaw, 60, is an Irish actress from Munster, Ireland.
She began her career on stage, starring in plays such as Heda Gabler, The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie and As You Like It.
Through her work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre she has twice won the Olivier Award for Best Actress.
She is not married and was previously in a relationship with actress Saffron Burrows.
Who does Fiona Shaw play in Killing Eve?
Fiona Shaw plays Carolyn Martens in BBC drama Killing Eve.
At the Bafta TV 2019 Awards she won Best Supporting Actress for her role in the hit drama.
The series is about a bored MI5 officer called Eve (Sandra Oh) who is tasked with tracking down the Russian assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer).
Fiona’s character is head of the Russian section at MI6.
In an interview with Den Of Geek she said: “I’ve played such huge classical roles of tragedy and comedy that to be allowed to play the stillness of someone who is inscrutable was really a great pleasure.”
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When was Fiona Shaw in Harry Potter? What else has she been in?
Fiona Shaw played Harry Potter‘s strict Aunt Petunia Dursley in five of the films.
She first appeared in the Philospher’s Stone in 2001.
Fiona was also in season four of True Blood as Marnie Stonebrook.
Other films she’s starred in include My Left Foot, Jane Eyre, The Avengers and Persuasion.