Fiona Shaw is one of the Ireland’s best known actors. Her stage credits include: London Assurance, Mother Courage, Happy Days and Richard II at the National Theatre; Medea in the West End and on Broadway; Electra at the Barbican; Hedda Gabler; and Readings, a poetry show in Paris. Fiona Shaw has received many Olivier and Evening Standard awards for Best Actress including for Machinal at the National Theatre and As You Like It at the Old Vic.

Her extensive film work includes the Harry Potter films, The Tree of Life, My Left Foot, The Butcher Boy, The Black Dahlia and Three Men and a Little Lady. Her television work includes the popular series True Blood.

Fiona has directed opera and theatre including The Marriage of Figaro, Elegy for Young Lovers, and Riders to the Sea, all for ENO.

She holds honorary doctorates from Trinity College Dublin and the National University of Ireland and was awarded a CBE in 2001.