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Fiona Shaw

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Actress

The Resume

    (July 10, 1958- )
    Born in County Cork, Ireland
    Birth name was Fiona Mary Wilson
    Portrayed Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter films and Marnie Stonebrook in True Blood
    Also appeared in the films 'My Left Foot' (1989), 'Persuasion' (1995), 'Jane Eyre' (1996), 'The Avengers' (1998), 'The Black Dahlia' (2006) and 'Dorian Gray' (2009)
    Appeared on Broadway in 'Medea' (2002) and 'The Testament of Mary' (2013)
    Appeared in Royal Shakespeare Company productions of 'The Taming of the Shrew' (1987) and 'Electra' (1988)
    Named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama (2001)

Why she might be annoying:

    She starred in a version of Samuel Beckett's 'Footfalls' that after a week was shut down by the playwright's estate over unauthorized changes to lines and stage directions.
    She attended meetings of witches to prepare for her role in 'True Blood.'
    Asked if the 'Harry Potter' films had been useful preparation for playing a witch in 'True Blood,' she replied 'I was a muggle in those films.'
    She said, 'I don't believe in God, but I can't believe in a world where God doesn't exist.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She won two London Critics Circle Theatre Awards as Best Actress, for 'Electra' (1989) and 'Hedda Gabbler' (1991).
    She won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show for her dramatization of T.S. Eliot's 'The Wasteland.' (1996)
    For a study in cognitive neuroscience, she recited lines from 'The Wasteland' while undergoing a brain scan.
    She said about being recognized for her 'Harry Potter' and 'True Blood' roles, 'It reminds me of being brought up in a place where everyone smiled at me.'
    She ranked #69 on the Independent's 'Pink List' of the most influential gay men and women in Britain (2006).

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying