Birth Place: IRELAND
Shaw has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. She won the 1990 Olivier Award for Best Actress for various roles, including Electra, the 1994 Olivier Award for Best Actress for Machinal, and the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for The Waste Land. Her other stage work includes playing the title role in Medea in the West End and on Broadway (2001–2002). She was awarded an Honorary CBE in 2001.
Shaw appeared in The Waste Land at Wilton's Music Hall in January 2010 and in a National Theatre revival of London Assurance in March 2010. In November 2010, Shaw starred in Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin alongside Alan Rickman and Lindsay Duncan. The play was also staged in New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2011. In 2012, Shaw appeared in the National Theatre revival of Scenes from an Execution by Howard Barker. The world's largest solo theatre festival, United Solo, recognised her performance in The Testament of Mary on Broadway with the 2013 United Solo Special Award.
Fiona Shaw, The Testament of Mary
Fiona Shaw, The Testament of Mary
Fiona Shaw, Happy Days
Fiona Shaw, Happy Days
Fiona Shaw, Medea
Fiona Shaw, Medea
Fiona Shaw, The Waste Land
Fiona ShawMachinal
Fiona ShawHedda Gabler
Fiona ShawHedda Gabler
Fiona ShawElectra
Fiona ShawAs You Like It
Fiona ShawMephisto
Fiona Shaw has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows.
Fiona Shaw has appeared on London's West End in 2 shows.
Fiona Shaw's first West End show was Scenes From An Execution which opened in 2012
Fiona Shaw has been nominated for several awards throughout her career, including the Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for "The Testament of Mary," Outstanding Solo Performance at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "The Testament of Mary," Best Actress at the Olivier Awards for "Happy Days," Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Happy Days," Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "Medea," Outstanding Actress - Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Medea," Outstanding One Person Show at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Waste Land," Best Actress at the Olivier Awards for "Machinal," Actress of the Year at the Olivier Awards for "Hedda Gabler" (twice), Actress of the Year at the Olivier Awards for "Electra," Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role at the Olivier Awards for "As You Like It," and Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role at the Olivier Awards for "Mephisto."
Fiona Shaw has won several awards, including Outstanding Actress - Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Medea," Outstanding One Person Show at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Waste Land," Best Actress at the Olivier Awards for "Machinal," and Actress of the Year at the Olivier Awards for "Electra."
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