Fiona Shaw was born July 10, 1958 in County Cork, Ireland. She attended secondary school at Scoil Mhuire in Cork City, and later received a degree in University College Cork. She was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London and was part of a contingent of actors to emerge from the college who were considered 'new wave'. While Fiona is first and foremost a product of the stage, she has worked prolifically before-the-camera with performances in My Left Foot (1989), Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers (2001), Harry Potter et la chambre des secrets (2002), Harry Potter et le prisonnier d'Azkaban (2004), Harry Potter et l'ordre du Phénix (2007), Harry Potter et les reliques de la mort: 1ère partie (2010), Le dahlia noir (2006), and HBO's True Blood (2008).
