http://www.janeausten.co.uk/forum/topic/austen-actress-birthdays-fiona-shaw-aka-mrs-croft Discussion about Jane Austen, her work, her life, her influence and more. en-US Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:58:04 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.3 q http://www.janeausten.co.uk/forum/search.php http://www.janeausten.co.uk/forum/topic/austen-actress-birthdays-fiona-shaw-aka-mrs-croft#post-3674 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:27:13 +0000 Anonymous 3674@http://www.janeausten.co.uk/forum/ <p><span></p> <p>Fiona Shaw July 10, 1958</p> <p><h5>&nbsp;</h5></p> <p>She was awarded an honorary C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2001 Queen's Honours List for her services to drama.</p> <p>Played "Miss Jean Brodie" on stage in London.</p> <p>At the Evening Standard Theatre Awards she was named Best Actress for 'Medea' performed at the Queeen's Theater in London. (2002)</p> <p>She was awarded the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000059/">Laurence Olivier</a> Theatre Award in 1990 (1989 season) for Best Actress in a New Play for "Electra", "As You Like It" and "The Person of Sichaun".</p> <p>She was awarded the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000059/">Laurence Olivier</a> Theatre Award in 1994 (1993 season) for Best Actress in her performance for "Machinal" at the Royal National Theatre.</p> <p>She was awarded the 1993 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in Machinal.</p> <p>She was awarded the 1991 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actress for her performance in Hedda Gabler.</p> <p>She was awarded the 1989 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actress for her performances in Electra and The Good Person of Sichuan.</p> <p>She was awarded the 2001 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in Medea at the Queen's Theatre in London, England.</p> <p>Became an Associate Member of RADA.</p> <p>Graduated from RADA.</p> <p>Was nominated for Broadway's 2003 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for playing the title character in "Medea."</p> <p>In the Independent on Sunday [UK] 2006 Pink List - a list of the most influential gay men and women - Fiona Shaw came no. 69, a new entry.</p> <p>Born to an eye surgeon and his wife, a physicist.</p> <p>Following an unhappy experience playing Kate in "The Taming of the Shrew" for <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0588664/">Jonathan Miller</a> (Miller would not extend himself to allow the inclusion of modern sexual politics), she has only occasionally worked with male directors. Her collaboration with <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0912444/">Deborah Warner</a> has produced a string of daring performances and an armful of theatre awards.</p> <p>She won the Bancroft Gold Medal at RADA and made her professional debut as Rosaline in "Love's Labour's Lost" in 1982.</p> <p>Graduated from University College Cork.</p> <p>Attended secondary school at Scoil Mhuire in Cork City.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Throughout the Harry Potter movie series, Shaw played Petunia Dursley, Harry Potter's aunt, who had a strong aversion to any mention of or person connected to witchcraft or wizardry. Soon after finishing the last Potter movie, she started playing a witch possessed by a much-more powerful witch on the TV show "True Blood".</p> <p>Dido and Aeneas Prologue by Fiona Shaw<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8KesZLsdSw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8KesZLsdSw</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0789716/" rel="nofollow">http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0789716/</a></p> </span> </p>