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Fiona Shaw

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Fiona Shaw is an Irish and British actor, stage actor, film actor, and director, born on 10 July 1958 in County Cork, Ireland.

She studied at University College Cork before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the preparation that grounded what became a career spanning theatre, film, and directing. Her work across these forms earned her Laurence Olivier Awards and the Theatre World Award, recognitions that mark sustained achievement in performance. In 2001, Queen Elizabeth II appointed her an Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and she has also received an honorary doctorate.

Shaw's practice moves across stage and screen with equal commitment, and her work as a director places her among performing artists who have extended their engagement with dramatic material beyond acting alone.

Quotes by Fiona Shaw

My mother taught me to read.
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My mother taught me to read.
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Sometimes he’d get annoyed at it, want to be left alone, wished he’d gone skateboarding, but mostly not.
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Sometimes he’d get annoyed at it, want to be left alone, wished he’d gone skateboarding, but mostly not.
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It was the most exciting sentence I’ve ever heard,” Lydia said. Reaching out, she stroked the back of Jean’s hand. “In front of your friends, to call me your love.
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It was the most exciting sentence I’ve ever heard,” Lydia said. Reaching out, she stroked the back of Jean’s hand. “In front of your friends, to call me your love.
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Acting doesn’t have to be threadbare misery all the time.
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Acting doesn’t have to be threadbare misery all the time.
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I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There’s no second take.
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I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There’s no second take.
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Once you’ve done one style, you leave it for a while.
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Once you’ve done one style, you leave it for a while.
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I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I’m bored by it.
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I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I’m bored by it.
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There’s something about the Irish that is remarkable.
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There’s something about the Irish that is remarkable.
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Also, an area that interests me – and it will probably take years to state what I mean – is the period of the rise of democracy, with Tom Paine, which is around the turn of the 18th century into the 19th.
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Also, an area that interests me – and it will probably take years to state what I mean – is the period of the rise of democracy, with Tom Paine, which is around the turn of the 18th century into the 19th.
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I’m not afraid of chaos and I’m happy talking to strangers. I really love not knowing where I’m going.
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I’m not afraid of chaos and I’m happy talking to strangers. I really love not knowing where I’m going.
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