Fiona O'Shaughnessy

Biography

Fiona O'Shaughnessy is an Irish film, stage, and television actress. O'Shaughnessy was born in Galway. Her family moved to Reading, Berkshire, when she was 9. She returned to Galway a decade later where she pursued a career in theatre. She dated Irish comedian David McSavage for a period of time. O'Shaughnessy's most notable stage role to date is that of Salome for the Gate Theatre in Dublin. Other stage work has included The Shaughraun for the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, which transferred to the West End's Albery Theatre in 2005. In 2006 she appeared in the UK premiere of Blackwater Angel by Jim Nolan at the Finborough Theatre, London. Other work for the Gate Theatre includes Arms and the Man, Oliver, The Importance of Being Earnest, Pride and Prejudice, Blythe Spirit, Present Laughter (which toured in Charleston, South Carolina), See You Next Tuesday, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She played Cate in the Irish debut of Sarah Kane's play Blasted. Her film roles include Clara in Goldfish Memory, The Halo Effect, and The Stronger. Other theatre work includes playing Hilde Wangle in Lady from the Sea and Petra Stockman in Enemy of the People at the Arcola Theatre, London, and Amy in 'The Night Alive' at The Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. She starred as Jessica Hyde in the television series Utopia. In 2015, she starred with David Troughton in the comedy romantic horror film Nina Forever.

Known For

Nurse

Alexander

Marita

Nightwatching

Lucy

Until Death

Hooker

Malice in Wonderland

Clara

Goldfish Memory

Stephanie

Belonging

Niamh

Outcast

Maren

The Möbius Trip

Miss. Catherine Palmerston

The Unusual Inventions of Henry Cavendish

Leonora Rotherham

Rógairí

Beth

Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill

Máthair

An Teanga Rúnda

Nina

Nina Forever

Jenny

Bluebird

Miss Y

The Stronger

Anna (voice)

The Overcoat

Kris's Friend

Warlock III: The End of Innocence

Mother

Gretel & Hansel

Suzie

The Halo Effect

Mother

Don't Breathe 2