Fiona O'Shaughnessy
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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 5.372 |
Birthday | 1979-01-01 |
Place of Birth | Galway, Ireland |
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2004
Alexander
5.943/3219
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then...
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Alexander
2007
Nightwatching
6.3/65
An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murder...
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Nightwatching
2007
Until Death
5.9/210
Anthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges...
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Until Death
2010
Malice in Wonderland
5.3/62
A modern take on the classic fairytale, Alice in Wonderland, set in South East England.An American law student in London. Knocked down by a black cab,...
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Malice in Wonderland
2003
Goldfish Memory
5.7/25
A small group of friends experience relationships which grow and stumble, involving everything from straight, gay, lesbian, and bisexual relationships...
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Goldfish Memory
2004
Belonging
5.6/6
Jess (Brenda Blethyn) and town handyman Jacob (Kevin Whately) have been happily married 20 years, recently taking in a trio of Jacob's elderly relativ...
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Belonging
2010
Outcast
5.2/44
When Mary and her teenage son, Fergal, move to yet another new home, it soon becomes clear they live their lives on the run, hiding from someone or so...
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Outcast
2023
The Möbius Trip
6.5/2
A road trip pushes a dysfunctional family to the brink after their journey descends into a claustrophobic hallucinatory nightmare.
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The Möbius Trip
2005
The Unusual Inventions of Henry Cavendish
6/1
A silent love story about an inventor who looses and wins his love from a villainous cad.
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The Unusual Inventions of Henry Cavendish
2005
Rógairí
0/0
Ireland, 1763. When a murderous landlord vies to inherit the Rotherham estate, his crimes fall under the scrutiny of a witch who undertakes a terrible...
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Rógairí
2003
Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
7/1
Short film combining the true life event of Che Guevara's stopover at Shannon Airport with Science Fiction elements involving the Invisible Man.
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Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
2005
The Secret Language
0/0
James and his dad Michael use Irish as a secret language to discuss their secret spy business. They must never let James' mum know about their covert...
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The Secret Language
2016
Nina Forever
5.3/144
Holly loves Rob and tries to help him through his grief – even if it means contending with his dead girlfriend Nina, who comes back, bloody and broken...
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Nina Forever
Bluebird
0/0
Short film which premiered in competition at London Short Film Festival
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Bluebird
2007
The Stronger
8/1
Based on a dramatic monologue by August Strindberg, the short film follows a married woman as she confronts her husband's lover after bumping into her...
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The Stronger
2018
The Overcoat
8/1
An animated adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's classic short story about an office worker who saves all his money to buy a new coat in time for Christmas,...
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The Overcoat
1999
Warlock III: The End of Innocence
4.4/87
A college student unexpectedly finds that she has inherited a derelict house. Accompanied by a group of friends...
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Warlock III: The End of Innocence
2020
Gretel & Hansel
6/1383
A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only...
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Gretel & Hansel
2004
The Halo Effect
0/0
Fatso is the proprietor of what may be the worst eaterie in the city, and is struggling to keep a sinking ship afloat. His compulsive gambling is gett...
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The Halo Effect
2021
Don't Breathe 2
7.1/2524
The Blind Man has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a devastating house fi...
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