Fiona O'Shaughnessy is an Irish

Irish people

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 actor

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Born in Galway,Ireland, to Irish parents, her family moved to Reading, UK when she was eleven.She returned to Galway a few years later to pursue a career primarily within the theatre. Her most notable stage role to date is that of 'Salome', for the Gate theatre in Dublin, other stage work has included The Shaughraun

The Shaughraun

The Shaughraun is a melodramatic play written by Irish playwright Dion Boucicault. It was first performed at Wallack's Theatre, New York, on 14 November 1874. Boucicault played Con in the original production...

for the Abbey Theatre

Abbey Theatre

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 in Dublin which transferred to the West End

West End theatre

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's Albery Theatre, London

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, in 2005. In 2006, she appeared in the UK premiere of Blackwater Angel by Jim Nolan at the Finborough Theatre

Finborough Theatre

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, London

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. Her film roles include Clara in Goldfish Memory

Goldfish Memory

Goldfish Memory is a feature film about everyday relationships, set and filmed in Dublin. It was written and directed by Elizabeth Gill.- Plot :...

(2003). She worked with Peter Greenaway on 'Nightwatching', a film about Rembrandt and a famous painting.

Select filmography

• Mea Culpa
  Mea Culpa
  Mea culpa is a Latin phrase that translates into English as "my mistake" or "my fault". To emphasize the message, the adjective "maxima" may be inserted, resulting in "mea maxima culpa," which would translate as "my most [grievous] fault."...
  
  (2009)
• If I Should Fall Behind (2009)
• Songs for My Mother (2009)
• Malice in Wonderland (2009)
• Of Best Intentions (2008)
• Striapacha (2008) TV series
• The Stronger (2007)
• Until Death (2007)
• Family (2007)
• Trouble in Paradise (2007) TV series
• Rógairí (2005)
• An Teanga Runda (2005)
• Alexander (2004)
• Belonging (2004) (TV)
• The Halo Effect (2004)
• Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill (2003)
• Goldfish Memory (2003) .... Clara
• Freaky Deaky 10 to 1 (2001)
• Clubbing (2000)
• Warlock III: The End of Innocence (1999)

External links

• http://www.lovefilm.com/film/Goldfish-Memory/34459