Fiona O'Shaughnessy

Fiona O'Shaughnessy is an Irish actress who works across film, television and theater. Born in Galway, she came back there from England and built a stage career before moving to Dublin at 24. Her first notable stage role was Salome at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. Later she appeared in The Shaughraun at the Abbey Theatre, which moved to the West End in 2005, and in the UK premiere of Jim Nolan's Blackwater Angel in London in 2006. Her screen credits include Warlock III: The End of Innocence (1999), Clara in Goldfish Memory (2003), Alexander (2004), Nightwatching (2007), Malice in Wonderland (2009) and Outcast (2010). Starting in 2013, she took the part of Jessica Hyde on the television show Utopia. She later appeared in Nina Forever, which brought a best supporting actress nomination at the 2017 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, and played Mother in Gretel & Hansel (2020), Maisy Joyce in The Forgiven (2021) and Laera in Halo in 2022.