Cork-born Fiona Shaw is regarded as one of Ireland’s finest character actors. RADA-trained, she joined the National Theatre in 1982 and was also a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for a time in 1985.

Her most controversial role was when she played the lead in Shakespeare’s Richard II, a move that stirred up a storm among critics and fans.

In films, she has often taken supporting roles in such diverse features as My Left Foot, Three Men and A Little Lady, Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. She was awarded a CBE in 2001.

She receives the degree of Doctor of Letters (DLitt) this morning in recognition of her services to the theatre and theatre education.

Winter Graduations 2004

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