Michelle Fairley

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| name = Michelle Fairley

| image = Michelle Fairley (2012 snapshot).jpg

| caption = Fairley in 2012

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| birth_place = Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

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| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1986–present

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Michelle Fairley is an actress from Northern Ireland. She is best known for playing Catelyn Stark in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2013). She has since appeared in the USA Network series Suits (2013), the Fox series 24: Live Another Day (2014),{{Cite web|title=Michelle Fairley|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265610/|access-date=2020-06-08|website=IMDb}} the RTÉ miniseries Rebellion (2016), the science fiction series The Feed (2019), and the Sky Atlantic crime drama Gangs of London (2020–present).

Early life

Fairley was born in Coleraine to parents Brian and Teresa Fairley, the second eldest of six children. Her father was a popular publican, owner of Fairley's Bar and several off-licences, in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, but Fairley remembers both Catholics and Protestants frequenting the pub.{{Cite news|title=Game of Thrones star in mourning as she prepares to lay father to rest in Coleraine|language=en-GB|work=belfasttelegraph|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/game-of-thrones-star-in-mourning-as-she-prepares-to-lay-father-to-rest-in-coleraine-36583601.html|access-date=2020-06-08|issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite news|title=Game of Thrones star Michelle Fairley in mourning after mum dies in Coleraine|language=en-GB|work=belfasttelegraph|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/game-of-thrones-star-michelle-fairley-in-mourning-after-mum-dies-in-coleraine-38526024.html|access-date=2020-06-08|issn=0307-1235}}

Career

Fairley appeared in a number of British television shows, including The Bill, Holby City and Casualty. Some of her earlier roles were as Cathy Michaels on ITV1's Inspector Morse in the episode titled "The Way Through The Woods" and as Nancy Phelan in Lovejoy in the episode 9 of Season 3 titled "Smoke Your Nose".{{Cite web|title=Michelle Fairley|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265610/|access-date=2020-06-08|website=IMDb}}

She took over the role of Mrs. Granger from Heather Bleasdale (who had played Mrs. Granger in Chamber of Secrets) in the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows films.{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a838610/harry-potter-actors-you-forgot/ |title=12 stars you totally forgot were in the Harry Potter movies |last=Armitage |first=Hugh |date=27 January 2018 |website=Digital Spy |access-date=23 March 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323195557/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a838610/harry-potter-actors-you-forgot/ |archive-date=23 March 2019}} From 2011 to 2013, Fairley starred as Catelyn Stark (née Tully) in the first three seasons of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones, replacing Jennifer Ehle who played the character in the original, unaired, pilot episode.{{cite web |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-briefs-idUSTRE62M0AB20100323 |title=Showbiz people briefs |work=Reuters|date=22 March 2010 |access-date=14 July 2014}}

Fairley joined the cast of the USA Network series Suits for its third season, playing the recurring role of Dr. Ava Hessington, a chemical engineer and oil CEO accused of bribery, and after that, accused for murder.{{cite web |url= http://uk.eonline.com/news/426178/game-of-thrones-star-michelle-fairley-joins-suits-maisie-williams-posts-reaction-to-red-wedding-deaths |title=Game of Thrones Star Michelle Fairley Joins Suits, Maisie Williams Posts Reaction to Red Wedding Deaths |first=Tierney |last=Bricker |work=E! Online UK |date=4 June 2013 |access-date=14 July 2014}} She played Margot Al-Harazi in 24: Live Another Day on Fox. Her film roles included The Invisible Woman (2013) and In the Heart of the Sea (2015).{{cite news |last=Goodykoontz |first=Bill |date=10 December 2015 |title=Review: 'In the Heart of the Sea' an uneven trip |url=https://www.thetimesherald.com/story/entertainment/movies/2015/12/10/review-heart-sea-uneven-trip/77053280/ |work=The Times Herald |access-date=22 October 2022}} In 2014, Fairley was cast as Margaret Langston in the ABC TV Series Resurrection (2014-2015).

In 2017, it was announced Fairley would appear in a revival of Jim Cartwright's play Road at the Royal Court Theatre{{cite web|title=Royal Court Theatre announces cast for Jim Cartwright's play Road|url=http://britishtheatre.com/royal-court-theatre-cast-jim-cartwrights-road/|website=British Theatre|access-date=24 July 2017|date=25 June 2017}} In 2018, she played Cassius in Julius Caesar at the Bridge Theatre, alongside David Calder, David Morrissey and Ben Whishaw.{{cite web|title=Game of Thrones actress to appear in Julius Caesar at Bridge Theatre|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39633990|website=BBC News|access-date=19 April 2017|date=19 April 2017}} In 2019, Fairley led the Virgin Media and Amazon Prime science fiction series The Feed as Meredith Hatfield. As of June 2020, Fairley stars as Marian Wallace in the Sky Atlantic crime drama Gangs of London.{{Cite web|title=Gangs of London the new TV Series {{!}} Sky.com|url=https://www.sky.com/watch/gangs-of-london|access-date=2020-06-08|website=www.sky.com}} She starred as Millie in the 2021 film Nobody Has To Know alongside Bouli Lanners.{{Cite web|title=Nobody Has To Know|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/film/388875/|access-date=2021-09-09|website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema|language=en}} In 2023, Fairley starred as Princess Augusta in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story on Netflix.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/video/queen-charlotte-bridgerton-prequel-spinoff-trailer-first-look-photos/ |title='Queen Charlotte': 'Bridgerton' Prequel Spinoff Trailer & First-Look Photos Revealed |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |date=23 March 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=23 March 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323223628/https://deadline.com/video/queen-charlotte-bridgerton-prequel-spinoff-trailer-first-look-photos/ |archive-date=23 March 2023}} She also contributed to The Gone a TVNZ and RTE coproduction.{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/the-gone-richard-flood-acushla-tara-kupe-rte-tvnz-1235115394/ | title=Richard Flood & Acushla-Tara Kupe to Lead 'The Gone' for RTÉ and TVNZ with 'GOT's Michelle Fairley Also Aboard | date=12 September 2022 }}

Personal life

Fairley has been based in London since 1986, and keeps a low public profile. She said in an interview with The Telegraph in 2015, that she made the decision to separate from her boyfriend of seven years in 2012. Since then, Fairley has had no known partners. Fairley said, in the same interview, that she "missed the gene" for motherhood. She never had the desire to have children like some of her siblings did.{{Cite news|last=Davies|first=Serena|date=2015-07-25|title=Michelle Fairley interview: 'Hollywood? I hate everything about it'|language=en-GB|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/11758965/Michelle-Fairley-interview-Hollywood-I-hate-everything-about-it.html|access-date=2020-06-08|issn=0307-1235}}

While Fairley has worked on various American projects in the past, she has no love for Hollywood, and the West End theatres remain her home.{{Cite web|title=GoT's Michelle Fairley goes back to theatre|url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/tv/gots-michelle-fairley-goes-back-to-theatre-1.1579716|access-date=2020-06-08|website=gulfnews.com|date=7 September 2015 |language=en}} She said that while television and movies provide a new challenge by making her "use a different muscle," theatre is where she feels her best work is done, where she started her career, and where she hopes to "end up".{{Cite web|last=|first=|title= Michelle Fairley: "Theatre's where I do my best work"|url=https://www.theatre.london/news/michelle-fairley-theatres-where-i-do-my-best-work|access-date=2020-06-08|website=www.theatre.london|language=en-GB}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1990 \|Hidden Agenda \|Teresa Doyle \|
rowspan=2\|1998 \|{{sortname\|A\|Soldier's Daughter Never Cries\|A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (film)}} \|Miss O'Shaunessy \|
Suffering \|Patricia \|
2000 \|{{sortname\|The\|Second Death\|nolink=1}} \|Aisling \|Short film
2001 \|{{sortname\|The\|Others\|The Others (2001 film)}} \|Mrs. Marlish \|
2002 \|Shearing \|Yvonne \|Short film
rowspan=4\|2010 \|Cup Cake \|Annie McNabb \|
The Duel \|Marya \|
Chatroom \|Rosie \|
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 \|Mrs. Granger \|
rowspan=3\|2013 \|{{sortname\|The\|Invisible Woman\|The Invisible Woman (2013 film)}} \|Caroline Graves \|
Philomena \|Sally Mitchell \|
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart \|Brigitte Helm \|Voice only
rowspan="4" \|2014 \|Ironclad: Battle for Blood \|Joan De Vesci \|
Montana \|DCI Rachel Jones \|
I Am Here \|Mother \|Short film
Common \|Shelagh \|TV movie
2015 \|In the Heart of the Sea \|Mrs. Nickerson \|
2016 \|Edith \|Sheila \|Short film
rowspan="2" \|2019 \|The Trap \|Michelle \|Short film
Responsible Child \|Kerry \|TV movie
2021 \|Nobody Has to Know \|Millie MacPherson \|
2022 \| An Irish Goodbye \|Grainne \|Short film
2024 \|Small Things Like These \|Mrs. Wilson \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1990

|Hidden Agenda

|Teresa Doyle

rowspan=2|1998

|{{sortname|A|Soldier's Daughter Never Cries|A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (film)}}

|Miss O'Shaunessy

Suffering

|Patricia

2000

|{{sortname|The|Second Death|nolink=1}}

|Aisling

|Short film

2001

|{{sortname|The|Others|The Others (2001 film)}}

|Mrs. Marlish

2002

|Shearing

|Yvonne

|Short film

rowspan=4|2010

|Cup Cake

|Annie McNabb

The Duel

|Marya

Chatroom

|Rosie

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1

|Mrs. Granger

rowspan=3|2013

|{{sortname|The|Invisible Woman|The Invisible Woman (2013 film)}}

|Caroline Graves

Philomena

|Sally Mitchell

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

|Brigitte Helm

|Voice only

rowspan="4" |2014

|Ironclad: Battle for Blood

|Joan De Vesci

Montana

|DCI Rachel Jones

I Am Here

|Mother

|Short film

Common

|Shelagh

|TV movie

2015

|In the Heart of the Sea

|Mrs. Nickerson

2016

|Edith

|Sheila

|Short film

rowspan="2" |2019

|The Trap

|Michelle

|Short film

Responsible Child

|Kerry

|TV movie

2021

|Nobody Has to Know

|Millie MacPherson

2022

| An Irish Goodbye

|Grainne

|Short film

2024

|Small Things Like These

|Mrs. Wilson

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1989 \|Saracen \|Maeve \|Episode: "Starcross"
rowspan=2\|1990 \|4 Play \|Maureen \|Episode: "Valentine Falls"
Theatre Night \|Ruth \|Episode: "Pentecost"
rowspan=2\|1991 \|Children of the North \|Kate \|Episodes: "The Killing of Yesterday's Children", "City of Maloch"
Casualty \|Kathy Emerick \|Episode: "Judgement Day"
rowspan=3\|1992 \|Lovejoy \|Nancy Phelan \|Episode: "Smoke Your Nose"
Screenplay \|Jenny \|Episode: "Force of Duty"
rowspan=2\|Screen Two \|Sharon \|Episode: "Flea Bites"
rowspan=3\|1993 \|Fiona Gibbons \|Episode: "The Long Roads"
Casualty \|Kate Maguire \|Episode: "No Place to Hide"
Comics \|Nula O'Reilly \|TV film
1994 \|Cardiac Arrest \|Karen Teller \|Episodes: "You Can't Make an Omelette Without Breaking Legs", "The Edge"
rowspan=3\|1995 \|Life After Life \|Roisin Donaghy \|Television film
{{sortname\|The\|Bill}} \|Beth Spence \|Episode: "No Choice"
Inspector Morse \|Cathy Michaels \|Episode: "The Way Through the Woods"
rowspan=3\|1996 \|{{sortname\|A\|Mug's Game\|nolink=1}} \|Kathy Cowan \|Television film
Safe and Sound \|Eleanor Delaney \|Main role
{{sortname\|The\|Precious Blood\|nolink=1}} \|Jean McBride \|Television film
rowspan=2\|1997 \|{{sortname\|The\|Broker's Man\|The Broker's Man}} \|Gabby Rodwell \|Main role
{{sortname\|The\|History of Tom Jones, a Foundling\|The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling}} \|Mrs. Harriet Fitzpatrick \|TV m
rowspan=2\|1999 \|Births, Marriages and Deaths \|Pat \|Main role
Vicious Circle \|Frances \| rowspan="2" \|Television film
2000 \|McCready and Daughter \|Bernadette
rowspan=2\|2001 \|In Deep \|Eva / Phoebe \| rowspan="2" \|2 episodes
Rebus \|Janice Mee
rowspan=2\|2003 \|Holby City \|Heidi Drury \|Episode: "Keep It in the Family"
{{sortname\|The\|Clinic\|The Clinic (TV series)}} \|Shirley \|1 episode
rowspan=2\|2005 \|Ahead of the Class \|Sonia Venning \|Television film
{{sortname\|The\|Golden Hour\|The Golden Hour (TV series)}} \|Julia Harper \|1 episode
rowspan="2" \|2006 \|The Catherine Tate Show \|Rosemary \|Episode: "Mum, I'm Gay"
Strictly Confidential \|Carol Machin \|1 episode
2007 \|Trial & Retribution \|Mrs. Jenkins \|Episode: "Mirror Image: Part 1"
rowspan=5\|2009 \|{{sortname\|A\|Short Stay in Switzerland}} \|Mrs. Savery \|TV film
Lark Rise to Candleford \|Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson \|Episode: "2.10"
Best: His Mother's Son \|Ann Best \|TV film
Taggart \|Joan Revie \|Episode: "So Long Baby"
Misfits \|Louise Young \|2 episodes
2010 \|Midsomer Murders \|Iris Holman \|Episode: "The Noble Art"
2011 \|Silent Witness \|DI Suzy Harte \|Episodes: "First Casualty: Parts 1 & 2"
2011–2013 \|Game of Thrones \|Catelyn Stark \|Main role; 25 episodes (seasons 1–3)
2012 \|Coming Up \|Jen \|Episode: "Colour"
2013 \|Suits \|Ava Hessington \|Recurring role (8 episodes)
rowspan=3\|2014 \|24: Live Another Day \|Margot Al-Harazi \|Recurring role (8 episodes)
Common \|Shelagh \|rowspan=2\|TV film
Resurrection: A Second Chance \|Margaret Langston
2014–2015 \|Resurrection \|Margaret Langston \|Recurring role (13 episodes)
rowspan=2\|2015 \|The Lizzie Borden Chronicles \|Aideen Trotwood \|Episode: "Capsize"
Crossing Lines \|Sophie Baines \|Recurring role (Season 3)
2016 \|Rebellion \|Dolly Butler \|Season 1
rowspan=3\|2017 \|Fortitude \|Freya Lennox \|Recurring role (Season 2)
The White Princess \|Margaret Beaufort \| Main Role
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero \|Queen Igneous (voice) \|Episode: "Rockullan, Papyron, Scissorian"
2019 \|The Feed \|Meredith Hatfield \| rowspan="4" \|Main role
2020–present \|Gangs of London \|Marian Wallace
2023 \|Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story \|Princess Augusta
2023 \|The Gone \| Hannah

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1989

|Saracen

|Maeve

|Episode: "Starcross"

rowspan=2|1990

|4 Play

|Maureen

|Episode: "Valentine Falls"

Theatre Night

|Ruth

|Episode: "Pentecost"

rowspan=2|1991

|Children of the North

|Kate

|Episodes: "The Killing of Yesterday's Children", "City of Maloch"

Casualty

|Kathy Emerick

|Episode: "Judgement Day"

rowspan=3|1992

|Lovejoy

|Nancy Phelan

|Episode: "Smoke Your Nose"

Screenplay

|Jenny

|Episode: "Force of Duty"

rowspan=2|Screen Two

|Sharon

|Episode: "Flea Bites"

rowspan=3|1993

|Fiona Gibbons

|Episode: "The Long Roads"

Casualty

|Kate Maguire

|Episode: "No Place to Hide"

Comics

|Nula O'Reilly

|TV film

1994

|Cardiac Arrest

|Karen Teller

|Episodes: "You Can't Make an Omelette Without Breaking Legs", "The Edge"

rowspan=3|1995

|Life After Life

|Roisin Donaghy

|Television film

{{sortname|The|Bill}}

|Beth Spence

|Episode: "No Choice"

Inspector Morse

|Cathy Michaels

|Episode: "The Way Through the Woods"

rowspan=3|1996

|{{sortname|A|Mug's Game|nolink=1}}

|Kathy Cowan

|Television film

Safe and Sound

|Eleanor Delaney

|Main role

{{sortname|The|Precious Blood|nolink=1}}

|Jean McBride

|Television film

rowspan=2|1997

|{{sortname|The|Broker's Man|The Broker's Man}}

|Gabby Rodwell

|Main role

{{sortname|The|History of Tom Jones, a Foundling|The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling}}

|Mrs. Harriet Fitzpatrick

|TV m

rowspan=2|1999

|Births, Marriages and Deaths

|Pat

|Main role

Vicious Circle

|Frances

| rowspan="2" |Television film

2000

|McCready and Daughter

|Bernadette

rowspan=2|2001

|In Deep

|Eva / Phoebe

| rowspan="2" |2 episodes

Rebus

|Janice Mee

rowspan=2|2003

|Holby City

|Heidi Drury

|Episode: "Keep It in the Family"

{{sortname|The|Clinic|The Clinic (TV series)}}

|Shirley

|1 episode

rowspan=2|2005

|Ahead of the Class

|Sonia Venning

|Television film

{{sortname|The|Golden Hour|The Golden Hour (TV series)}}

|Julia Harper

|1 episode

rowspan="2" |2006

|The Catherine Tate Show

|Rosemary

|Episode: "Mum, I'm Gay"

Strictly Confidential

|Carol Machin

|1 episode

2007

|Trial & Retribution

|Mrs. Jenkins

|Episode: "Mirror Image: Part 1"

rowspan=5|2009

|{{sortname|A|Short Stay in Switzerland}}

|Mrs. Savery

|TV film

Lark Rise to Candleford

|Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson

|Episode: "2.10"

Best: His Mother's Son

|Ann Best

|TV film

Taggart

|Joan Revie

|Episode: "So Long Baby"

Misfits

|Louise Young

|2 episodes

2010

|Midsomer Murders

|Iris Holman

|Episode: "The Noble Art"

2011

|Silent Witness

|DI Suzy Harte

|Episodes: "First Casualty: Parts 1 & 2"

2011–2013

|Game of Thrones

|Catelyn Stark

|Main role; 25 episodes (seasons 1–3)

2012

|Coming Up

|Jen

|Episode: "Colour"

2013

|Suits

|Ava Hessington

|Recurring role (8 episodes)

rowspan=3|2014

|24: Live Another Day

|Margot Al-Harazi

|Recurring role (8 episodes)

Common

|Shelagh

|rowspan=2|TV film

Resurrection: A Second Chance

|Margaret Langston

2014–2015

|Resurrection

|Margaret Langston

|Recurring role (13 episodes)

rowspan=2|2015

|The Lizzie Borden Chronicles

|Aideen Trotwood

|Episode: "Capsize"

Crossing Lines

|Sophie Baines

|Recurring role (Season 3)

2016

|Rebellion

|Dolly Butler

|Season 1

rowspan=3|2017

|Fortitude

|Freya Lennox

|Recurring role (Season 2)

The White Princess

|Margaret Beaufort

| Main Role

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

|Queen Igneous (voice)

|Episode: "Rockullan, Papyron, Scissorian"

2019

|The Feed

|Meredith Hatfield

| rowspan="4" |Main role

2020–present

|Gangs of London

|Marian Wallace

2023

|Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

|Princess Augusta

2023

|The Gone

| Hannah

=Theatre=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1993 \|Oleanna \|Carol \|Royal Court Theatre
1998 \|Never Land \|Elisabeth \|Royal Court Theatre
1999 \|{{sortname\|The\|Weir}} \|Valerie \|Walter Kerr Theatre
rowspan="2"\| 2003 \|Scenes from the Big Picture \|Helen Woods \|National Theatre
Loyal Women \|Brenda \|Royal Court Theatre
2004 \|Ashes to Ashes \|Rebecca \|Lyric Theatre
rowspan="2" \|2006 \|{{sortname\|The\|Wild Duck}} \|Gina \|Donmar Warehouse
Gates of Gold \|Alma \|Trafalgar Studios
rowspan="2" \|2007 \|Othello \|Emilia \|Donmar Warehouse
Macbeth \|Lady Macbeth \|West Yorkshire Playhouse
2009 \|Dancing at Lughnasa \|Kate \|Old Vic
2010 \|Greta Garbo Came to Donegal \|Paulie Hennessy \|Tricycle Theatre
2011 \|Remembrance Day \|Sveta \|Royal Court Theatre
2015 \|Splendour \|Genevieve \|Donmar Warehouse
2017 \|Road \|Helen/Marion/Brenda \|Royal Court Theatre
2018 \|Julius Caesar \|Cassius \|Bridge Theatre

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1993

|Oleanna

|Carol

|Royal Court Theatre

1998

|Never Land

|Elisabeth

|Royal Court Theatre

1999

|{{sortname|The|Weir}}

|Valerie

|Walter Kerr Theatre

rowspan="2"| 2003

|Scenes from the Big Picture

|Helen Woods

|National Theatre

Loyal Women

|Brenda

|Royal Court Theatre

2004

|Ashes to Ashes

|Rebecca

|Lyric Theatre

rowspan="2" |2006

|{{sortname|The|Wild Duck}}

|Gina

|Donmar Warehouse

Gates of Gold

|Alma

|Trafalgar Studios

rowspan="2" |2007

|Othello

|Emilia

|Donmar Warehouse

Macbeth

|Lady Macbeth

|West Yorkshire Playhouse

2009

|Dancing at Lughnasa

|Kate

|Old Vic

2010

|Greta Garbo Came to Donegal

|Paulie Hennessy

|Tricycle Theatre

2011

|Remembrance Day

|Sveta

|Royal Court Theatre

2015

|Splendour

|Genevieve

|Donmar Warehouse

2017

|Road

|Helen/Marion/Brenda

|Royal Court Theatre

2018

|Julius Caesar

|Cassius

|Bridge Theatre

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable"
Year ! Award ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result
2008 \| Olivier Awards \| Best Performance in a Supporting Role \| {{center\|Othello}} \| {{nom}}
rowspan=3\|2011 \| Irish Film & Television Award \| Best Actress - Television \| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center;" \| Game of Thrones \| {{nom}}
Scream Award \| Best Ensemble \| {{nom}}
Screen Actors Guild Award \| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series \| {{nom}}
rowspan=3\|2013 \| Irish Film & Television Award \| Best Actress - Television \| {{won}}
Saturn Award \| Best Supporting Actress on Television \| {{nom}}
Screen Actors Guild Award \| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series \| {{nom}}
2016 \| Irish Film & Television Award \| Best Supporting Actress - Television \| {{center\|Rebellion}} \| {{nom}}
rowspan="2"\| 2019 \| Clarence Derwent Award \| Best Female in a Supporting Role \| rowspan="2" \| {{center\|Julius Caesar}} \| {{won}}
WhatsOnStage Award \| Best Supporting Actress in a Play \| {{nom}}
2021 \| Chicago International Film Festival \| Best Actress \| {{center\|Nobody Has to Know}} \| {{won}}

class="wikitable"

Year

! Award

! Category

! Nominated work

! Result

2008

| Olivier Awards

| Best Performance in a Supporting Role

| {{center|Othello}}

| {{nom}}

rowspan=3|2011