Michelle Fairley
Acting · Born 1963-07-11 in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK
Biography
Michelle Fairley (born 11 July 1963) 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), the RTÉ miniseries Rebellion (2016), the science fiction series The Feed (2019), and the Sky Atlantic crime drama Gangs of London (2020–). 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. Fairley appeared in a number of British television shows, including The Bill, Holby…
Filmography
- The Others as Mrs. Marlish
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Mrs. Granger
- Philomena as Sally Mitchell
- Game of Thrones: The Last Watch as Self
- Whistle as Ivy Raymore
- An Irish Goodbye as Grainne (voice)
- Hidden Agenda as Teresa Doyle
- The Invisible Woman as Caroline Graves
- Small Things Like These as Mrs. Wilson
- Cup Cake as Annie McNabb
TV
- Game of Thrones as Catelyn Stark
- Misfits as Louise Young
- Suits as Ava Hessington
- The White Princess as Margaret Beaufort
- Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story as Princess Augusta
- Gangs of London as Marian Wallace
- 24 as Margot Al-Harazi
- The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Mrs, Fitzpatrick
- Lovejoy as Nancy Phelan
- Trial & Retribution