Fiona Shaw

Shaw was already an acknowledged stage actress before she made a name for herself in television and film. It wasn't until the mid 1980s that director Jim Sheridan awarded her a role in his film My Left Foot (1989); the biographical film of Christy Brown, an Irishman confined to a body horribly crippled by cerebral palsy but found incredible success and recognition as an artist and writer. In the film, Shaw acted as Dr. Eileen Cole, the doctor who...