Michelle Fairley

Michelle Fairley Biography

Michelle Fairley (born 17 January 1964) is a Northern Irish actress, best known for her roles as Catelyn Stark in the HBO series Game of Thrones and Dr. Ava Hessington in multiple episodes of USA Network series Suits.

Early life

Fairley was born in Coleraine, Northern Ireland to locally renowned publicans Theresa and Brian Fairley. She attended a Roman Catholic grammar school. As a teenager, she became a member of the Ulster Youth Theatre, where she fell in love with acting. Upon graduation, she moved to Belfast where she honed her skills with the repertory company Fringe Benefits, alongside a fellow alumnus of the Ulster Youth Theatre, Conleth Hill.

Career

She appeared in a range of British television shows, including The Bill, Holby City and Heartbeat. 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".

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. On 19 March 2010, it was announced that she would play the role of Catelyn Stark in the HBO series Game of Thrones replacing Jennifer Ehle who played the character in the original pilot episode.

On 4 June 2013, E! news confirmed that she had joined the cast of the USA Network series Suits for its third season. Fairley will play the recurring role of Ava Hessington.

Personal life

Fairley maintains a home in London when not working on acting.

Stage credits

Year	Play	Role	Notes
2007	Othello (Donmar Warehouse)	Emilia	Olivier Award Nomination
2009	Dancing at Lughnasa (Old Vic)	Kate
2010	Greta Garbo Came to Donegal	Paulie Hennessy
2006	The Wild Duck (Donmar Warehouse)	Gina
2000	The Weir	Valerie
2003	Scenes From The Big Picture (on Broadway)	Helan
2007	Macbeth	Lady Macbeth
2003	Loyal Women, Neverland (Royal Court Theatre)	Brenda
2006	Gates Of Gold (Trafalgar Studios)	Alma
1993	Oleanna (Royal Court Theatre)	Carol
2004	Ashes To Ashes Pinter (Lyric Theatre)

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1988	Hidden City	Cleaner
1989	Saracen	Maeve	Episode "Starcross"
1990	4 Play	Maureen	Episode "Valentine Falls"
1990	Hidden Agenda	Teresa Doyle
1990	Theatre Night		Episode "Pentecost"
1991	Casualty	Kathy Emerick	Episode "Judgement Day"
1991	Children of the North	Kate
1992	Screen Two	Sharon	Episode "Flea Bites"
1992	Lovejoy	Nancy Phelan	Episode "Smoke Your Nose"
1992	Screenplay	Jenny	Episode "Force of Duty"
1993	Screen Two	Fiona Gibbons	Episode "The Long Roads"
1993	Casualty	Kate Maguire	Episode "No Place to Hide'
1993	Comics	Nula O'Reilly
1994	Cardiac Arrest	Casualty Sister Karen Teller	Episode "Doctors and Nurses"
1995	Life After Life	Roisin Donaghy	TV movie
1995	The Bill	Beth Spence	Episode "No Choice"
1995	Inspector Morse	Cathy Michaels	Episode "The Way Through the Woods"
1996	A Mug's Game	Kathy Cowan
1996	Safe and Sound	Eleanor Delaney	6 episodes
1996	The Precious Bride	Jean McBride	TV movie
1997	The Broker's Man	Gabby Rodwell	6 Episodes
1997	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling	Mrs. Fitzpatrick	Episodes #1.2-1.5
1998	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	Miss O'Shaunessy
1998	Hideous Kinky	Patricia	Known as Marrakech Express in France
1999	Births, Marriages and Death	Pat	Episodes #1.1-1.4
1999	Vicious Circle	Frances	TV movie
2000	McCready and Daughter	Bernadette	TV movie
2000	The Second Death	Aisling	Short
2001	In Deep	Eva/Phoebe	Episode "Blue on Blue"
2001	The Others	Mrs. Marlish	Also known as Les autres (France) and Los otros (Spain)
2001	Byw yn dy Groen (Living in your Skin)	Gina	Welsh language film, set primarily in Pembrokeshire
2001	Rebus	Janice Mee	Episodes "Dead Souls" and "Mortal Causes"
2002	Shearing	Yvonne	2002 Cannes Film Festival premiere (directed by Eicke Bettinga)
2003	Holby City	Heidi Drury	Episode "Keep it in the Family"
2003	The Clinic	Shirley	Episode #1.6
2005	Ahead of the Class	Sonia Venning	TV movie
2005	The Golden Hour	Julia Harper	Episode #1.4
2006	The Catherine Tate Show: Series 3	Rosemary	Sketch character about a Northern Irish mother with a gay son
2007	Trial and Retribution	Mrs. Jenkins	Episode "Mirror Image: Part 1"
2007	The Street	Paul's mom	Episode "The Promise"
2009	A Short Stay in Switzerland	Mrs. Savery	TV Movie
2009	Lark Rise to Candleford	Mrs. Lizbeth Patterson	Episode #2.10
2009	Suicide Man	Woman on cliff	short
2009	Best: His Mother's Son	Ann Best
2009	Taggart	Joan Revie	Episode "So Long Baby"
2009	Misfits	Louise Young	Episodes #1.1 and #1.2
2010	Cup Cake	Annie McNabb
2010	Anton Chekhov's The Duel	Marya
2010	Chatroom	Rosie
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1	Mrs. Granger
2010	Midsomer Murders	Iris Holman	Episode "The Noble Art"
2011	Silent Witness	DI Suzy Harte	Episode "First Casualty"
2011-2013	Game of Thrones	Lady Catelyn Stark	25 episodes Nominated"?Scream Award for Best Ensemble Nominated"?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2012	Coming Up	Jen	Episode "Colour"
2013	The Invisible Woman	Caroline Graves
2013	Common	Shelagh	post-production TV movie
2013	Montana	Jones	post production
2013	Suits	Ava Hessington	Season 3 Recurring Character
2013	Philomena	Sally Mitchell
2014	Ironclad: Battle for Blood	Joan De Vesci	post production
2014	'	Margo

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