
Michelle Fairley
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 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". 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. 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. 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. 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). 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 In 2018, she played Cassius in Julius Caesar at the Bridge Theatre, alongside David Calder, David Morrissey and Ben Whishaw. 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. She starred as Millie in the 2021 film Nobody Has To Know alongside Bouli Lanners. In 2023, Fairley starred as Princess Augusta in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story on Netflix. She also contributed to The Gone a TVNZ and RTE coproduction.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Small Things Like These as Mrs. Wilson
- 2023 · The Gone as Hannah
- 2023 · Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story as Princess Augusta
- 2022 · An Irish Goodbye as Grainne (voice)
- 2021 · The Road to Partition as Narrator
- 2020 · Gangs of London as Marian Wallace
- 2019 · The Feed as Meredith Hatfield
- 2019 · Game of Thrones: The Last Watch as Self
- 2017 · The White Princess as Margaret Beaufort
- 2016 · Rebellion as Dolly Butler
- 2015 · In the Heart of the Sea as Mrs. Nickerson
- 2015 · Fortitude as Freya Lennox
- 2014 · Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Queen Igneous (voice)
- 2014 · Resurrection as Margaret Langston
- 2013 · Philomena as Sally Mitchell
- 2013 · Crossing Lines as Sophie Baines
- 2011 · Suits as Ava Hessington
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as Catelyn Stark
- 2010 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Mrs. Granger
- 2009 · Misfits as Louise Young
- 2008 · Lark Rise to Candleford as
- 2001 · 24 as Margot Al-Harazi
- 2001 · The Others as Mrs. Marlish
- 2001 · In Deep as Phoebe
- 2000 · Rebus as Janice Mee
- 1999 · Hideous Kinky as Patricia
- 1997 · The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Mrs, Fitzpatrick
- 1997 · Trial & Retribution as
- 1997 · The Broker's Man as
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Iris Holman
- 1996 · Safe And Sound as Eleanor Delaney
- 1994 · Cardiac Arrest as
- 1986 · Casualty as Kathy Emerick
- 1986 · Casualty as Kate Maguire
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Nancy Phelan
- Future · Whistle as
- 2023 · The Trap as Michelle
- 2023 · Untameable as Self
- 2022 · Nobody Has to Know as Millie
- 2020 · Lesson 7 as Max
- 2019 · Responsible Child as Kerry
- 2019 · The Trap as Michelle
- 2018 · To Provide All People as Intensive Care Nurse
- 2018 · National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar as Caius Cassius
- 2016 · Edith as Shelia
- 2014 · Montana as DCI Rachel Jones
- 2014 · Common as Shelagh
- 2014 · Ironclad 2: Battle for Blood as Joan De Vesci
- 2013 · The Invisible Woman as Caroline Graves
- 2010 · Chatroom as Rosie
- 2010 · Anton Chekhov's The Duel as Marya
- 2010 · Cup Cake as Annie McNabb
- 2009 · Best: His Mother's Son as Ann Best
- 2009 · A Short Stay in Switzerland as Mrs. Savery
- 2005 · The Golden Hour as Julia Harper
- 2005 · Ahead of the Class as Sonia Venning
- 2000 · McCready and Daughter as Bernadette
- 2000 · The Second Death as Aisling
- 1999 · Births, Marriages and Deaths as Pat
- 1999 · Vicious Circle as Frances
- 1998 · A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries as Miss O'Shaunessy
- 1996 · The Precious Blood as Jean McBride
- 1996 · A Mug's Game as Kathy Cowan
- 1995 · Life After Life as Roisin Donaghy
- 1993 · Comics as Nula O'Reilly
- 1993 · The Long Roads as Fiona Gibbons
- 1992 · Flea Bites as Sharon
- 1991 · Force of Duty as Jenny
- 1990 · Hidden Agenda as Teresa Doyle
- 1988 · Crossfire as Scanlon's Girl
- 1987 · Hidden City as Cleaner