Michelle Fairley
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Whistle
2026
as Ivy Raymore
No Ordinary Heist
2026
as Mags Fulton
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
2026
as Margo
Nazis, U-boats and the Battle for the Atlantic
2025
as Narrator
Small Things Like These
2024
as Mrs. Wilson
The Trap
2023
as Michelle
Untameable
2023
as Self
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
2023
as Princess Augusta
The Gone
2023
as Judge Hannah Martin
An Irish Goodbye
2022
as Grainne (voice)
Nobody Has to Know
2022
as Millie
The Road to Partition
2021
as Narrator
The Road to Partition
2021
as Narrator
Lesson 7
2020
as Max
Gangs of London
2020
as Marian Wallace
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
as Self
The Trap
2019
as Michelle
Responsible Child
2019
as Kerry
Lost Lives
2019
as Self (voice)
The Feed
2019
as Meredith Hatfield
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
2018
as Caius Cassius
To Provide All People
2018
as Intensive Care Nurse
The White Princess
2017
as Margaret Beaufort
Edith
2016
as Shelia
Rebellion
2016
as Dolly Butler
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
as Mrs. Nickerson
Fortitude
2015
as Freya Lennox
Ironclad 2: Battle for Blood
2014
as Joan De Vesci
Common
2014
as Shelagh
Montana
2014
as DCI Rachel Jones
Resurrection
2014
as Margaret Langston
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
as Queen Igneous (voice)
The Invisible Woman
2013
as Caroline Graves
Philomena
2013
as Sally Mitchell
Crossing Lines
2013
as Sophie Baines
Game of Thrones
2011
as Catelyn Stark
Suits
2011
as Ava Hessington
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Mrs. Granger
Cup Cake
2010
as Annie McNabb
Chatroom
2010
as Rosie
Anton Chekhov's The Duel
2010
as Marya
Best: His Mother's Son
2009
as Ann Best
A Short Stay in Switzerland
2009
as Mrs. Savery
Misfits
2009
as Louise Young
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
Ahead of the Class
2005
as Sonia Venning
The Golden Hour
2005
as Julia Harper
The Others
2001
as Mrs. Marlish
McCready and Daughter
2001
as Bernadette
In Deep
2001
as Phoebe
24
2001
as Margot Al-Harazi
The Second Death
2000
as Aisling
Rebus
2000
as Janice Mee
Hideous Kinky
1999
as Patricia
Vicious Circle
1999
as Frances
Births, Marriages and Deaths
1999
as Pat
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1998
as Miss O'Shaunessy
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Mrs, Fitzpatrick
The Broker's Man
1997
as Gabby Rodwell
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Iris Holman
The Precious Blood
1996
as Jean McBride
Safe And Sound
1996
as Eleanor Delaney
A Mug's Game
1996
as Kathy Cowan
Silent Witness
1996
as D.I. Suzy Harte
Life After Life
1995
as Roisin Donaghy
Cardiac Arrest
1994
as Casualty Sister Karen Teller
The Long Roads
1993
as Fiona Gibbons
Comics
1993
as Nula O'Reilly
Flea Bites
1992
as Sharon
Force of Duty
1991
as Jenny
Hidden Agenda
1990
as Teresa Doyle
Saracen
1989
as Maeve
4 Play
1989
as Maureen
Crossfire
1988
as Scanlon's Girl
Hidden City
1987
as Cleaner
Lovejoy
1986
as Nancy Phelan
Casualty
1986
as Kathy Emerick
Casualty
1986
as Kate Maguire
ScreenPlay
1986
as Jenny
Screen Two
1985
as Jean McBride
Screen Two
1985
as Roisin Donaghy
Screen Two
1985
as Fiona Gibbons - Liverpool