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
Acting
Born
July 11, 1963 (age 62)
Place of Birth
Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK
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2001

The Others

2022

An Irish Goodbye

2010

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

1990

Hidden Agenda

1991

Force of Duty

2013

The Invisible Woman

2013

Philomena

2024

Small Things Like These

1993

The Long Roads

2010

Cup Cake

1987

Hidden City

2014

Ironclad 2: Battle for Blood

2014

Common

2014

Montana

2010

Chatroom

2015

In the Heart of the Sea

2023

The Trap

1992

Flea Bites

2005

Ahead of the Class

1999

Hideous Kinky

1988

Crossfire

2023

Untameable

2000

The Second Death

2009

Best: His Mother's Son

1995

Life After Life

2009

A Short Stay in Switzerland

1999

Vicious Circle

1998

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

2018

National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar

2018

To Provide All People

1996

The Precious Blood

2010

Anton Chekhov's The Duel

2019

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

2019

The Trap

2019

Responsible Child

2016

Edith

2022

Nobody Has to Know

2020

Lesson 7

2026

Whistle

2023

Game of Thrones

2023

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

2023

Lovejoy

2023

Trial & Retribution

2023

Cardiac Arrest

2023

The Broker's Man

2023

McCready and Daughter

2023

Safe And Sound

2023

A Mug's Game

2023

The Gone

2023

Rebus

2023

Resurrection

2023

Misfits

2023

Rebellion

2023

The Golden Hour

2023

In Deep

2023

Crossing Lines

2023

Fortitude

2023

Lark Rise to Candleford

2023

Suits

2023

The White Princess

2023

Casualty

2023

Casualty

2023

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

2023

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

2023

Midsomer Murders

2023

The Road to Partition

2023

The Feed

2023

Gangs of London

2023

Comics

2023

Births, Marriages and Deaths

2023

Nazis, U-boats and the Battle for the Atlantic

2023

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