
Michelle Fairley
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 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.
Acting (36 movies)

The Others
2001

An Irish Goodbye
2022

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010

Hidden Agenda
1990

Force of Duty
1991

The Invisible Woman
2013

Philomena
2013

Small Things Like These
2024

The Long Roads
1993

Cup Cake
2010

Hidden City
1987

Ironclad 2: Battle for Blood
2014

Common
2014

Montana
2014

Chatroom
2010

In the Heart of the Sea
2015

The Trap
2023

Ahead of the Class
2005

Hideous Kinky
1999

Crossfire
1988

Untameable
2023

Best: His Mother's Son
2009

Life After Life
1995

A Short Stay in Switzerland
2009

Vicious Circle
1999

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1998

National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
2018

The Precious Blood
1996

Anton Chekhov's The Duel
2010

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019

The Trap
2019

Responsible Child
2019

Edith
2016

Nobody Has to Know
2022

Lesson 7
2020

Whistle
2026
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