Michelle Fairley
Michelle Fairley is a Northern Irish actress known for her versatile performances in film, television, and theatre. She gained recognition for her role as Catelyn Stark in HBO's 'Game of Thrones' and more recently as Lady Danbury in 'Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.' Fairley's strong... Read More
Known for
Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very...
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and...
The Others (2001)
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity...
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |
No Ordinary HeistInspired by the true 2004 Northern Bank robbery, two feuding bank employees are forced to execute Ireland’s biggest heist after... |
Mags Fulton | |
| 2026 |
How to Get to Heaven from BelfastThree lifelong pals embark on a chaotic quest to solve the mystery of their old friend's suspicious death and keep... |
Margo | |
| 2026 |
WhistleA misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover... |
Ivy Raymore | |
| 2025 |
World of Westeros Ambient VideoA cozy ambient video from the Game of Thrones world. |
Catelyn Stark | |
| 2025 |
Nazis, U-boats and the Battle for the AtlanticDive into history. Family memories reveal Northern Ireland's crucial role in WWII's epic sea battle, as divers explore the lost... |
Narrator | |
| 2024 |
Small Things Like TheseIn 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the... |
Mrs. Wilson | |
| 2023 |
The TrapA woman who has shut herself off from the world is slowly brought back to life through her friendship with... |
Michelle | |
| 2023 |
The GoneIt follows Theo Richter, an Irish detective who teams with Kiwi cop Diana Huia to find a young Irish couple... |
Judge Hannah Martin | |
| 2023 |
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton StoryYoung Queen Charlotte's marriage to King George of England sparks an epic love story and transforms high society in this... |
Princess Augusta | |
| 2023 |
UntameableExploring the Nobel Prize winning 'bog poems' of Seamus Heaney and the wild Irish bog landscape. Written by novelist Colm... |
Self | |
| 2022 |
Nobody Has to KnowAfter a stroke and no memories from his past, Phil encounters Millie who inhabits a desert part of Isle of... |
Millie | |
| 2022 |
An Irish GoodbyeIn rural Northern Ireland, following the untimely death of their mother, a young man with Down syndrome and his estranged... |
Grainne (voice) | |
| 2021 |
The Road to PartitionOn the 22nd June 1921 King George V and Queen Mary arrived in Belfast for the official opening of the... |
Narrator | |
| 2021 |
The Road to PartitionOn the 22nd June 1921, King George V and Queen Mary arrived in Belfast for the official opening of the... |
Narrator | |
| 2020 |
Lesson 7Having downloaded a self help program devised and narrated by the enigmatic MAX, we follow ASH, as he prepares to... |
Max | |
| 2020 |
Gangs of LondonWhen the head of a criminal organisation, Finn Wallace is assassinated, the sudden power vacuum his death creates threatens the... |
Marian Wallace | |
| 2019 |
Responsible ChildRay, a twelve-year-old boy, must confront the British legal system when he is accused of murder. |
Kerry | |
| 2019 |
Lost LivesThis poignant testament to the physical and emotional cost of war, centres on the Troubles in Northern Ireland. |
Self (voice) | |
| 2019 |
The FeedIn the near future, people’s minds are connected to The Feed, giving them instant connectivity. When something or someone invades... |
Meredith Hatfield | |
| 2019 |
The TrapIsolation and loneliness converge on an unexpected journey when intrigue and new come to town. |
Michelle | |
| 2019 |
Game of Thrones: The Last WatchFor a year, acclaimed British filmmaker Jeanie Finlay was embedded on the set of the hit HBO series “Game of... |
Self | |
| 2018 |
To Provide All PeopleTo mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the NHS, acclaimed poet Owen Sheers takes us on a journey... |
Intensive Care Nurse | |
| 2018 |
National Theatre Live: Julius CaesarCaesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s... |
Caius Cassius | |
| 2017 |
The White PrincessThe story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII. Based... |
Margaret Beaufort | |
| 2016 |
EdithEdith explores the heartbreaking inevitability that is old age. |
Shelia | |
| 2016 |
RebellionA group of young men and women in Dublin in 1916 are embroiled in a fight for independence during the... |
Dolly Butler | |
| 2015 |
In the Heart of the SeaIn the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale... |
Mrs. Nickerson | |
| 2015 |
FortitudeFortitude is a place like nowhere else. Although surrounded by the savage beauty of the Arctic landscape, Fortitude is one... |
Freya Lennox | |
| 2014 |
Penn Zero: Part-Time HeroPenn Zero is not your average kid - every day, he's zapped into another dimension with his friends to save... |
Queen Igneous (voice) | |
| 2014 |
MontanaIn the mean streets of London's East End, a former Serbian commando and a fourteen-year old boy plot revenge against... |
DCI Rachel Jones | |
| 2014 |
CommonWhen 17-year-old Johnjo gives his cousin and his friends a lift, he finds himself implicated in a stabbing. |
Shelagh | |
| 2014 |
ResurrectionThe people of Arcadia, Missouri are forever changed when their deceased loved ones suddenly start to reappear. |
Margaret Langston | |
| 2014 |
Ironclad 2: Battle for BloodA survivor of the Great Siege of Rochester Castle fights to save his clan from from Celtic raiders. A sequel... |
Joan De Vesci | |
| 2013 |
The Invisible WomanIn 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in... |
Caroline Graves | |
| 2013 |
PhilomenaA woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to... |
Sally Mitchell | |
| 2013 |
Crossing LinesThrough globalization, many countries have been opened and barriers removed to ensure easy trade, travel and cultural diversity. However, this... |
Sophie Baines | |
| 2011 |
SuitsWhile running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with... |
Ava Hessington | |
| 2011 |
Game of ThronesSeven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war.... |
Catelyn Stark | |
| 2010 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting... |
Mrs. Granger | |
| 2010 |
ChatroomWhen strangers Jim, Eva, Emily and Mo meet William online in his new 'Chelsea Teens!' chatroom, they're completely seduced by... |
Rosie | |
| 2010 |
Anton Chekhov's The DuelSet in a seaside resort in the Caucasus, the story centers on n'er do well, Laevsky and his illicit relationship... |
Marya | |
| 2010 |
Cup CakePJ is in a pickle: his parents are missing, he is a spectacular failure at running their bakery called Cup... |
Annie McNabb | |
| 2009 |
MisfitsWhen five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers. |
Louise Young | |
| 2009 |
Best: His Mother's SonBest – His Mother’s Son (BBC Two) was a gloomy drama about Ann Best, mother of George, who was strictly... |
Ann Best | |
| 2009 |
A Short Stay in SwitzerlandJust after losing her husband to a similar condition, Dr Anne Turner is diagnosed with a fatal neurological condition. So... |
Mrs. Savery | |
| 2008 |
Lark Rise to CandlefordSet in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the series chronicles the daily... |
Unknown character | |
| 2005 |
The Golden HourThe Golden Hour was an ITV drama series, first shown in 2005. The series centred on the activities of a... |
Julia Harper | |
| 2005 |
Ahead of the ClassDrama based on real-life events. Marie Stubbs, a diminutive Glaswegian headmistress who is coming up to retirement age, takes on... |
Sonia Venning | |
| 2001 |
24Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode... |
Margot Al-Harazi | |
| 2001 |
The OthersGrace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have... |
Mrs. Marlish | |
| 2001 |
In DeepLying, cheating, thieving—they’re the best undercover cops in the business. Liam Ketman (Nick Berry, Heartbeat) and Garth O'Hanlon (Stephen Tompkinson,... |
Phoebe | |
| 2000 |
McCready and DaughterMichael and Clare McCready are an estranged father and daughter who are reunited through their work as private investigators within... |
Bernadette | |
| 2000 |
RebusDetective series set in and around Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector John Rebus, whose methods earn him the wrath of his superiors,... |
Janice Mee | |
| 2000 |
The Second DeathOn a lonely country road, James Mangan hears a voice from his past and comes to realise he is damned. |
Aisling | |
| 1999 |
Births, Marriages and DeathsAlan, Terry and Graham have been inseparable since primary school. In a drunken haze they pay a visit to their... |
Pat | |
| 1999 |
Vicious CircleCriminal Martin Cahill gets in trouble when a major robbery succeeds. He aims for more trouble when he tries to... |
Frances | |
| 1999 |
Hideous KinkyIn 1972, disenchanted about the dreary conventions of English life, 25-year-old Julia heads for Morocco with her daughters, six-year-old Lucy... |
Patricia | |
| 1998 |
A Soldier's Daughter Never CriesThis fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotional slice-of-life story. Jones is portrayed... |
Miss O'Shaunessy | |
| 1997 |
The History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingAdaptation of the classic novel by Henry Fielding chronicling the life, loves and adventures of the charming Tom. |
Mrs, Fitzpatrick | |
| 1997 |
The Broker's ManDrama series about an ex-policeman, who now uses his detective skills while working for insurance companies. |
Gabby Rodwell | |
| 1997 |
Midsomer MurdersThe peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up... |
Iris Holman | |
| 1996 |
Safe And SoundBelfast-set comedy series about best mates and colleagues, Catholic Tommy and protestant Dougy, who own and run the Safe And... |
Eleanor Delaney | |
| 1996 |
The Precious BloodRosie Williams is haunted by the murder of her husband 12 years previously. Her teenage son John is heading for... |
Jean McBride | |
| 1996 |
A Mug's GameFour-part series that studies the personal lives of folk in a remote Scottish fishing village that is coming to terms... |
Kathy Cowan | |
| 1995 |
Life After LifeLeo Doyle, a convicted IRA murderer, is released into the community after 14 years in prison on a scheme to... |
Roisin Donaghy | |
| 1994 |
Cardiac ArrestThis series shows the workings of an English hospital through the eyes of its junior doctors. Naive and idealistic Dr... |
Casualty Sister Karen Teller | |
| 1993 |
ComicsDown-and-out American comedian Johnny Lazar tries to regain his status as an international superstar by embarking on a tour of... |
Nula O'Reilly | |
| 1993 |
The Long RoadsAn elderly woman learns that she is dying of cancer. She and her husband leave their small farm on the... |
Fiona Gibbons | |
| 1992 |
Flea BitesThe friendship of a young boy and an old Polish emigre as they struggle to re-create 'the smallest show on... |
Sharon | |
| 1991 |
Force of DutyRUC detective Simon Gabby is consumed by guilt after he fails to act decisively in a moment of terror. As... |
Jenny | |
| 1990 |
Hidden AgendaIn Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British... |
Teresa Doyle | |
| 1989 |
SaracenSaracen is a 1989 British television drama series. Made for ITV by Central Television, it starred Christian Burgess and Patrick... |
Maeve | |
| 1988 |
CrossfireA police computer expert is seconded to Belfast to track down the identity of an IRA mole. |
Scanlon's Girl | |
| 1987 |
Hidden CityCassies Stuart leads the uncooperative Charles Dance into a world of misplaces government secrets, capalistic artists and bungling secret agents.... |
Cleaner | |
| 1986 |
CasualtyDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their... |
Kate Maguire | |
| 1986 |
CasualtyDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their... |
Kathy Emerick | |
| 1986 |
ScreenPlayScreenplay was a drama anthology television series, broadcast on BBC between 1986 and 1993. Numerous episodes were produced including one... |
Jenny | |
| 1986 |
LovejoyThe adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he... |
Nancy Phelan | |
| 1985 |
Screen TwoSeries of single made-for-television dramas. |
Jean McBride | |
| 1985 |
Screen TwoSeries of single made-for-television dramas. |
Roisin Donaghy | |
| 1985 |
Screen TwoSeries of single made-for-television dramas. |
Fiona Gibbons - Liverpool |
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Michelle Fairley is best known for her roles as Catelyn Stark in 'Game of Thrones' and Lady Danbury in 'Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.'
Fairley has been nominated for several awards throughout her career, including a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role in 'Game of Thrones.'
Michelle Fairley's first film was 'The Last of the Mohicans' in 1992, where she had a minor role.
Michelle Fairley's estimated net worth is around $1 million, reflecting her successful career in acting.
Michelle Fairley has one child, though the name is not publicly known.
Michelle Fairley studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), one of the UK's most prestigious drama schools.
Fairley typically works in drama but has also taken on comedic roles, showcasing her versatility as an actress.
Highlights from Fairley's filmography include 'Game of Thrones,' 'Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story,' and various theatre productions across the UK.