Michelle Fairley
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Michelle Fairley

Born 11 July 1963 · Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK
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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".

Known for

Game of Thrones
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
The Others
Suits
In the Heart of the Sea
24
Philomena
Misfits
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Whistle
Gangs of London
Small Things Like These
Whistle
No Ordinary Heist
You'll Never Believe Who's Dead
Small Things Like These
The Trap
An Irish Goodbye
Nobody Has to Know
Lesson 7
The Trap
Responsible Child
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Edith
In the Heart of the Sea
Ironclad 2: Battle for Blood
Common
Montana
The Invisible Woman
Philomena
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Cup Cake
Chatroom
Anton Chekhov's The Duel
Best: His Mother's Son
A Short Stay in Switzerland
Ahead of the Class
The Others
The Second Death
Hideous Kinky
Vicious Circle
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
The Precious Blood
Life After Life
The Long Roads
Force of Duty
Hidden Agenda
Crossfire
Hidden City
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