Michelle Fairley je filmska, pozorišna i televizijska glumica koji je poreklom iz Severne Irske. Rođena je u Coleraine-u, u Severnoj Irskoj od roditelja Theresa-e i Brian-a Fairley-ja, a odrasla je u Ballycastle, u Severnoj Irskoj i igrala je u velikom broju britanskih tv emisija uključujući naslove poput : The Bill, Holby City i Heartbeat. Jedna od njenih ranijih uloga je bila uloga ubice Cathy Michaels u seriji “Inspector Morse” koja nosi naslov "The Way Through The Woods".
Glumila je Mrs. Granger u ostvarenju “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”.
19. marta 2010. godine je najavljeno da treba da zameni Jennifer Ehle u ulozi Catelyn Stark u HBO-voj seriji “Game of Thrones”. Glumica živi u Londonu jako dugo.
Pozorišne uloge:
2007 Othello (Donmar Warehouse) Emilia
2009 Dancing at Lughnasa (Old Vic) Kate
2010 Greta Garbo Came to Donegal Paulie Hennessy
2006 The Wild Duck (Donmar Warehouse) Gina
2000 The Wier (Broadway) Valerie
2003 Scenes from the big picture (Broadway) Helan
2007 Macbeth Lady Macbeth
2003 Loyal Women, Neverland (Royal Court) Brenda
2006 Gates Of Gold (Trafalgar stidios) Alma
1993 Oleanna by David Mamet Carol
2004 Ashes To Ashes Pinter
Filmografija:
1988 Hidden City Cleaner
1990 Hidden Agenda Teresa Doyle
1998 A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Miss O'Shaunessy
1998 Hideous Kinky Patricia Known as Marrakech Express in France
2000 The Second Death Aisling
2001 The Others Mrs Marlish
2001 Byw yn dy Groen (Living in your Skin) Gina
2002 Shearing Yvonne
2009 Best: His Mother's Son Ann Best
2009 Misfits (TV series) Louise Young
2010 Anton Chekhov's The Duel Marya
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Mrs. Granger
2011 Game of Thrones Catelyn Stark
