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I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.

Fiona Shaw

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Fiona Shaw
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 10
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Performing Artist
Stage Actor
County Cork
Ireland
Fiona Mary Shaw
Fiona Wilson
Fiona Mary Wilson
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Theater
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Bored

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