Anecdotes

Michelle Fairley has been nominated for an Olivier award for her role in Othello.

Great friends with Game of Thrones co-workers Lena Headey (Cersei) and Richard Madden (Robb Stark).

Replaced Judy Davis as Margot Al-Harazi in 24: Live Another Day (2014).

Had roles in 2 epic fantasy series playing the mother of a principal character: In Harry Potter et les Reliques de la Mort : partie 1 (2010) as Hermione's mother, and in Game of Thrones (2011) as the mother of all the Stark children.

Various sources show her date of birth was being as early as 1963, to as late as July, 1965. One source actually lists both 1963 and January 17, 1964.