Michelle Fairley

Michelle Fairley is an actress from Northern Ireland, best known for playing Catelyn Stark in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2013), as well as her roles in USA Network series Suits (2013), and Fox series 24: Live Another Day (2014).

Fairley was born in Coleraine to Brian and Teresa Fairley, and is the second oldest of six children. Her father was a popular publican, owner of Fairley’s Bar and several off-licenses, in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, but Fairley remembers both Catholics and Protestants frequenting the pub.