low public profile. She said in an interview with The Telegraph in 2015, that she made the decision to separate from her boyfriend of seven years in 2012. Since then, Fairley has had no known partners. Fairley said, in the same interview, that she "missed the gene" for motherhood. She never had the desire to have children like some of her siblings did. While Fairley has worked on various American projects in the past, she has no love for Hollywood, and the West End theatres remain her home. She said that television and movies challenge her in a different way and make her "use a different muscle," but theatre is where she feels her best work is done, where she started her career, and where she hopes to "end up". Filmography Film Television Theatre Awards and nominations Notes References External links Film actresses from Northern Ireland Television actresses from Northern Ireland Living people People from Coleraine, County Londonderry Stage actresses from Northern Ireland 20th-century actresses from Northern Ireland 21st-century actresses from Northern Ireland British Shakespearean actresses Year of birth missing (living people)