Fiona Hawthorne: Who Is The Wife Of Colin Salmon?

Fiona Hawthorne is the wife of English actor Colin Roy Salmon. Fiona’s husband Colin Salmon is one of the most popular and successful actors. He is known for playing Charles Robinson in three James Bond films and James “One” Shade in the Resident Evil film series. He has appeared in TV series including Doctor Who, Merlin, Arrow, and The Musketeers.

Fiona Hawthorne: Bio Summary

Who Is Colin Salmon’s Wife?

Fiona Hawthorne is a visual artist and the wife of Colin Salmon. Fiona was born in Northern Ireland but her date of birth and age are unknown. James Hawthorne and Patricia Hawthorne are her parents. She is the sister of Patrick Hawthorne and Deirdre Hawthorne. She grew up in Hong Kong after her family moved there when she was reportedly six years old.

Fiona Hawthorne is said to have studied at Chelsea School of Art, Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom, and Belfast College of Art, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. She also attended Sir John Cass School of Art, London, England, United Kingdom. She is an artist and illustrator who grew passionate about using strong color and fluid economic lines.

Fiona Hawthorne started her career “as a reportage artist capturing London’s emerging young jazz scene, a body of work profiled in Thames and Hudson’s 80’s dance floor style anthology “Design After Dark,” says her website. After she completed Chelsea School of Art, she illustrated for clients from Time Out to Tag Heuer to Tatler.

“Well known for her delicate and witty line-and-wash style Hawthorne’s drawings regularly graced the pages of Tatler, capturing the English Season’s polo matches, the Henley Regatta and tearooms of Harrods,” per her website. She spent a year as the first artist in residence to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, culminating in a solo exhibition at The Royal Festival Hall.

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Fiona Hawthorne’s love of steelpan music led her not only to learn to play the instrument and to – through drawing steelpan – give exposure to the virtuosity of an instrument often consigned to the margins of mainstream music, but she created and produced “One Thousand Pans” a huge musical installation for the closing weekend of the 2012 Olympic Games.

Fiona Hawthorne won a National commission to cover a 100 meter wall area in West London with her interpretation of Europe’s largest street festival, Notting Hill Carnival. The exhibition was viewed by 3 million people and the images reached ‘many corners of the world as film and TV backdrops.’ It was also extended a further 6 months. Fiona has established herself as one of UK’s leading digital artists.

Fiona often draws live at events with screen projected to huge canvas, where audiences share her fast, exciting creative process as she works. Her digital portrait of Barack Obama hangs in the Library of Congress and she has two public art exhibitions open in London – “Project Ramp” at 300 Ladbroke Grove, and “150 Years of the Market” on world famous Portobello Road.

Fiona Hawthorne plays in and co-runs the steel band UFO. She organizes art projects, such as for children affected by the Grenfell tragedy. She is also the author of “The Extraordinary Amazing Unbelievable Incredible Walled City of Kowloon” and “Drawing on the Inside: Kowloon Walled City 1985”. In 2016, she was awarded the International Arts Advocacy Award by WIFTS (Women in Film and Television).

Fiona Hawthorne Has Been Married Since The 1980s

Fiona Hawthorne is a married woman. She is the wife of Colin Salmon, one of Britain’s most renowned actors. Fiona and her husband Colin have been married since June 1988. As of 2023, it has been 35 years since they walked down the aisle. Their marriage has been blessed with four children: Rudi Salmon, Sasha Salmon, Eden Salmon, and Ben Salmon.

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Fiona and Colin have loved and supported each other throughout their marriage. Even when Fiona was diagnosed with interstitial lung disease and had to be dependent on an oxygen tank, her husband Colin decided to stay by her side. Colin said, “My wife’s not well so I can’t be far from home”. Fiona was put on steroids and had chemotherapy.

Fiona told Hello: “I felt flattened and had a thumping headache. Although it exacerbated my condition, I came through it. I’m finding ways to live with it positively. I don’t want my illness to define me.”