Frances Conroy (born March 15, 1953) is an American actress. She is most widely known for playing the matriarch Ruth O'Connor Fisher Sibley on the HBO funeral drama series Six Feet Under, which earned her a Golden Globe in 2004.
A clumsy, shy teen girl named "Mia Thermopolis" discovers that she is the princess of Genovie, a small Euporean state. Thereafter, she must prove to her grandmother that she is worthy of her title.
