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Vanessa Kirby
Actor, ProducerBorn April 18, 1988 (36 years)
Vanessa Nuala Kirby (born 18 April 1987 or 1988) is an English actress. She made her professional acting debut on stage, with acclaimed performances in the plays All My Sons (2010), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2010), Women Beware Women (2011), Three Sisters (2012), and as Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (2014).
Kirby rose to international prominence with her portrayal of Princess Margaret in the Netflix drama series The Crown (2016–2017), for which she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has also taken on roles in the Hobbs & Shaw (2019) action films and the Mission: Impossible film series since 2018. For her performance as a grief-stricken woman in Pieces of a Woman (2020), she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Kirby has since portrayed Empress Joséphine in the historical drama Napoleon (2023).
Kirby rose to international prominence with her portrayal of Princess Margaret in the Netflix drama series The Crown (2016–2017), for which she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has also taken on roles in the Hobbs & Shaw (2019) action films and the Mission: Impossible film series since 2018. For her performance as a grief-stricken woman in Pieces of a Woman (2020), she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Kirby has since portrayed Empress Joséphine in the historical drama Napoleon (2023).
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Filmography
| 2027 | Avengers: Secret Wars · as Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman |
| 2026 | Avengers: Doomsday · as Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman |
| 2025 | The Fantastic Four: First Steps · as Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman |
| 2025 | Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning · as The White Widow |
| 2024 | Eden · as Dora Strauch Ritter |
| 2023 | Napoleon · as Josephine Bonaparte |
| 2023 | Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning · as The White Widow |
| 2022 | The Son · as Beth |
| 2021 | Italian Studies · as Alina Reynolds |
| 2020 | The World to Come · as Tallie |
| 2020 | Pieces of a Woman · as Martha Weiss |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Fast & Furious - Hobbs & Shaw: Special · as Hattie Shaw |
| 2019 | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw · as Hattie Shaw |
| 2018 | National Theatre Live: Julie · as Julie |
| 2018 | Mission: Impossible - Fallout · as The White Widow |
| 2016 | The Crown (TV Series) · as Princess Margaret |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Me Before You · as Alicia Dawares |
| 2016 | Kill Command · as Mills |
| 2015 | The Frankenstein Chronicles (TV Series) · as Lady Jemima Hervey |
| 2015 | The Dresser · as Irene |
| 2015 | Everest · as Sandy Hill Pittman |
| 2015 | Bone in the Throat · as Sophie |
| 2015 | Jupiter Ascending · as Katharine Dunlevy |
| 2014 | National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire · as Stella Kowalski |
| 2014 | Queen & Country · as Dawn Rohan |
| 2013 | Charlie Countryman · as Felicity |
| 2013 | About Time · as Joanna |
| 2012 | Labyrinth (TV Series) · as Alice Tanner |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | Great Expectations (TV Series) · as Estella |
| 2011 | The Hour (TV Series) · as Ruth Elms |
| 2010 | |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Celia Ravenscroft |