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Vanessa Kirby
Actor, Producer
Born April 18, 1988 (36 years)
Vanessa Kirby (born 18 April 1988) is an English actress. She has received several accolades, including a BAFTA TV Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Born in London to urologist Roger Kirby, Kirby studied English literature at the University of Exeter. After graduation, she made her professional acting debut on stage with a production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons (2010), and followed this with acclaimed performances in the plays A Midsummer Night's Dream (2010), As You Like It (2010), Women Beware Women (2011), Three Sisters (2012), and as Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (2014).
Kirby made her film debut with a minor role in the crime drama The Rise (2012), and 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 and received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. She took on roles in the action films Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) and Hobbs & Shaw (2019). For her performance as a grief-stricken young 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.
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Born in London to urologist Roger Kirby, Kirby studied English literature at the University of Exeter. After graduation, she made her professional acting debut on stage with a production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons (2010), and followed this with acclaimed performances in the plays A Midsummer Night's Dream (2010), As You Like It (2010), Women Beware Women (2011), Three Sisters (2012), and as Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (2014).
Kirby made her film debut with a minor role in the crime drama The Rise (2012), and 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 and received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. She took on roles in the action films Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) and Hobbs & Shaw (2019). For her performance as a grief-stricken young 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.
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Known For
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 Dewar |
| 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 (2011) (TV Series) · as Estella |
| 2011 | The Hour (TV Series) · as Ruth Elms |
| 2010 | |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Celia Ravenscroft |