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Vanessa Kirby

Vanessa Kirby

Acting1988Wimbledon, London, England, UK

Biography

Vanessa Nuala Kirby is an English actress. She rose to international prominence with her portrayal of Princess Margaret in the Netflix drama series The Crown (2016–2017), for which she won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress. For her performance in the film Pieces of a Woman (2020), she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. 

Kirby 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). She also appeared in the action films Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), Hobbs & Shaw (2019), and The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), and portrayed Empress Joséphine in the historical drama Napoleon (2023).

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Acting History

Future
The Honey Wars
as (voice)
The Sun Also Rises
as Lady Britt Ashley
Off Season
Producer
Ruins
Producer
2027
Avengers: Secret Wars
as Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman
2026
Avengers: Doomsday
as Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman
THE DISCIPLE
Producer
2025
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman
Eden
as Dore Strauch Ritter
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
2024
2023
Napoleon
as Josephine Bonaparte
2022
Italian Studies
as Alina Reynolds
The Son
as Beth
The Crown
TVas Young Princess Margaret (archive footage)1 eps
Italian Studies
Executive Producer
2021
The Oscars
TVas Self1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TVas Self - Guest2 eps
2020
Pieces of a Woman
as Martha Weiss
2019
2018
2016
Me Before You
as Alicia Dawares
Kill Command
as Mills
Genius
as Zelda Fitzgerald
2015
The Dresser
as Irene
Everest
as Sandy Hill Pittman
Jupiter Ascending
as Katharine Dunlevy
Queen & Country
as Dawn Rohan
The Frankenstein Chronicles
TVas Lady Jemima Hervey7 eps
2013
The Exchange
as Woman
About Time
as Joanna
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TVas Celia Ravenscroft1 eps
2012
Nora
as Young Woman
Wasteland
as Nicola
Labyrinth
TVas Alice Tanner2 eps
2011
Great Expectations
TVas Estella3 eps
The Hour
TVas Ruth Elms6 eps
2010
Love/Loss
as Jane

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
4/18/1988(37 years old)
Place of Birth
Wimbledon, London, England, UK