Vanessa Kirby
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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 and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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Vanessa Nuala Kirby is a British actor born in Wimbledon, London, England, on April 18, 1988. She holds United Kingdom citizenship and speaks English as her native language. Kirby educated at the University of Exeter before beginning her work period in 2010. Her field of work is acting.
Kirby has received the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
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Wimbledon, London, England, UK
Vanessa Nuala Kirby (born April 18, 1988) 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…
Known for
- Avengers: Secret Wars — Sue Storm / Invisible Woman2027
- Avengers: Doomsday — Sue Storm / Invisible Woman2026
- Eden — Dore2025
- The Fantastic 4: First Steps — Sue Storm / Invisible Woman2025
- Night Always Comes — Lynette2025
- Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere — Self - 'Sue Storm' / 'Invisible Woman'2025
- Napoleon — Josephine Bonaparte2023
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One — The White Widow2023
- Italian Studies — Alina Reynolds2022
- The Son — Beth2022
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vanessa
- Family name
- Kirby
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Wimbledon
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- British English
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Vanessa Kirby at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival 08 (Cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1988-04-18
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- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- start of work period
- 2010-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Vanessa Nuala Kirby (born 18 April 1987 or 1988) 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 and 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 Hobbs & Shaw (2019), The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), and two Mission: Impossible films (2018–2023). Kirby portrayed Empress Joséphine in the historical drama Napoleon (2023).
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