1988-04-18 Wimbledon, London, England, UK
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).
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Avengers: Secret Wars | Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman | 2027-05-05 |
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Avengers: Doomsday | Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman | 2026-04-29 |
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | The White Widow | 2025-05-21 |
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Eden | Dora Strauch Ritter | 2025-04-03 |
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps | Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman | 2025-07-23 |
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Napoleon | Josephine Bonaparte | 2023-11-22 |
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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | The White Widow | 2023-07-08 |
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Italian Studies | Alina Reynolds | 2022-01-14 |
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The Son | Beth | 2022-11-10 |
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The World to Come | Tallie | 2021-02-12 |
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Pieces of a Woman | Martha Weiss | 2020-12-30 |
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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | Hattie Shaw | 2019-08-01 |
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Mr. Jones | Ada Brooks | 2019-10-03 |
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National Theatre Live: Julie | Julie | 2018-09-07 |
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout | The White Widow | 2018-07-13 |
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Me Before You | Alicia Dawares | 2016-06-01 |
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Genius | Zelda Fitzgerald | 2016-06-10 |
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Kill Command | Mills | 2016-05-13 |
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The Dresser | Irene | 2015-10-31 |
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Bone in the Throat | Sophie | 2015-03-16 |
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Jupiter Ascending | Katharine Dunlevy | 2015-02-04 |
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Everest | Sandy Hill Pittman | 2015-09-10 |
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Devil in the Detail | Jessica | 2014-12-01 |
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National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire | Stella Kowalski | 2014-09-16 |
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Queen & Country | Dawn Rohan | 2014-09-14 |
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Insomniacs | Jade | 2014-01-18 |
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The Exchange | Woman | 2013-11-21 |
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About Time | Joanna | 2013-09-04 |
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Charlie Countryman | Felicity | 2013-02-09 |
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Nora | Young Woman | 2012-10-18 |
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Wasteland | Nicola | 2012-09-09 |
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Love/Loss | Jane | 2010-01-01 |
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The Honey Wars | (voice) | |
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Night Always Comes | Lynette |