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Vanessa Kirby

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Vanessa Kirby

Born April 18, 1988 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK39 films

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 Best Actress.

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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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Me Before You posterFirst watchMe Before You20167.9as Alicia DawaresLou Clark, a directionless 26-year-old from the English countryside, takes a job at the local castle as a caregiver and companion to a wealthy young banker, Will Traynor.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
About Time poster7.9About Time2013Mission: Impossible - Fallout poster7.5Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One poster7.5Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One2023Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw poster6.8Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw2019Everest poster6.8Everest2015The Fantastic 4: First Steps poster6.9The Fantastic 4: First Steps2025Napoleon poster6.3Napoleon2023Pieces of a Woman poster7.0Pieces of a Woman2020

Filmography

39 films as actor
  1. TBAOff Season
  2. TBAThe Honey Wars(voice)
  3. TBARuins
  4. TBAThe Sun Also RisesLady Britt Ashley
  5. TBALiminal
  6. TBAThe Spacesuit
  7. TBATomorrow Is a Drag
  8. 2027Avengers: Secret WarsSue Storm / Invisible Woman
  9. 2026Avengers: DoomsdaySue Storm / Invisible Woman
  10. 2025Night Always ComesLynette
  11. 2025The Fantastic 4: First StepsSue Storm / Invisible Woman
  12. 2025EdenDore
  13. 2023NapoleonJosephine Bonaparte
  14. 2023Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part OneThe White Widow
  15. 2022The SonBeth
  16. 2022Italian StudiesAlina Reynolds
  17. 2021The World to ComeTallie
  18. 2020Pieces of a WomanMartha Weiss
  19. 2019Mr. JonesAda Brooks
  20. 2019Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & ShawHattie Shaw
  21. 2018National Theatre Live: JulieJulie
  22. 2018Mission: Impossible - FalloutThe White Widow
  23. 2016GeniusZelda Fitzgerald
  24. 2016Me Before YouAlicia Dawares
  25. 2016Kill CommandMills
  26. 2015The DresserIrene
  27. 2015EverestSandy Hill Pittman
  28. 2015Bone in the ThroatSophie
  29. 2015Jupiter AscendingKatharine Dunlevy
  30. 2015Queen & CountryDawn Rohan
  31. 2014Devil in the DetailJessica
  32. 2014National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named DesireStella Kowalski
  33. 2014InsomniacsJade
  34. 2013The ExchangeWoman
  35. 2013About TimeJoanna
  36. 2013Charlie CountrymanFelicity
  37. 2012NoraYoung Woman
  38. 2012The RiseNicola
  39. 2010Love/LossJane