Vanessa Kirby | |
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![]() Kirby at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival | |
Born | 18 April 1987/1988 (age 36–37)[n 1] |
Education | University of Exeter (BA) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2010–present |
Partner(s) | Callum Turner (2015–2019) Paul Rabil (2022–present; engaged) |
Father | Roger Kirby |
Relatives | Joe Kirby (brother) |
Vanessa Nuala Kirby (born 18 April 1987 or 1988)[n 1] is an English actress and producer. 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 British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting 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 took on roles in the action films Hobbs & Shaw (2019) and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023). 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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