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Vanessa Nuala Kirby[2] (born 18 April 1988) is an English actress. She has received several accolades, including a BAFTA TV Award and a Volpi Cup Award; with a nomination for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Vanessa Kirby
Kirby in 2018
Born	(1988-04-18) 18 April 1988 (age 34)[1] Wimbledon, London, England
Education	University of Exeter (BA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present
Parent	Roger Kirby (father)
Relatives	Joe Kirby (brother)

Born in London to eminent urologist Roger Kirby and his wife Jane, Kirby studied English literature at the University of Exeter. After graduation, she made her professional acting debut on stage with a production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons (2010), and followed this with acclaimed performances in the plays A Midsummer Night's Dream (2010), As You Like It (2010), Women Beware Women (2011), Three Sisters (2012), and as Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (2014), winning the Ian Charleson Awards for these performances. In 2016, Variety described her as "the outstanding stage actress of her generation, capable of the most unexpected choices."[3]

Kirby made her film debut with a minor role in the crime drama The Rise (2012), and rose to international prominence with her portrayal of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in the Netflix drama series The Crown (2016–2017), for which she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress and received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She garnered wider recognition with her roles in the action films Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) and Hobbs & Shaw (2019). Her other prominent film roles include About Time (2013), The World to Come (2020), and her performance as a grief-stricken young woman in Pieces of a Woman (2020), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.[4][5]

Early life

Vanessa Kirby was born on 18 April 1988[1] in Wimbledon, London,^{[citation needed]} to former Country Living magazine editor Jane and urologist Roger Kirby. She has two siblings, Joe and Juliet.[6] Actors Vanessa Redgrave and Corin Redgrave were family friends.[7] After attending Lady Eleanor Holles School and being turned down by Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, she took a gap year to travel[8] before studying English at the University of Exeter.[9]

Career

2009–2014: Early work and theatrical productions

Kirby turned down her place at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art after she was signed to a talent agency and met the theatre director David Thacker, who gave her three starring roles over 2009 at the Octagon Theatre Bolton:[10] in All My Sons by Arthur Miller, Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen, and A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. For All My Sons she won the BIZA Rising Star Award at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards, worth £5,000.

In 2011, Kirby then went on to appear at the National Theatre as Isabella in Women Beware Women by Thomas Middleton, directed by Marianne Elliott, alongside Harriet Walter and Harry Melling.[11] She then starred as Rosalind in As You Like It by William Shakespeare at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds; Alfred Hickling of The Guardian described her as a "significant new talent". In 2011, she was in the première of The Acid Test by Anya Reiss at the Royal Court Theatre, directed by Simon Godwin, earning praise for her performance from Paul Taylor of The Independent, who described her as "a star if ever I saw one".[12] That same year, Kirby made her television debut in the BBC's The Hour.[13] She played Estella in the BBC's mini-series adaptation of Great Expectations.

Kirby went on to play Masha in the acclaimed stage production by Benedict Andrews of Three Sisters at the Young Vic in September 2012, earning exceptionally good reviews, with Matt Trueman of Time Out stating: "In a super cast given licence to shine, Kirby stands out as Masha".[14][15] She filmed The Rise in early 2012. The film premièred at the Toronto and London Film Festivals to favourable reviews, and won the Best Debut Category for director Rowan Athale.

In 2013, Kirby returned to the National Theatre to play Queen Isabella in Edward II opposite John Heffernan.[16] In the summer of 2014, she played Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, again collaborating with Benedict Andrews at the Young Vic, alongside Gillian Anderson as Blanche and Ben Foster as Stanley.[17] She won Best Supporting Actress category at the Whatsonstage Awards 2014, which is voted for by the public. Kirby also appeared in Richard Curtis's romantic comedy film About Time.[18]

2015–present: Screen roles and international recognition

In 2015, Kirby appeared in Everest as American socialite Sandy Hill Pittman, The Dresser, and in May of that year, was cast as Princess Margaret in Netflix's first original British series The Crown. Her selection came after a six-month search.[19] For this role, she was nominated for a BAFTA award in 2017, and won the award for season two in 2018. She played Elena in Robert Icke's production of Uncle Vanya at the Almeida Theatre in 2016, for which she won rave reviews, with Matt Trueman of Variety writing: "Kirby is a superlative Elena: lithe, fickle, hypocritical, shallow and yet always sympathetic. It's a performance that confirms her as the outstanding stage actress of her generation, capable of the most unexpected choices."[3] Throughout the late 2010s, Kirby appeared in several film such as John Boorman's sequel to his Hope and Glory (1987), Queen and Country (2014), the Wachowskis' Jupiter Ascending (2015), and Kill Command (2016).

In 2018, Kirby played the title character in Polly Stenham's Julie, an adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie, at the National Theatre. Kirby has since starred in two action franchise films, Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) opposite Tom Cruise and Fast and Furious: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) alongside Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham.

In 2020, Kirby portrayed a grief-stricken woman in Kornél Mundruzcó's English debut Pieces of a Woman, a film portraying the degradation of a marriage.[20] The film received generally positive reviews, with Kirby garnering universal critical acclaim. Peter Debruge wrote for Variety that "[...] this is ultimately Kirby's movie, as the stage marvel [...] delivers her most impressive screen performance to date."[21] Rolling Stone called her performance "transcendent"[22] and she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 2020 Venice Film Festival, where the film premiered. She went on to receive nominations for the Academy, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress.

Kirby is set to reprise her dual role of Alanna Mitsopolis and White Widow in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two (2024).[23] In 2022, she replaced Jodie Comer as Empress Josephine in the upcoming historical drama film Napoleon opposite Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon, directed by Ridley Scott.[24]

Kirby co-founded the London-based production company Aluna Entertainment[25] which has a first look deal with Netflix.[26]

Personal life

From 2015 to 2019, Kirby was in a relationship with actor Callum Turner, with whom she co-starred in Queen & Country.[27]

Acting credits

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Love/Loss	Jane
2012	The Rise	Nicola
	Nora	Young woman	Short film
2013	Charlie Countryman	Felicity
	About Time	Joanna
2014	The Exchange	Woman	Short film
	Insomniacs	Jade	Short film
	Queen & Country	Dawn Rohan
	National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire	Stella Kowalski
	Off the Page: Devil in the Details	Jessica	Short film
2015	Jupiter Ascending	Katharine Dunlevy
	Bone in the Throat	Sophie
	Everest	Sandy Hill
2016	Genius	Zelda Fitzgerald
	Kill Command	Katherine Mills
	Me Before You	Alicia Dewares
2018	Mission: Impossible – Fallout	Alanna Mitsopolis / White Widow
2019	Mr Jones	Ada Brooks
	Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw	Hattie Shaw
2020	Pieces of a Woman	Martha Weiss
	The World to Come	Tallie
2021	Italian Studies	Alina Reynolds
2022	The Son	Emma
2023	Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One	Alanna Mitsopolis / White Widow	Post-production
2024	Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two		Filming
TBA	Napoleon	Empress Josephine	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Hour	Ruth Elms	3 episodes
	Great Expectations	Estella Havisham	Miniseries; 3 episodes
2012	Labyrinth	Alice Tanner	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2013	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Celia Ravenscroft	Episode: "Elephants Can Remember"
2015	The Dresser	Irene	Television film
	The Frankenstein Chronicles	Lady Jemima Hervey	Main role; 7 episodes
2016–2017, 2022	The Crown	Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon	Main role (Seasons 1–2); Guest role (Season 5) 18 episodes

Theatre

Year	Title	Playwright	Role	Venue
2010	All My Sons	Arthur Miller	Ann Deever	Octagon Theatre
	Ghosts	Henrik Ibsen	Regina Engstrand	Octagon Theatre
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	William Shakespeare	Helena	Octagon Theatre
	As You Like It	William Shakespeare	Rosalind	West Yorkshire Playhouse
2011	Women Beware Women	Thomas Middleton	Isabella	Royal National Theatre
	The Acid Test	Anya Reiss	Dana	Royal Court Theatre
2012	Three Sisters	Anton Chekhov	Maria "Masha" Kulygina	Young Vic
2013	Edward II	Christopher Marlowe	Isabella of France	Royal National Theatre
2014	A Streetcar Named Desire	Tennessee Williams	Stella Kowalski	Young Vic
2016	Uncle Vanya	Anton Chekhov	Helena Serebryakova	Almeida Theatre
	A Streetcar Named Desire	Tennessee Williams	Stella Kowalski	St. Ann's Warehouse
2018	Julie	Polly Stenham	Julie	Royal National Theatre

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Role
2007	"The Heart Never Lies"	McFly	Female lead

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2018	British Academy Television Awards	Best Supporting Actress	The Crown	Won	[28]
	Gold Derby Television Awards	Best Drama Supporting Actress		Nominated	[29]
	Online Film and Television Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated	[30]
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
2021	AACTA Awards	Best International Actress	Pieces of a Woman	Nominated	[31]
	Academy Awards	Best Actress		Nominated	[32]
	Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Best Actress		Nominated	[33]
	British Academy Film Awards	Best Actress in a Leading Role		Nominated	[34]
	Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Actress		Nominated	[35]
	Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association	Best Actress		Nominated	[36]
	Denver Film Critics Society	Best Actress		Nominated	[37]
	Detroit Film Critics Society	Best Actress		Nominated	[38]
	Georgia Film Critics Association	Best Actress		Nominated	[39]
	Gold Derby Film Awards	Best Lead Actress		Nominated	[40]
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama		Nominated	[41]
	Hollywood Film Critics Association	Best Actress		Nominated	[42]
	Houston Film Critics Society	Best Actress		Nominated	[43]
	London Film Critics Circle Awards	Actress of the Year		Nominated	[44]
	Online Film and Television Association	Best Actress		Nominated	[45]
	San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Actress		Nominated	[46]
	Satellite Awards	Best Actress in a Motion Picture		Nominated	[47]
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role		Nominated	[48]
	St. Louis Film Critics Association	Best Actress		Nominated	[49]
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Actress		Nominated	[50]
	Women Film Critics Circle	Best Actress		Nominated	[51]

References

External links

• Vanessa Kirby at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Vanessa Kirby

Vanessa Kirby (* 18. April 1988 in Wimbledon, London) ist eine britische Schauspielerin.

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[es] Vanessa Kirby

Vanessa Jane Kirby (Wimbledon, Inglaterra, 18 de abril de 1988) es una actriz británica. Ha recibido varios galardones, que incluyen un British Academy Television Awards, una Copa Volpi, además de nominaciones para un premio Óscar, un Globo de Oro, un Premio Primetime Emmy y dos Premios del Sindicato de Actores.

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[ru] Кирби, Ванесса

Ване́сса Ки́рби (англ. Vanessa Kirby, род. 18 апреля 1988[1][2], Уимблдон, Лондон) — английская актриса. Известна благодаря своим ролям в серии фильмов «Миссия невыполнима», сериале «Корона» и фильме «Фрагменты женщины».

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