Vanessa Kirby

Biography:

English actress Vanessa Nuala Kirby was born on April 18, 1987 or 1988. She received the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Princess Margaret in the Netflix drama series The Crown (2016–2017), which catapulted her to international fame. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her role in the 2020 movie Pieces of a Woman.

Kirby made her stage debut as a professional actress with critically acclaimed parts in the plays All My Sons (2010), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2010), Women Beware Women (2011), Three Sisters (2012), and A Streetcar Named Desire (2014). She also acted as Empress Joséphine in the historical drama Napoleon (2023), the action picture Hobbs & Shaw (2019), The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), and two Mission: Impossible films (2018–2023).