Vanessa Kirby

Biography

Vanessa Nuala Kirby 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. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Vanessa Kirby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Crown

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Graham Norton Show

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

All Movies (40)

Avengers: Secret Wars2027 · as Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman
Avengers: Doomsday2026 · as Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman
Night Always Comes2025 · as Lynette
The Fantastic 4: First Steps2025 · as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere2025 · as Self - 'Sue Storm' / 'Invisible Woman'
Eden2025 · as Dore Strauch Ritter
Napoleon2023 · as Josephine Bonaparte
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One2023 · as The White Widow
The Son2022 · as Beth
Italian Studies2022 · as Alina Reynolds
The World to Come2021 · as Tallie
Pieces of a Woman2020 · as Martha Weiss
Mr. Jones2019 · as Ada Brooks
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw2019 · as Hattie Shaw
National Theatre Live: Julie2018 · as Julie
Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018 · as The White Widow
Genius2016 · as Zelda Fitzgerald
Me Before You2016 · as Alicia Dawares
Kill Command2016 · as Mills
The Dresser2015 · as Irene
Everest2015 · as Sandy Hill Pittman
Bone in the Throat2015 · as Sophie
Jupiter Ascending2015 · as Katharine Dunlevy
Queen & Country2015 · as Dawn Rohan
Devil in the Detail2014 · as Jessica
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire2014 · as Stella Kowalski
Insomniacs2014 · as Jade
The Exchange2013 · as Woman
About Time2013 · as Joanna
Charlie Countryman2013 · as Felicity
Nora2012 · as Young Woman
The Rise2012 · as Nicola
Love/Loss2010 · as Jane
Off Season—
The Honey Wars— · as (voice)
Ruins—
The Sun Also Rises— · as Lady Britt Ashley
Liminal—
The Spacesuit—
Tomorrow Is a Drag—

All TV Shows (14)

The Crown2016 · as Princess Margaret
The Crown2016 · as Young Princess Margaret (archive footage)
The Frankenstein Chronicles2015 · as Lady Jemima Hervey
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
Labyrinth2012 · as Alice Tanner
Great Expectations2011 · as Estella
The Hour2011 · as Ruth Elms
The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Celia Ravenscroft
LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
The Oscars1953 · as Self