Vanessa Kirby Wiki, Age, Biography, Height, Boyfriend, Fa...

Vanessa Kirby Wiki, Age, Biography, Height, Boyfriend, Family, Images, And More

Vanessa Nuala Kirby is an English actress who was born on April 18, 1988. She has won numerous awards, including a BAFTA TV Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.

studied English literature at the University of Exeter after being born in London to urologist Roger Kirby. Following graduation, she made her professional stage debut in Arthur Miller's All My Sons (2010), followed by acclaimed performances in 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 (2012). (2014).

Kirby made her film debut in the crime drama The Rise (2012), and rose to international prominence as Princess Margaret in the Netflix drama series The Crown (2016–2017), for which she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She appeared in the action films Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) and Hobbs & Shaw (2018). (2019). She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her performance as a bereaved young woman in Pieces of a Woman (2020) and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.

Early years

Vanessa Kirby was born in Wimbledon, London, on April 18, 1988, to former Country Living magazine editor Jane and urologist Roger Kirby. Joe and Juliet are her two siblings. Vanessa Redgrave and Corin Redgrave, both actors, were family friends. She took a gap year before studying English at the University of Exeter after attending Lady Eleanor Holles School and being rejected by Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Career's 2009–2014: Early work and stage productions

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

Kirby then appeared as Isabella in Women Beware Women by Thomas Middleton, directed by Marianne Elliott, at the National Theatre in 2011, alongside Harriet Walter and Harry Melling. She then starred as Rosalind in William Shakespeare's As You Like It at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, where she was dubbed a "significant new talent" by Alfred Hickling of The Guardian. 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". Kirby made her television debut in the BBC's The Hour the same year. She portrayed Estella in the BBC 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". She began filming The Rise in early 2012. The film premiered to positive reviews at the Toronto and London Film Festivals, where it won the Best Debut Award for director Rowan Athale.

Kirby returned to the National Theatre in 2013 to play Queen Isabella opposite John Heffernan in Edward II. In the summer of 2014, she co-starred with Benedict Andrews in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Young Vic, alongside Gillian Anderson as Blanche and Ben Foster as Stanley. She won Best Supporting Actress at the 2014 Whatsonstage Awards, which are voted on by the public. Kirby also appeared in the romantic comedy film About Time, directed by Richard Curtis.

2015–present: Film roles and international acclaim

Kirby appeared in Everest as American socialite Sandy Hill Pittman, The Dresser, and The Crown in 2015, and was cast as Princess Margaret in Netflix's first original British series The Crown in May of that year. Her choice was made after a six-month search. She was nominated for a BAFTA award for this role in 2017, and she won the award for season two in 2018. She received rave reviews for her performance as Elena in Robert Icke's production of Uncle Vanya at the Almeida Theatre in 2016, with Variety's Matt Trueman writing: "Elena is played superbly by Kirby, who is lithe, fickle, hypocritical, shallow, and always sympathetic. It's a performance that establishes her as the most talented stage actress of her generation, capable of making the most daring choices." Throughout the late 2010s, Kirby appeared in a number of films, including John Boorman's Hope and Glory (1987) sequel, Queen and Country (2014), the Wachowskis' Jupiter Ascending (2015), and Kill Command (2016). (2016).

Variety called her "the outstanding stage actress of her generation, capable of the most unexpected choices" in 2016.

At the National Theatre in 2018, Kirby played the title role in Polly Stenham's Julie, an adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie. Kirby has since appeared in two action franchise films, Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018), in which he co-starred with Tom Cruise, and Fast and Furious: Hobbs & Shaw (2019), in which he co-starred with Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham.

In 2020, Kirby played a bereaved woman in Kornél Mundruzcó's English debut Pieces of a Woman, a film about the breakdown of a marriage. The film received mostly positive reviews, with Kirby receiving universal acclaim. According to Variety's Peter Debruge, "this is ultimately Kirby's movie, as the stage marvel delivers her most impressive screen performance to date." Her performance was described as "transcendental" by Rolling Stone, and she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 2020 Venice Film Festival, where the film premiered. She was nominated for Best Actress in the Academy, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Kirby will play Alanna Mitsopolis and White Widow in Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two (2024). (2024). In 2022, she will replace Jodie Comer as Empress Josephine in Ridley Scott's upcoming historical drama film Napoleon, opposite Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon.

Kirby co-founded Aluna Entertainment, a London-based production company with a first look deal with Netflix.

Private life

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

Acting credits

Key
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Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Love/Loss	Jane
2012	The Rise	Nicola
2012	Nora	Young woman	Short film
2013	Charlie Countryman	Felicity
2013	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
2019	Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw	Hattie Shaw
2020	Pieces of a Woman	Martha Weiss
2020	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
2023	Napoleon	Empress Josephine	Post-production
2024	Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two	Alanna Mitsopolis / White Widow	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Hour	Ruth Elms	3 episodes
2011	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
2015	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
2011	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
2016	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
2018	British Academy Television Awards	Best Supporting Actress	The Crown	Won
	Gold Derby Television Awards	Best Drama Supporting Actress		Nominated
	Online Film and Television Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
2021	AACTA Awards	Best International Actress	Pieces of a Woman	Nominated
	Academy Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
	Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Best Actress		Nominated
	British Academy Film Awards	Best Actress in a Leading Role		Nominated
	Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
	Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association	Best Actress		Nominated
	Denver Film Critics Society	Best Actress		Nominated
	Detroit Film Critics Society	Best Actress		Nominated
	Georgia Film Critics Association	Best Actress		Nominated
	Gold Derby Film Awards	Best Lead Actress		Nominated
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama		Nominated
	Hollywood Film Critics Association	Best Actress		Nominated
	Houston Film Critics Society	Best Actress		Nominated
	London Film Critics Circle Awards	Actress of the Year		Nominated
	Online Film and Television Association	Best Actress		Nominated
	San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Actress		Nominated
	Satellite Awards	Best Actress in a Motion Picture		Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role		Nominated
	St. Louis Film Critics Association	Best Actress		Nominated
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Actress		Nominated
	Women Film Critics Circle	Best Actress		Nominated

Bio
Real Name	Vanessa Kirby
Nicknames	Nu/Noo, Hot Mess, Noola Noo
Profession	Actress
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters - 170 cm in meters - 1.70 m in feet inches - 5’ 7”
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms - 55 kg in Pounds - 121 lbs
Figure Measurements (approx.)	32-26-34
Eye Color	Grey
Hair Color	Blonde
Personal Life
Date of Birth	18 April 1988
Age (as in 2022)	34 Years
Birth Place	Wimbledon, London, England
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Aries
Nationality	English
Hometown	Wimbledon, London, England
School(s)	Lady Eleanor Holles School, Hampton, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
College/University	University of Exeter, England
Educational Qualification	Degree in English
Debut	Film- Love/Loss (2010) TV- The Hour (2011)
Family	Father- Name Not Known (Prostate Surgeon, Urologist) Mother- Name Not Known (Founder of Country Magazine) Brother- Joe Kirby Sister- Juliet Kirby
Religion	Christianity
Ethnicity/Race	English
Hobbies	Cooking, Partying, Watching Movies, Reading
Favorite Things
Favorite Actors	Tom Cruise
Favorite TV Series (as of 2017)	The Night Of, The Jinx
Favorite Food	Lasagne
Favorite Alcoholic Drink	Wine & Vodka
Boyfriends, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Husband/Spouse	N/A
Children	None
Money Factor
Net Worth	$4 Million

Does Vanessa Kirby smoke?: Not Known

Does Vanessa Kirby drink alcohol?: Yes

Before studying English at the University of Exeter, she got a refusal from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and consequently, she took a year gap to travel around.

She then shifted to LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) in London.

She was later signed to a talent agency and met the theatre director ‘David Thacker’ who gave her three roles in ‘All My Sons’ by Arthur Miller, ‘Ghosts’ by Henrik Ibsen, and ‘ A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by William Shakespeare at ‘Octagon Theatre Bolton’.

In early 2012, she featured in ‘The Rise’ alongside ‘Matthew Lewis’ and ‘Timothy Spall’ and the film premiered at the ‘Toronto and London Film Festivals’ to positive reviews and won the ‘Best Debut Category’ for director Rowan Athale.