Vanessa Nuala Kirby was born on 18 April 1988 and is an English actress.
19 Facts About Vanessa Kirby
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Vanessa Kirby has received several accolades, including a BAFTA TV Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
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Vanessa Kirby made her film debut with a minor role in the crime drama The Rise, and rose to international prominence with her portrayal of Princess Margaret in the Netflix drama series The Crown, for which she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress and received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.
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Vanessa Kirby was born on 18 April 1988, in Wimbledon, London, to former Country Living magazine editor Jane and urologist Roger Kirby.
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Vanessa 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: in All My Sons by Arthur Miller, Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen, and A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.
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In 2011, Vanessa 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.
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Vanessa Kirby 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".
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That same year, Vanessa Kirby made her television debut in the BBC's The Hour.
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Vanessa Kirby played Estella in the BBC's mini-series adaptation of Great Expectations.
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Vanessa 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, Vanessa Kirby stands out as Masha".
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In 2013, Vanessa Kirby returned to the National Theatre to play Queen Isabella in Edward II opposite John Heffernan.
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Vanessa Kirby won Best Supporting Actress category at the Whatsonstage Awards 2014, which is voted for by the public.
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Vanessa Kirby appeared in Richard Curtis's romantic comedy film About Time.
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In 2015, Vanessa 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.
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In 2018, Vanessa Kirby played the title character in Polly Stenham's Julie, an adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie, at the National Theatre.
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In 2020, Vanessa Kirby portrayed a grief-stricken woman in Kornel Mundruzco's English debut Pieces of a Woman, a film portraying the degradation of a marriage.
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The film received generally positive reviews, with Vanessa Kirby garnering universal critical acclaim.
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Vanessa Kirby went on to receive nominations for the Academy, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress.
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Vanessa Kirby co-founded the London-based production company Aluna Entertainment which has a first look deal with Netflix.