
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).
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Acting History
2027
Avengers: Secret Wars as Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman
2026Avengers: Doomsday as Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman
2025Night Always Comes as Lynette
2025The Fantastic 4: First Steps as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman
2025Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere as Self - 'Sue Storm' / 'Invisible Woman'
2025Eden as Dora Strauch Ritter
2023Napoleon as Josephine Bonaparte
2023Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One as The White Widow
2022The Son as Beth
2022Italian Studies as Alina Reynolds
2021The World to Come as Tallie
2020Pieces of a Woman as Martha Weiss
2019Mr. Jones as Ada Brooks
2019Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw as Hattie Shaw
2018National Theatre Live: Julie as Julie
2018Mission: Impossible - Fallout as The White Widow
2016The Crown as Princess Margaret
2016The Crown as Young Princess Margaret (archive footage)
2016Genius as Zelda Fitzgerald
2016Me Before You as Alicia Dawares
2016Kill Command as Mills
2015The Frankenstein Chronicles as Lady Jemima Hervey
2015The Dresser as Irene
2015Everest as Sandy Hill Pittman
2015Bone in the Throat as Sophie
2015Jupiter Ascending as Katharine Dunlevy
2015Queen & Country as Dawn Rohan
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014Devil in the Detail as Jessica
2014National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire as Stella Kowalski
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
2014Insomniacs as Jade
2013The Exchange as Woman
2013About Time as Joanna
2013Charlie Countryman as Felicity
2012Labyrinth as Alice Tanner
2012Nora as Young Woman
2012Wasteland as Nicola
2011Great Expectations as Estella
2011The Hour as Ruth Elms
2010Love/Loss as Jane
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot as Celia Ravenscroft
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1953The Oscars as Self
—Off Season
—The Honey Wars as (voice)
—Ruins







