Vanessa Kirby

Vanessa Kirby

Born: April 18, 1988
in Wimbledon, London, England, UK
Vanessa Kirby (born 18 April 1988) is an English actress. She has received several accolades, including a BAFTA TV Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Born in London to urologist Roger Kirby, Kirby studied English literature at the University of Exeter. After graduation, she made her professional acting debut on stage with a production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons (2010), and followed this with acclaimed performances in the plays 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 (2014).

Kirby made her film debut with a minor role in the crime drama The Rise (2012), and rose to international prominence with her portrayal of 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 received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. She took on roles in the action films Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) and Hobbs & Shaw (2019). For her performance as a grief-stricken young woman in Pieces of a Woman (2020), she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

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The Fantastic Four
Title: The Fantastic Four
Character: Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman
Released: July 24, 2025
Type: Movie
Set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same name.
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Mission: Impossible 8
Title: Mission: Impossible 8
Character: The White Widow
Released: May 22, 2025
Type: Movie
The eighth installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise.
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Napoleon
Title: Napoleon
Character: Josephine Bonaparte
Released: November 22, 2023
Type: Movie
An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Title: Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Character: The White Widow
Released: July 8, 2023
Type: Movie
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the world's fate at stake and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan must consider that nothing can matter more than his mission—not even the lives of those he cares about most.
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The Son
Title: The Son
Character: Beth
Released: November 10, 2022
Type: Movie
A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous marriage after his ex-wife becomes concerned about the boy's wayward behavior.
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Italian Studies
Title: Italian Studies
Character: Alina Reynolds
Released: January 14, 2022
Type: Movie
A mysterious woman wanders the streets of Manhattan in a confused state. Finding herself inexplicably drawn to a group of teenagers she embarks on an adventure with them through the cityscape and into the unknown. As the night progresses, she approaches something intangible on the journey back to herself.
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The World to Come
Title: The World to Come
Character: Tallie
Released: February 12, 2021
Type: Movie
In 1856, two women forge a close connection despite their isolation on the American frontier.
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Pieces of a Woman
Title: Pieces of a Woman
Character: Martha Weiss
Released: December 30, 2020
Type: Movie
When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.
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Mr. Jones
Title: Mr. Jones
Character: Ada Brooks
Released: October 3, 2019
Type: Movie
In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out. Stalin’s forced collectivisation of agriculture has resulted in misery and ruin—the policy is tantamount to mass murder.
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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Title: Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Character: Hattie Shaw
Released: August 1, 2019
Type: Movie
Ever since US Diplomatic Security Service Agent Hobbs and lawless outcast Shaw first faced off, they just have traded smack talk and body blows. But when cyber-genetically enhanced anarchist Brixton's ruthless actions threaten the future of humanity, they join forces to defeat him.
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National Theatre Live: Julie
Title: National Theatre Live: Julie
Character: Julie
Released: September 7, 2018
Type: Movie
Wild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party. In the kitchen, Jean and Kristina clean up as the celebration heaves above them. Crossing the threshold, Julie initiates a power game with Jean – which rapidly descends into a savage fight for survival.
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Title: Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Character: The White Widow
Released: July 13, 2018
Type: Movie
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.
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Title: The Crown
Character: Princess Margaret
Released: November 4, 2016
Type: TV
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.
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Title: The Crown
Character: Young Princess Margaret (archive footage)
Released: November 4, 2016
Type: TV
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.
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Genius
Title: Genius
Character: Zelda Fitzgerald
Released: June 10, 2016
Type: Movie
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.
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Me Before You
Title: Me Before You
Character: Alicia Dewar
Released: June 1, 2016
Type: Movie
A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.
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Kill Command
Title: Kill Command
Character: Mills
Released: May 13, 2016
Type: Movie
Set in a near future, technology-reliant society that pits man against killing machines. Against this backdrop an elite army unit is helicoptered to a remote, off-the-grid island training facility. What starts out as a simple training exercise for Captain Bukes and his tight-knit unit, descends into a terrifying battle to the death, as the marines discover the island is overrun by an enemy that transcends the human concept of evil.
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Title: The Frankenstein Chronicles
Character: Lady Jemima Hervey
Released: November 11, 2015
Type: TV
Inspector John Marlott investigates a series of crimes in 19th century London, which may have been committed by a scientist intent on re-animating the dead.
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The Dresser
Title: The Dresser
Character: Irene
Released: October 31, 2015
Type: Movie
One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeares King Lear. Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser Norman must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time and if he does will he be able to perform that night? The Dresser is a wickedly funny and deeply moving story of friendship and loyalty as Sir reflects on his lifelong accomplishments and seeks to reconcile his turbulent friendships with those in his employ before the final curtain.
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Everest
Title: Everest
Character: Sandy Hill Pittman
Released: September 10, 2015
Type: Movie
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.
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Bone in the Throat
Title: Bone in the Throat
Character: Sophie
Released: March 16, 2015
Type: Movie
A young ambitious chef gets mixed up with the East End London mob. While showing off his culinary skills, he finds himself trapped.
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Jupiter Ascending
Title: Jupiter Ascending
Character: Katharine Dunlevy
Released: February 4, 2015
Type: Movie
In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…
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Queen & Country
Title: Queen & Country
Character: Dawn Rohan
Released: January 7, 2015
Type: Movie
An Englishman who grew up in London during World War II joins the military to fight in the Korean War.
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Devil in the Detail
Title: Devil in the Detail
Character: Jessica
Released: December 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Three women, two dresses, one lesson about the politics of fashion.
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National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
Title: National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
Character: Stella Kowalski
Released: September 16, 2014
Type: Movie
As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.
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The Exchange
Title: The Exchange
Character: Woman
Released: November 21, 2013
Type: Movie
When two bags are mixed up at a hotel, two guests find themselves unknowingly connected in a fleeting moment. At the bar, she remembers his shirt, he recognises her fragrance, and a flirtatious moment plays out.
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About Time
Title: About Time
Character: Joanna
Released: September 4, 2013
Type: Movie
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus begins the start of a lesson in learning to appreciate life itself as it is, as it comes, and most importantly, the people living alongside us.
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Charlie Countryman
Title: Charlie Countryman
Character: Felicity
Released: February 9, 2013
Type: Movie
While traveling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex.
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Insomniacs
Title: Insomniacs
Character: Jade
Released: January 1, 2013
Type: Movie
In this atmospheric, emotionally charged drama, two Londoners lose sleep but find each other.
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Title: Labyrinth
Character: Alice Tanner
Released: November 24, 2012
Type: TV
Jumping back and forth between modern and medieval France, the lives of two women separated by centuries, are united in their search for an ancient artifact.
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Nora
Title: Nora
Character: Young Woman
Released: October 18, 2012
Type: Movie
Short film inspired by the Young Vic production of A Doll's House.
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The Rise
Title: The Rise
Character: Nicola
Released: September 9, 2012
Type: Movie
A young man recently released from prison recruits his three best friends to rob the local drug kingpin who is responsible for his incarceration.
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Title: Great Expectations
Character: Estella
Released: December 27, 2011
Type: TV
The life of an orphan is changed by the providential intervention of a mysterious benefactor.
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Title: The Hour
Character: Ruth Elms
Released: July 19, 2011
Type: TV
A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.
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Love/Loss
Title: Love/Loss
Character: Jane
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
A chance meeting reunites Mary and Joe, childhood sweethearts from the 1940s. But after 60 years apart, is there still love between them? How have their separate experiences shaped their lives over this long period apart, and is there still time for them to share the happiness that has so long been denied? As Mary and Joe confront the mistakes of their past and share memories of a previously unspoken love, their reunion appears to take them on a path to happiness. But the gentle narrative hides a twist that will challenge any preconceptions of love and loss.
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Title: The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: TV
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
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Title: The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: TV
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
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Title: Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character: Celia Ravenscroft
Released: January 8, 1989
Type: TV
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
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Title: LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 5, 1988
Type: TV
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Eden
Title: Eden
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A darkly comic tale of murder and survival, focusing on an eclectic group of characters who abandon civilization for the Galápagos Islands. They are all searching for the answer to that ever-pressing question that plagues us all: what is the meaning of life?
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The Night Always Comes
Title: The Night Always Comes
Character: Lynette
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Lynette rises each morning before sunrise to juggle multiple jobs -not all of them are on the level – while also caring for her mother Doreen and developmentally disabled older brother Kenny. Lynette has been hardened by her hardscrabble life; her bedroom houses the washer-dryer, an oil furnace and a utility sink. There’s little or no money for new clothes or for treats. Lynette has gone without so she can save cash to purchase the ramshackle home her family has rented for decades in an area where the 'G' word – gentrification – has left a bitter taste; the working classes are being pushed outta town. A plan had been in place to raise a mortgage on the property, but when that’s derailed she’s forced to undertake a desperate odyssey in a city of greed. Lynette has to confront dangerous people who owe her money.