Vanessa Kirby

Vanessa Nuala Kirby (born 18 April 1988) is an English actress. She has received several accolades, including a British Academy Television Award and a Volpi Cup Award; with a nomination for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award

Born in London to eminent urologist Roger Kirby and his wife Jane, Kirby studied English literature at the University of Exeter.

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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)

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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,

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Countess of Snowdon 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 the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

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She garnered wider recognition with her roles in the action films Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) and Hobbs & Shaw (2019).

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The World to Come (2020), and her performance as a grief-stricken young woman in Pieces of a Woman (2020), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

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Vanessa Kirby was born on 18 April 1988 in Wimbledon, London,[citation needed] to former Country Living magazine editor Jane and urologist Roger Kirby.

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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

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