Vanessa Kirby

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 Millers All My Sons 2010 and followed this with acclaimed performances in the plays A Midsummer Nights 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 20162017 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 griefstricken 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Vanessa Kirby licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia