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Vanessa Kirby
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Person

Vanessa Kirby

b. 1988

British actress (born 1987)

Born
18 Apr 1988 · Wimbledon

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 44 years
  1. 18 Apr 1988BornBorn in Wimbledon
  2. 2020AwardVolpi Cup for Best Actress

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1988 – today).

  1. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  2. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  3. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  5. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  7. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  8. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  9. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  10. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  11. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  12. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  13. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  14. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  15. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  16. 20112011 Norway attacks
  17. 2011Libyan civil war
  18. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  19. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  20. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  21. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  22. 2015Paris Agreement
  23. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  24. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  25. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  26. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  27. 2023Gaza war
  28. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  29. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Vanessa Nuala Kirby (born 18 April 1987 or 1988) is a British actress. She began her career on stage, giving acclaimed performances in the plays All My Sons (2010), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2010), Women Beware Women (2011), Three Sisters (2012), and A Streetcar Named Desire (2014) as Stella Kowalski.

Kirby's screen breakthrough came with portraying Princess Margaret in the Netflix drama series The Crown (2016–2017), earning the BAFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actress and a nomination for the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Further acclaim came for headlining the melodrama film Pieces of a Woman (2020), receiving the Volpi Cup for Best Actress and nominations for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actress.

Kirby developed her career with starring roles in the action films Hobbs & Shaw (2019) and two Mission: Impossible films (2018–2023), and in the historical drama Napoleon (2023) as Empress Joséphine. She also portrays Sue Storm in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), beginning with The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025).

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