Vanessa Kirby

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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Known For

Me Before You Not in library

Me Before You

2016

About Time Not in library

About Time

2013

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

2018

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Not in library

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

2019

Jupiter Ascending Not in library

Jupiter Ascending

2015

Everest Not in library

Everest

2015

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

The Fantastic 4: First Steps Not in library

The Fantastic 4: First Steps

2025

Napoleon Not in library

Napoleon

2023

The Crown Not in library

The Crown

2016

Acting

2027 Avengers: Secret Wars as Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman
2026 Avengers: Doomsday as Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman
2025 Eden as Dore Strauch Ritter
2025 The Fantastic 4: First Steps as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman
2025 Night Always Comes as Lynette
2025 Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere as Self - 'Sue Storm' / 'Invisible Woman'
2023 Napoleon as Josephine Bonaparte
2023 Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One as The White Widow In Library
2022 Italian Studies as Alina Reynolds
2022 The Son as Beth
2021 The World to Come as Tallie
2020 Pieces of a Woman as Martha Weiss
2019 Mr. Jones as Ada Brooks
2019 Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw as Hattie Shaw
2018 Mission: Impossible - Fallout as The White Widow In Library
2018 National Theatre Live: Julie as Julie
2016 Genius as Zelda Fitzgerald
2016 Kill Command as Mills
2016 Me Before You as Alicia Dawares
2016 The Crown as Princess Margaret (20 episodes)
2016 The Crown as Young Princess Margaret (archive footage) (1 episode)
2015 Jupiter Ascending as Katharine Dunlevy
2015 Queen & Country as Dawn Rohan
2015 Bone in the Throat as Sophie
2015 Everest as Sandy Hill Pittman
2015 The Dresser as Irene
2015 The Frankenstein Chronicles as Lady Jemima Hervey (7 episodes)
2014 National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire as Stella Kowalski
2014 Insomniacs as Jade
2014 Devil in the Detail as Jessica
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self (1 episode)
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2013 Charlie Countryman as Felicity
2013 About Time as Joanna
2013 The Exchange as Woman
2012 The Rise as Nicola
2012 Nora as Young Woman
2012 Labyrinth as Alice Tanner (2 episodes)
2011 Great Expectations as Estella (3 episodes)
2011 The Hour as Ruth Elms (6 episodes)
2010 Love/Loss as Jane
2007 The Graham Norton Show as Self (2 episodes)
2007 The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (1 episode)
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot as Celia Ravenscroft (1 episode)
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
1953 The Oscars as Self (1 episode)
Off Season
The Honey Wars as (voice)
Ruins
The Sun Also Rises as Lady Britt Ashley
Liminal

Production

2026 THE DISCIPLE Producer
2025 Night Always Comes Producer
2022 Italian Studies Executive Producer
Off Season Producer
Ruins Producer
The Sun Also Rises Producer

Crew

2024 The Apprentice Thanks