About
Vanessa Kirby is an English actress. She is recognized for her role as Princess
Margaret in the Netflix period drama series The Crown (2016–2017), she won the
British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress and earned a
nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in
a Drama Series.
Family
Vanessa Kirby was born on 18 April 1988 to Jane Kirby and Roger Kirby. Her
father is urologist and prostate surgeon and her mother is a former editor of
Country Living magazine. She has two siblings, Joe and Juliet.
Early Life
Vanessa was raised in Wimbledon, London, England (within earshot of the famous
tennis games). From an early age, Kirby was exposed to plenty of films, thanks to
her father. Even though Vanessa Kirby admitted she had a lovely childhood, the
experience was tainted by giardia, an intestinal parasite, which wasn't diagnosed
for a while. It made her feel constantly nauseous. Two years of her childhood were
taken by "all these nightmare injections, pills up the bum, all of it". Despite the
bullying and constant trips to the hospital, there was one place where the young
Vanessa Kirby felt she could relax. She joined after-school drama clubs and
became fascinated by the world of acting. This early discovery has seen Kirby
through most of her career
Personal life
Vanessa Kirby was in a serious relationship with Christian Cooke, an English
actor, for three years but parted ways when she began filming the BBC
adaptation of ‘Great Expectations.’ Along with playing the iconic Estella,
Vanessa met and began to date her co-actor, Douglas Booth, in 2011,
shortly after her breakup from Cooke. Kirby was in a long-term relationship
with actor Callum Turner, with whom she co-starred in Queen & Country and their
relationship ended in February 2020. Kirby is not currently dating anyone.
Filmography
From 2016 to 2018, Kirby portrayed Princess Margaret in Peter Morgan's Netflix
series The Crown, for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a
Supporting Role in a Television Series in 2018. She starred as Estella in the BBC
adaptation of Great Expectations, Joanna in Richard Curtis' romantic comedy
About Time and Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018). After MI6, she had a
leading role in another action blockbuster, Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs & Shaw
(2019).
Awards
For her role as Princess Margaret in the Netflix period drama series The Crown
(2016–2017), she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting
Actress and earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She has also starred in several stage
productions, earning three nominations for the Ian Charleson Awards.