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    • She grew up in Wimbledon, an affluent suburb of southeast London that's home to the famous tennis tournament. Her father, Professor Roger Kirby, is an eminent retired prostate surgeon who was recently appointed President of the Royal Society of Medicine.
    • She now lives with her sister Juliet in nearby Tooting. And it sounds as though the Kirby sisters are a little calmer than they used to be. “It used to be mad parties non-stop and the vibrations going through to the little old lady who lives next door – her house was constantly shaking at 4am," she told The Guardian .
    • Drama gave her a safe space when she was bullied at her junior high school. "It was always the drama side of things where I felt the most alive. The most myself," she told The Guardian in 2018. "
    • In fact, she believes that the bullying affected her health. "I still haven’t got to the bottom of it, but I was massively affected, and I got this tropical [intestinal] disease, giardia, and had two years of treatment and hospitals.
  1. Nov 22, 2023 · Vanessa Kirby is an acclaimed English actor who received a 2020 Academy Award nomination for her performance as a ... she got stuck in a revolving stage while carrying a birthday cake intended for ...

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  2. Jul 22, 2018 · W hen I went to see Vanessa Kirby starring in Julie at the National Theatre, it turns out I picked “a really bad night.Oh God everything went wrong,” she says when we meet a few days later, in ...

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  4. Dec 1, 2020 · After a series of decent roles, Vanessa Kirby was cast in The Crown, a series that would transform her career, turning her from a well-respected stage actress into a star of the screen. She played Queen Elizabeth II 's younger sister, Princess Margaret, as a young woman in the first two seasons of the Netflix show.

  5. May 20, 2020 · What effect did the revolving stage have on your performance? ... And in a New York show, Vanessa Kirby [who plays Stella] got her leg caught in the revolve. View image in fullscreen.

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  6. Aug 3, 2014 · As Stella, Vanessa Kirby is beautifully concentrated, rapt in desire for her husband, and blind to his brutality. Corey Johnson gives the part of Mitch, the suitor who for a moment seems to offer ...

  7. Feb 20, 2024 · Kirby’s stage performances highlight her versatility and ability to bring complex characters to life. 4. Film Career. Vanessa Kirby has made a successful transition from the stage to the big screen. She starred alongside Tom Cruise in the action-packed film “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” where she played the role of the White Widow.