Vanessa Kirby
Vanessa Kirby | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Occupation | actress |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Vanessa Kirby is a British actress on both stage and more recently screen, she is due to play Estelle in the BBC's adaptation of Great Expectations with Ray Winstone.
Career
The daughter of a magazine editor and a surgeon Kirby was turned down by Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and took a gap year travelling[1] before studying English at Exeter University[2]. She then turned down her place at LAMDA in London after she was signed up to an agency and met the theatre director David Thacker who gave her three starring roles over 2009 at the Octagon Theatre Bolton[3] in All My Sons by Arthur Miller, Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen and A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. For All My Sons she won the BIZA award for Emerging Talent at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards.
She then went on to star at the National Theatre as Isabella in Women Beware Women by Thomas Middleton directed by Marianne Elliott alongside Harriet Walter and Harry Potter's Harry Melling[4]. She then starred as Rosalind in As You Like It by William Shakespeare at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. In 2011 she was in premiere of The Acid Test by Anya Reiss at the Royal Court Theatre earning praise for her performance with Paul Taylor of The Independent calling her "a star if ever I saw one".
Her TV debut in the BBC's The Hour[5]co-starring with Ben Whishaw, Dominic West and Romola Garai aired in 2011. Her first film role in Love/Loss[6] is to be released in 2011 playing Roger Ringrose's wife. She is due to be Estelle in the BBC's upcoming adaption of Great Expectation[7].
Filmography
| Year | Title | Character | Production | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Great Expectations | Estelle | BBC | production |
| 2011 | Love/Loss | Jane | ||
| 2011 | The Hour | Hannah | BBC |
References
- ^ Kirby Interview http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/the-arts/vanessa_kirby_whirlwind_year_brings_rising_star_vanessa_to_leading_role_1_2594186
- ^ Vanessa Kirby Profile http://www.hurtwoodhouseperformingarts.co.uk/#/vanessa-kirby/4539167819
- ^ Octagon Theatre Bolton http://www.whatsonstage.com/features/theatre/northwest/E8831264242696/Brief+Encounter+With+%85+Vanessa+Kirby.html
- ^ Women Beware Women http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=56097&dspl=castcreds
- ^ The Hour http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012rwmc
- ^ Love/Loss http://www.love-loss.com/page11/page11.html
- ^ Imdb Page http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3948952/