Vanessa Kirby
Vanessa Kirby – Moet British Independent Film Awards 2015 – Arrivals – Old Billingsgate Market – London, UK – Photo Credit: Landmark / PR Photos
Birth Name: Vanessa Jane Kirby
Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 18 April, 1987
Ethnicity: English
Vanessa Kirby is an English actress. She is known for playing Princess Margaret on The Crown, and for her roles in the films Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, and Pieces of a Woman.
Her father is urologist/prostate surgeon Roger Kirby (Roger Sinclair Kirby). Her brother is teacher and blogger Joe Kirby.
Vanessa’s paternal grandfather was Kenneth S. Kirby, a professor of cell chemistry, and fellow of the Royal Society (Kenneth Stanley Kirby, the son of Arthur S. Kirby and Alice Maud Willis). Kenneth was born in Whitby, Yorkshire, England. Arthur was the son of I. Kirby and Hannah.
Vanessa’s paternal grandmother was Janet Hazel Sturgess (the daughter of Frank Sheldon Sturgess and Kathleen Alice Hodgkinson). Janet was born in Aston, Warwickshire, England. Frank was the son of Sheldon Sturgess and Lizzie Tunnicliff. Kathleen was the daughter of Charles Hodgkinson and Alice Midwinter.
Vanessa’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Cooper.
Sources: Genealogies of Vanessa Kirby (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.famechain.com
https://www.geni.com
Marriage record of Vanessa’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Sheldon Sturgess and Lizzie Tunnicliff – https://www.familysearch.org
looks pure keltic nordid
This time you’re right.
I was surprised they had her play a Greek in M:I Fallout.
Well, her character is the daughter of Vanessa Redgrave from the first movie.
Thought she’s have some German in her but apparently not.
she’d
There are not many Germans in Britain so there’s no reason to expect that. I get why one would expect that IF she were American.