Vanessa Kirby is one of the most talented and gorgeous actresses working in the film industry. The English actress made her acting debut with the 2012 crime drama film The Rise and since then she has starred in multiple brilliant movies and TV shows. Kirby has chosen her projects very carefully as some of them are thought-provoking and some are very dramatic but almost all of them are very entertaining. So, if you also like Kirby’s performances here are the 11 best Vanessa Kirby movies and TV shows you should watch.
11. Me Before You (Rent on Prime Video)
Synopsis: Sometimes love takes you where you never expected to go… Louisa “Lou” Clark (Emilia Clarke) lives in the English countryside. With no clear direction in her life, the quirky and creative 26-year-old goes from one job to the next in order to help her tight-knit family make ends meet. Her normally cheery outlook is put to the test, however, when she faces her newest career challenge: a job as caregiver and companion to Will Traynor (Sam Claflin), a wealthy young banker who became wheelchair-bound in an accident and whose whole world changed dramatically in the blink of an eye. No longer an adventurous soul, the now cynical Will has all but given up. That is until Lou determines to show him life is worth living. Embarking on a series of adventures, both Lou and Will get more than they bargained for, and find their lives—and hearts—changing in ways neither one could have imagined.
10. Kill Command (Prime Video & Peacock)
Synopsis: Set in the very near future, an elite squad of highly trained marines, led by commanding officer Captain Bukes, are sent on a routine training exercise to a remote island, from which all communications have been cut off. Accompanying them on the mission is ‘tech head’ Specialist Mills, a mysterious coder whose brain is interfaced with a computer. When they reach the island, the unit soon discover they are not alone and the exercise is far from routine. They become live targets of terrifyingly advanced military robots and begin to suspect that Mills is somehow involved in the conspiracy. But without the help of Mill’s technology, they know they won’t survive.
9. The Frankenstein Chronicles (The Roku Channel)
Synopsis: On the hunt for a crazed killer, Inspector John Marlott (Sean Bean) is drawn into a dark criminal underworld in 19th century London.
8. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Rent on Prime Video)
Synopsis: Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham return to their unforgettable roles as Hobbs and Shaw in this action-packed feature from the blockbuster Fast & Furious franchise! For years, hulking lawman Luke Hobbs (Johnson) and lawless outcast Deckard Shaw (Statham) have traded smack talk and body blows. But when cyber-genetically enhanced anarchist Brixton (Idris Elba) gains control of an insidious bio-threat that could alter humanity forever, Hobbs and Shaw must partner up to bring down the only guy who might be badder than themselves!
7. About Time (Starz)
Synopsis: The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim’s (Domhnall Gleeson) father (Bill Nighy) tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can’t change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life—so he decides to make his world a better place…by getting a girlfriend (Rachel McAdams). But as his unusual life progresses, Tim finds out that his unique gift can’t save him from the sorrows and ups and downs that affect all families, everywhere. From filmmaker Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funeral), About Time is a comedy about love and time travel, which discovers that, in the end, making the most of life may not need time travel at all.
6. The World to Come (Hulu)
Synopsis: In this frontier romance framed by the four seasons and set against the backdrop of rugged terrain, Abigail (Katherine Waterston), a farmer’s wife, and her new neighbor Tallie (Vanessa Kirby) find themselves powerfully, irrevocably drawn to each other. As grieving Abigail tends to the needs of her taciturn husband Dyer (Casey Affleck) and Tallie bristles at the jealous control of her husband Finney (Christopher Abbott), both women are illuminated and liberated by their intense bond, filling a void in their lives they never knew existed.
5. Great Expectations (The Roku Channel)
Synopsis: Based on the classic Charles Dickens novel, this lavish adaptation follows Pip, an orphan who becomes a gentleman when his life is transformed by a mystery benefactor.
4. Pieces of a Woman (Netflix)
Synopsis: Martha and Sean are a Boston couple on the verge of parenthood whose lives change irrevocably when a home birth ends in unimaginable tragedy. Thus begins a yearlong odyssey for Martha, who must navigate her grief while working through fractious relationships with Sean and her domineering mother (Ellen Burstyn), along with the publicly vilified midwife (Molly Parker), whom she must face in court. Directed by Kornél Mundruczó (WHITE GOD, winner of the 2014 Prix Un Certain Regard Award), written by Kata Wéber, and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, Pieces of a Woman is a deeply personal, searing, and ultimately transcendent story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.
3. Mr. Jones (Peacock & Hulu)
Synopsis: Gareth Jones, an ambitious Welsh journalist, travelled to the Soviet Union in 1933 and uncovered the appalling truth behind the Soviet “utopia”. His quest quickly turned into a life-or-death journey… helping inspire Orwell’s Animal Farm.
2. The Crown (Netflix)
Synopsis: The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne… a new era is dawning. Queen Elizabeth II is a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world’s most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. Golden Globe® winner for Best TV Drama Series, “The Crown,” created by Peter Morgan, explores the Queen’s private journey behind the public facade with daring frankness.
1. Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Paramount+)
Synopsis: On a dangerous assignment to recover stolen plutonium, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) chooses to save his team over completing the mission, allowing nuclear weapons to fall into the hands of a deadly network of highly-skilled operatives intent on destroying civilization. Now, with the world at risk, Ethan and his IMF team (Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson) are forced to become reluctant partners with a hard-hitting CIA agent (Henry Cavill) as they race against time to stop the nuclear fallout. There’s never been a threat more destructive, stunts so jaw-dropping or a mission so impossible!
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