Vanessa Nuala Kirby (born 18 April 1987 or 1988) is an English actress. She rose to international prominence with her portrayal of Princess Margaret in the Netflix drama series The Crown (2016–2017), for which she won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress. For her performance in the film Pieces of a Woman (2020), she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Kirby made her professional acting debut on stage, with acclaimed performances in the plays All My Sons (2010), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2010), Women Beware Women (2011), Three Sisters (2012), and as Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (2014). She also appeared in the action films Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), Hobbs & Shaw (2019), and The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), and portrayed Empress Joséphine in the historical drama Napoleon (2023).
Read more...The April 18, 1988 was a Monday under the star sign of ♈. It was the 108 day of the year. President of the United States was Ronald Reagan.
If you were born on this day, you are 37 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, April 18, 2025, 154 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, April 18, 2026, in 210 days. You have lived for 13,668 days, or about 328,054 hours, or about 19,683,283 minutes, or about 1,180,996,980 seconds.
Date: 19 April 1988
LEAD: International A3-15 Iranian and American forces battled in the Persian Gulf. The attacks began when U.S. ships destroyed two Iranian oil platforms as retaliation for the mining that damaged a U.S. ship last week. Page A1 Congressional support for retaliation against Iran is broad.
Date: 18 April 1988
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-12 The program to arm Afghans was one of the largest ever mounted by the C.I.A., officials say. It cost more than $2 billion over eight years as Congress pressed for more U.S. support to the guerrillas. Page A1
Date: 19 April 1988
By David Johnston, Special To the New York Times
David Johnston
LEAD: Larry Speakes, the former White House spokesman, said Sunday night that he told President Reagan during the Geneva summit meeting in 1985 that he had fabricated a quotation and attributed it to Mr. Reagan.
Date: 19 April 1988
by Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker
LEAD: Larry Speakes has set the Administration he used to work for an admirable precedent - not in those words he wrongly put in Ronald Reagan's mouth but in manfully resigning a lucrative job when he realized his confession had embarrassed his company and perhaps damaged its credibility.
Date: 19 April 1988
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: Robert Campeau, chairman and chief executive of the Campeau Corporation, said at a the headquarters of the Rich's unit of his newly acquired Federated Department Stores Inc. that he would leave the management of the 20-story chain in place, but that he might locate a Bloomingdales in the area.
Date: 19 April 1988
AP
LEAD: Federal Aviation Administration officials began inspecting Continental Airlines planes today, extending an investigation that had begun last week with Eastern Airlines.
Date: 19 April 1988
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Di Giorgio Corporation, a producer of food products and building materials, agreed to sell its Serv-A-Portion division to Borden Inc. for an undisclosed amount. The sale of Serv-A-Portion, which is the leading United States manufacturer of individual serving portion foods, is the latest step in the company's restructuring and recapitalization program.
Date: 18 April 1988
LEAD: The International Business Machines Corporation plans to announce today that it will make a minority investment in Metaphor Computer Inc., a maker of a custom database computer designed for market researchers and industry analysts, according to a source close to Metaphor. Metaphor, based in Mountain
Date: 19 April 1988
AP
LEAD: The operating rate of American industry declined in March for the second consecutive month despite a rebound at automobile plants.
Date: 18 April 1988
AP
LEAD: Malcolm Bricklin, who brought the Yugo to America, is being bought out of his auto-importing business, the president of Global Motors Inc. has disclosed. Mr. Bricklin, whose 1970's sports-car venture ended in failure, met with only limited success when he introduced the budget-priced Yugoslavian car to the United