| 词条 | Jennifer Kirby |
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| name = Jennifer Kirby | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Jennifer Ann Kirby | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|8|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England | nationality = British | alma_mater = LAMDA University of East Anglia {{small|(BA, 2010)}} | education = Malvern St James | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2013–present | known_for = | notable_works = }} Jennifer Ann Kirby (born 18 August 1988)[1] is an English television and stage actress. She is best known for her role as nurse Valerie Dyer on the BBC One period drama Call the Midwife, which she joined in series six. She is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Early life and educationKirby was born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, and has a younger sister, Eleanor,[2] born in 1993.[3] She came from a family without any acting history; her mother (née Coulson) is a teacher and her father a businessman.[4] Kirby grew up in the village of Longdon, Worcestershire, and attended Malvern St James Girls School in Malvern Hills.[5] She decided to become an actress as a teenager.[6] She read English literature and drama at the University of East Anglia, graduating in 2010,[7] before spending two years at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[2] CareerKirby's first major role was as Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London, for which she was nominated for Outstanding Newcomer at the 2013 Evening Standard Theatre Awards[2] and was longlisted for London Newcomer of the Year at the 2014 WhatsOnStage Awards.[8] Her other stage work includes leading roles in Teddy at Southwark Playhouse and The Recruiting Officer at the Salisbury Playhouse. She received a Commendation at the Ian Charleson Awards for her 2014 role as Lady Percy in Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 at the Royal Shakespeare Company,[4] and for the RSC she was also Katherine in Henry V.[9] She made her television debut in an episode of the long-running BBC One medical drama Holby City in 2015, before being cast as ex-Army nurse Valerie Dyer in series six of Call the Midwife, which premiered in 2017.[9] References1. ^{{cite news |last1=Kirby |first1=Jennifer |title=Thank you for all your loveliest Birthday wishes. I'm now at least 79% cake and champagne |url=https://twitter.com/JenniferKirby08/status/1031207805754269697 |accessdate=25 January 2019 |work=@JenniferKirby08 |publisher=Twitter |date=19 August 2018 |language=en}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite news |last1=Packer |first1=Amy |title=Call The Midwife's Jennifer Kirby talks about her acting career |url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/904893/call-the-midwife-series-seven-jennifer-kirby-period-drama |accessdate=24 January 2019 |work=Express.co.uk |date=21 January 2018 |language=en}} 3. ^England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 4. ^1 {{cite news |last1=Shea |first1=Julian |title=Call the Midwife's Jennifer Kirby? Who is the Nurse Valerie Dyer star |url=https://tv.bt.com/tv/tv-news/call-the-midwife-who-is-new-cast-member-jennifer-kirby-11364239597624 |accessdate=25 January 2019 |work=BT.com |date=12 January 2019 |language=en}} 5. ^{{cite news |last1=Charles |first1=Jessica |title=Call the Midwife star to perform in classical concert |url=https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/17007345.call-the-midwife-actress-jennifer-kirby-will-appear-at-pershore-abbey/ |accessdate=24 January 2019 |work=Worcester News |date=25 October 2018 |language=en}} 6. ^{{cite news |last1=Foster |first1=Alistair |title=Call the Midwife's Jennifer Kirby praises 'incredibly brave' FGM plot |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/call-the-midwife-s-jennifer-kirby-praises-incredibly-brave-fgm-storyline-a3477106.html |accessdate=25 January 2019 |work=Evening Standard |date=27 February 2017 |language=en}} 7. ^{{cite news |last1=Romain |first1=Kate |title=Call the graduate |url=http://www.concrete-online.co.uk/call-the-graduate/ |accessdate=25 January 2019 |work=Concrete |date=13 February 2018}} 8. ^{{cite news |title=Other audience favourites: the 2014 WhatsOnStage Awards longlists {{!}} WhatsOnStage |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/other-audience-favourites-the-2014-whatsonstage-aw_32901.html |accessdate=25 January 2019 |publisher=WhatsOnStage Awards |date=9 December 2013}} 9. ^1 {{cite news |last1=Doran |first1=Sarah |title=Call the Midwife: Who is Nonnatus House's newest addition Valerie Dyer? |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-06-30/call-the-midwife-who-is-nonnatus-houses-newest-addition-valerie-dyer/ |accessdate=25 January 2019 |work=Radio Times |date=30 June 2017 |language=en}} External links
11 : 1988 births|Living people|Actresses from Worcestershire|People from Milton Keynes|English television actresses|English stage actresses|21st-century English actresses|People educated at Malvern St James|Alumni of the University of East Anglia|Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art|Royal Shakespeare Company members |
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