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Kirby Howell-Baptiste

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Kirby Howell-Baptiste
Born (1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 37)
London, England
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present

Kirby Howell-Baptiste (born 23 October 1987),[1] credited mononymously as Kirby since 2023,[2] is an English actress. She has appeared as a series regular on Downward Dog (2017), Killing Eve (2018), Why Women Kill (2019), and as Death of the Endless in The Sandman (2022–present) and Dead Boy Detectives (2024). Her television appearances also include recurring roles on Love (2016–2018), Barry (2018–2023), The Good Place (2018–2020), and the fourth season of Veronica Mars (2019), and a starring role in the second and third books of the animated series Infinity Train (2020) as Grace Monroe.

Early life and education

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Kirby is from London. Her mother owned clothing stalls in Camden.[3] Kirby began acting at the Anna Scher Theatre.[4]

Career

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Kirby's acting career has included many appearances in guest and recurring television series roles, in addition to several short and feature-length films. Her earlier television work includes the IFC sketch comedy series Comedy Bang! Bang! and the Showtime series House of Lies. She was also a series regular in the short-lived ABC series Downward Dog in 2017.[5][6] Kirby followed in 2018 with her role as Elena in the first season of the BBC series Killing Eve.[7] She had a recurring role as actress Sasha Baxter in the HBO comedy-drama series Barry,[8] and has appeared as neuroscientist Simone Garnett in the third and fourth seasons of the NBC series The Good Place.[9] On streaming television platforms, Kirby has had recurring roles on the Netflix series Love and the fourth season of Veronica Mars for Hulu,[10] and appeared in the main cast of the CBS All Access series Why Women Kill for its first season.[11] She booked the role of Anita Darling in Disney's Cruella in 2021. Originally credited by her full name of "Kirby Howell-Baptiste", Kirby has been credited mononymously since 2023.[2]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2011 Prepping Keisha Keisha James Short
2012 How to Succeed with Women Unknown
Invasion of the Les-Body Snatchers Emma
2013 Lucky Day Carly Short; also director, producer & writer
We Four Queens Samantha Short
2014 Thanks for the Ride Kirby Video short
Minor Alterations Ruby Short; also producer & writer
2015 Textbook Adulthood Lady Jerk
2016 Nell Live: Still Tayin' Around Moviegoer Short
The Hip Hooray Kirby
Solar Mystic voice (voice)
2017 A Dog's Purpose Maya
A Dog's Purpose: Lights, Camera, Woof Herself Video short
Lane Woods Finds Love Unknown
2018 It's a Party Hannah
Find Me Jordan
2021 Happily Maude
Cruella Anita "Tattletale" Darling
Queenpins JoJo Johnson
Silent Night Alex
2022 Catwoman: Hunted Barbara Minerva / Cheetah (voice) Direct-to-video
Mr. Harrigan's Phone Ms. Hart
2023 The Magician's Elephant The Countess (voice)
2024 We Strangers Ray Martin Completed
Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 Holby City Sick Patient Episode: "You're So Vain"; uncredited
2012 AMC Fearfest Angelique Kumari Television special
2014 CollegeHumor Originals Brittany Episode: "How America Is Like a Bad Boyfriend"
Six Guys One Car Christy / Keri 2 episodes
2014–15 Comedy Bang! Bang! Decaf Dame / Boom Operator 2 episodes
UCB Comedy Originals Unknown 4 episodes
2015 House of Lies Erin Episode: "We Can Always Just Overwhelm the Vagus Nerve with Another Sensation"
The Brat Cave Office O'Neill / Kirby 2 episodes
The King of 7B Greta Milgrim Television film
2016 The Dating Game Evie Episode: "AJ vs. The Truffle Butter Sex Act"
The UCB Show Unknown 2 episodes
TripTank Stylist / Wife (voice) 2 episodes
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ Rezecca Episode: "Spiritual Gurus"
Lady Time Kathy Miniseries
2016–17 The Powerpuff Girls Chelsea (voice) 2 episodes
2016–18 Love Beth Recurring
2017 @midnight Herself Episode #4.114
Downward Dog Jenn Main role
Do You Want to See a Dead Body? Flight Attendant Episode: "A Body and a Plane (with Alexandra Daddario)"
Dirtbags Kind Neighbor Episode: "Husband"
2018 Alone Together Cassidy Episode: "Sleepover"
Pappy Kiki Episode: "Dad Dick"
Big City Greens Judge Uppinsbottom (voice) Episode: "Swimming Fool/Tilly's Goat"
Girls Code Angela Pilot
Into the Dark Kayla Episode: "New Year, New You"
2018–19 Drunk History Herself 3 episodes
2018–20 The Good Place Simone Garnett Recurring
2018–22 Killing Eve Elena Felton Main role (season 1), guest role (season 4)
2018–23 Barry Sasha Baxter Recurring
2019 Veronica Mars Nicole Malloy 7 episodes
Why Women Kill Taylor Harding Main role (10 episodes)
2020 Glitch Techs Audrey (voice) Episode: "I'm Mitch Williams"
Infinity Train Grace Monroe (voice) 13 episodes; recurring role (Book Two), main role (Book Three)
Big Hero 6: The Series Cobra (voice) Episode: "Cobra and Mongoose"
2021 Waffles Mochi Pickler Episode: "Pickles"
Wolfboy and the Everything Factory Flora (voice) 2 episodes
2021–22 Hacks Daisy 2 episodes
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Dr. Mae Turner (voice) Recurring (seasons 4–5)
Tig n' Seek Octavia Spritz / various (voice) 6 episodes
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars Herself (guest judge) Episode: "The Realness of Fortune Ball"
The Sandman Death of the Endless Episode: "The Sound of Her Wings"[12]
2023 Is It Cake? Herself (guest judge) Episode: "Cake University"
Digman! Nigella (voice) Episode: "Shakespeare's Lost Sonnet"
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Lucas's Agent / Actress in a Movie Within the Show (voice) 3 episodes
Culprits Officer Recurring (billed as "Kirby")
2024 Sugar Ruby 8 episodes (billed as "Kirby")
Dead Boy Detectives Death of the Endless Episode: "The Case of Crystal Palace" (billed as "Kirby")

References

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  1. ^ "With 'Cruella,' Kirby Howell-Baptiste Scales Big". Women's Wear Daily. 28 May 2021. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b Spilde, Coleman (9 March 2024). "The Disappointing 'We Strangers' Keeps Outsiders at a Distance". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  3. ^ Vicky, Jessop (16 August 2022). "Kirby Howell-Baptiste on diversity in Hollywood, Ru Paul and becoming Death in Netflix's Sandman". The Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Kirby Howell-Baptiste". UCB Comedy. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Kirby Howell-Baptiste ⋆ The Hot Goss". Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Meet the cast of The Good Place season 3". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  7. ^ "'Killing Eve': Kirby Howell-Baptiste Cast As Series Regular In BBC America Drama". 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Bill Hader on What Made Him "Very Nervous" About Playing a Hitman in His New HBO Series 'Barry'". www.hollywoodreporter.com. 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  9. ^ "The Good Place season 3: Who is Kirby Howell Baptiste? - TV & Radio - Showbiz & TV - Express.co.uk". www.express.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  10. ^ Hipes, Patrick; Andreeva, Nellie (7 November 2018). "'Veronica Mars': Kirby Howell-Baptiste Joins Hulu Revival". Deadline. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  11. ^ Staff, T. H. R. (7 August 2019). "'The Good Place' Actress Kirby Howell-Baptiste on Leading Role in 'Why Women Kill' | Fishing For Answers". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  12. ^ Gaiman, Neil (26 May 2021). "'The Sandman's' Latest Castings - and the Stories Behind Them". Netflix. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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