Vanessa Kirby reveals first pregnancy at ‘Fantastic Four’ event
English actress Vanessa Kirby plays pregnant superhero Invisible Woman/Sue Storm in the upcoming film – and she revealed her own pregnancy while attending pop culture festival CCXP in Mexico City on May 31.
This might have been the best promotion for Marvel Studios’ “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” as the 37-year-old showed off her baby bump while walking the red carpet at a panel event for First Steps.
The character’s pregnancy was revealed in the trailer for the film, which opens in Singapore cinemas on July 24. Sue Storm is the wife of Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards, played by Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal.
“First Steps” also stars English actor Joseph Quinn as Human Torch/Johnny Storm – the younger brother of Sue Storm – and American actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach as The Thing/Ben Grimm.
Kirby was also seen cradling her baby bump in a promotional video with her three co-stars in a post on Marvel’s Instagram page on June 1.
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The actress is known for playing Britain’s Princess Margaret in Netflix series “The Crown” (2016 to 2023), and the White Widow in the films “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” (2018) and “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” (2023).
Kirby is dating retired professional lacrosse player Paul Rabil, 39, who is president of the United States’ Premier Lacrosse League.
They were romantically linked in October 2022, when British tabloid Daily Mail published photos of them stepping out together in New York.
The couple went public with their relationship in November 2023. Rabil wrote a sweet tribute to her and posted photos of them on Instagram.
American celebrity gossip website Page Six reported in December 2024 that the couple were engaged after two years of dating.
Kirby previously dated English actor Callum Turner, her co-star in the film “Queen & Country” (2014). Meanwhile, Rabil was married to former lacrosse player Kelly Berger between 2014 and 2017, and dated Mexican actress Eiza Gonzalez in 2021. /ra
