Kirby Howell-Baptiste
British actress (born 1987)
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Kirby Howell-Baptiste (born 23 October 1987),[1] credited mononymously as Kirby (2025–present) from Splinter Cell: Deathwatch,[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 (2022–2025) 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 seasons of the animated series Infinity Train (2020) as Grace Monroe.
Early life and education
Career
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.[6][7] Kirby followed in 2018 with her role as Elena in the first season of the BBC series Killing Eve.[8] She had a recurring role as actress Sasha Baxter in the HBO comedy-drama series Barry,[9] and has appeared as neuroscientist Simone Garnett in the third and fourth seasons of the NBC series The Good Place.[10] On streaming television platforms, Kirby has had recurring roles on the Netflix series Love and the fourth season of Veronica Mars for Hulu,[11] and appeared in the main cast of the CBS All Access series Why Women Kill for its first season.[12] She booked the role of Anita Darling in Disney's Cruella in 2021. Originally credited by her full name, Kirby has been credited mononymously since 2023.[2] However, she continues to be credited as Kirby Howell-Baptiste in Season 2 of The Sandman.[13]
Filmography
Film
| 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 | [14] |
| Cruella | Anita "Tattletale" Darling | ||
| Queenpins | JoJo Johnson | [15] | |
| Silent Night | Alex | [16] | |
| 2022 | Catwoman: Hunted | Barbara Minerva / Cheetah (voice) | Direct-to-video[17][18] |
| Mr. Harrigan's Phone | Ms. Hart | [19] | |
| 2023 | The Magician's Elephant | The Countess (voice) | [18] |
| 2024 | We Strangers | Ray Martin | [20] |
| TBA | Transcending | Post-production[21] |
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Television
| 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 | |
| 2014–2015 | 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[18] | |
| Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ | Rezecca | Episode: "Spiritual Gurus" | |
| Lady Time | Kathy | Miniseries | |
| 2016–2017 | The Powerpuff Girls | Chelsea (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2016–2018 | 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: "Tilly's Goat"[18] | |
| Girls Code | Angela | Pilot | |
| Into the Dark | Kayla | Episode: "New Year, New You" | |
| 2018–2019 | Drunk History | Herself | 3 episodes |
| 2018–2020 | The Good Place | Simone Garnett | Recurring |
| 2018–2022 | Killing Eve | Elena Felton | Main role (season 1), guest role (season 4) |
| 2018–2023 | 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)[18] | |
| 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 | |
| 2021–2022 | Hacks | Daisy | 2 episodes |
| Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous | Dr. Mae Turner (voice) | Recurring (seasons 4–5)[18] | |
| 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" |
| 2022–2025 | The Sandman | Death of the Endless | Recurring |
| 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[18] | |
| Culprits | Officer | Recurring (billed as "Kirby")[22] | |
| 2024 | Sugar | Ruby | 8 episodes (billed as "Kirby")[23] |
| Dead Boy Detectives | Death of the Endless | Episode: "The Case of Crystal Palace" (billed as "Kirby")[24] | |
| 2025–present | Splinter Cell: Deathwatch | Zinnia McKenna | Voice |
| 2025 | Krapopolis | Viscera | Voice, recurring role (billed as "Kirby" in the first two appearances) |
| 2026 | The Night Manager | Dr. Kim Saunders | 1 episode |
| Sherwood | D.I. Zara Gill |
