Kirby Howell-Baptiste

Kirby Howell-Baptiste (born 7 February 1987), credited mononymously as Kirby since 2023, 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–present). 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
Kirby is from London. Her mother owned clothing stalls in Camden. Kirby began acting at the Anna Scher Theatre.

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. Kirby followed in 2018 with her role as Elena in the first season of the BBC series Killing Eve. She had a recurring role as actress Sasha Baxter in the HBO comedy-drama series Barry, and has appeared as neuroscientist Simone Garnett in the third and fourth seasons of the NBC series The Good Place. On streaming television platforms, Kirby has had recurring roles on the Netflix series Love and the fourth season of Veronica Mars for Hulu, and appeared in the main cast of the CBS All Access series Why Women Kill for its first season. 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.