Has Vanessa Kirby found her Napoleon?
The British actress, 35, who plays Josephine opposite Joaquin Phoenix as the French emperor in Sir Ridley Scott’s latest film, Napoleon, has gone ‘Instagram official’ with her boyfriend, the American lacrosse player Paul Rabil, 37.
He shared a series of photographs of the couple including one of them embracing on a beach.
‘From the very minute we first met in Des Moines, around the world and back, life is far better, more purposeful and more beautiful with you,’ he wrote about the privately educated Londoner.
The couple have been spotted on several occasions together since last year, but have kept quiet about their blossoming romance.
Has Vanessa Kirby found her Napoleon? The British actress, 35, has gone ‘Instagram official’ with her boyfriend, the American lacrosse player Paul Rabil, 37
Sweet: The couple have been spotted on several occasions together since last year, but have kept quiet about their blossoming romance
Rabil is the co-founder of the Premier Lacrosse League. Kirby played Princess Margaret in Netflix hit The Crown, for which she won a Best Supporting Actress Bafta.
The Exeter University graduate previously went out with Callum Turner, with whom she starred in 2014’s Queen And Country. They parted in 2020, blaming hectic work schedules.
She won the attention of millions of viewers, and the heart of her dashing co-star Douglas Booth, when she played the role of Estella in the BBC’s adaptation of Great Expectations in 2011.
It is unknown when Kirby and Rabil first started dating, however they have been spotted together in New York since last September.
Rabil previously dated Mexican actress Eiza Gonzalez and was married to fellow sportswoman Kelly Berger, from 2014 until 2017.
Kirby has been on the promotional trail for her film Napoleon, which explores Napoleon’s climb to power through his relationship with his wife Josephine.
It was previously titled Kitbag which referred to the saying: ‘There is a general’s staff hidden in every soldier’s kitbag.’ The expression means it is possible for any soldier to become a general.
Scott’s long-awaited Napoleon biopic has garnered glowing reviews in both Britain and the US.
Cute: Paul shared a series of images of the couple’s fun times together as he confirmed to his social media followers that the pair were dating
Sweet: Alongside the images, Paul shared ‘From the very minute we first met in Des Moines, around the world and back, life is far better, more purposeful and more beautiful with you’
However, French critics slammed the film as ‘deeply clumsy’ and ‘boring’ ahead of its release on November 22.
Scott hit back at accusations of historical ‘inaccuracies’. In an interview with the New Yorker, he told a critic to ‘get a life’ when pressed.
‘There are 400 books written about him. Maybe the first one was the most accurate, the next one is already doing a version of the author,’ he said.
‘By the time you get to book 399, guess what, there’s a lot of speculation.’
One to watch: Kirby has been on the promotional trail for her film Napoleon, which explores Napoleon’s (Joaquin Phoenix) climb to power through his relationship with his wife Josephine
