Vanessa Kirby would have felt âdauntedâ if sheâd starred in later series of âThe Crownâ The 32-year-old actress shot to fame portraying Princess Margaret in the first two seasons of Netflixâs regal drama and she admitted she is relieved not to have been involved in the most recent episodes, which were set in the 1980s and have faced scrutiny over the accuracy of certain plotlines, even though researching her own period was more difficult 9 January 2021 She told Sunday Times Culture magazine: âI didnât know anything about Princess Margaret. âAnd from the 1950s all you could find were little clips of her opening things, like boats.