Wait, the New Actress Portraying Princess Diana on ‘The Crown’ Was in *This* Major Marvel Movie Role?!

One of our preferred games is hunting down acting crossovers between our favorite shows and movies. In the past few months, we've learned thatVirgin River's Martin Hendersonstarred in a Britney Spears music video, while aManifeststar got tofeature on a TV show with Meghan Markle.

Now, we just discovered that the woman who will fill the role ofPrincess Dianaon season 5 and 6 of Netflix'sThe Crownis no stranger to theMarvel Cinematic Universe.

That's right.Elizabeth Debicki, who will portray the Princess of Wales, was previously a star inGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2as Ayesha (you know, the one in all gold?). As a newcomer in the second installment, Debicki acted alongside alums from the firstGuardiansfilm, including Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel. The movie would go on to receive positive reviews from critics and earn almost $900 million at the box office (nothing to sneeze at).

But this is not all that Debicki has accomplished. The 31-year-old Australian actress has quite the impressive résumé, even though she only made her feature film debut in 2011.

Since her debut, Debicki nabbed the role of Jordan Baker in the 2013 adaptation ofThe Great Gatsbyas well as Victoria Vinciguerra inThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.And just last year, she filled the part of Catherine Barton inTenet, where she starred alongside Robert Pattinson and John David Washington.

Netflix already released a promotional photo from season 5 ofThe Crown, where we got thefirst glimpseof Debicki transformed into Princess Diana.

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We can't wait to see her in action whenThe Crownreturns in 2022. (In the meantime, we'll be rewatching theGuardians of the Galaxymovies.)

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