[1] Kirimi was born in Nairobi, Kenya, of a Kenyan father and Scottish mother.
She was educated at Strathallan School in Perthshire and then took a three-year course at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
[1] Kirimi's career developed as a classical actor in the theatre taking roles such as Viola in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Twelfth Night and in Adrian Noble's 2002 Pericles, Prince of Tyre.
[3] In 2004, she played Juliet in the Globe Theatre's first original pronunciation production.
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