{{Short description|British-American actress (born 1985)}} {{EngvarB|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Jemima Kirke<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jemima Kirke |url=https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/JemimaKirke |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=TV Tropes}}</ref> | image = Jemima Kirke headshot.png | image_size = 150px | caption = Kirke in 2023 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|4|26|df=y}} | birth_place = London, England | citizenship = {{hlist|United Kingdom|United States}} | education = Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn) | alma_mater = Rhode Island School of Design (BFA) | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|artist|director}}
<!--Do NOT add a specific year without discussing on the talk page. Sources do not provide a clear timeline on when her divorce was finalized.-->| partner = <!--Do NOT add a specific year without discussing on the talk page. Sources do not provide a clear timeline on when they ended their relationship.--> | children = 2 | father = Simon Kirke | relatives = {{Plainlist|class=nowrap| *Lola Kirke (younger sister) *Domino Kirke (older sister) *Jack Dellal (maternal grandfather) *Alice Dellal (cousin) *Charlotte Olympia Dellal (cousin) *Gaby Dellal (maternal aunt) *Jasmine Dellal (maternal aunt) *Harley Viera-Newton (cousin) *Penn Badgley (brother-in-law)}} | years_active = 2005–present }}
'''Jemima Jo Kirke''' (born 26 April 1985) is a British-American artist, actress and director. She gained international acclaim through her role as Jessa Johansson in the 2012 HBO series ''Girls''.<ref name="Rosen2012">{{cite news | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/23/jemima-kirke-girls_n_1444001.html | title=Jemima Kirke, 'Girls' Star, On Periods, Collaborations And Sex Scenes | work=HuffPost | date=23 April 2012 | access-date=1 May 2012 | author=Rosen, Christopher | archive-date=27 April 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427022741/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/23/jemima-kirke-girls_n_1444001.html | url-status=live }}</ref> She made her film debut in the 2005 indie short ''Smile for the Camera'' and her feature-length debut in ''Tiny Furniture'' (2010),<ref name="VF">{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Julie |date=9 April 2012 |title=Q&A: Girls Co-Star Jemima Kirke on Tattooing Lena Dunham and Playing It Cool Through Her Awkward Phase |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2012/04/girls-jemima-kirke-lena-dunham-hbo-judd-apatow-series-interview |work=Vanity Fair |access-date=6 May 2012 |archive-date=27 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427041750/http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2012/04/girls-jemima-kirke-lena-dunham-hbo-judd-apatow-series-interview |url-status=live }}</ref> as a favour for her childhood friend Lena Dunham.
== Early life and family == Born in London on 26 April 1985,<ref name="allmovie">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/jemima-kirke-an15527|title=Jemima Kirke|publisher=Allmovie|accessdate=14 August 2024}}</ref> Jemima Kirke moved to New York when she was 11 years old and was then raised in New York City.<ref>{{cite web|date=24 June 2012 |title=Jemima Kirke |url=http://www.jkirke.com/about |access-date=24 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605002947/http://www.jkirke.com/about |archive-date=5 June 2012 }}</ref> She is the daughter of Simon Kirke, the former drummer of the rock bands Bad Company and Free.<ref>[http://www.freewebs.com/simonkirke/interviewsreviews.htm Interviews & Reviews – Simon Kirke Official Website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531110430/http://www.freewebs.com/simonkirke/interviewsreviews.htm |date=31 May 2012 }}. Freewebs.com. Retrieved 21 August 2012.</ref> Her mother is Lorraine Kirke (née Dellal), the owner of Geminola, a vintage boutique in New York City that supplied a number of outfits for the television series ''Sex and the City''.<ref name="Geminola">{{cite web|title=Geminola|url=http://www.geminola.com/Press%20Photos.html|access-date=6 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227140337/http://www.geminola.com/Press%20Photos.html|archive-date=27 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Her character Jessa wore a wedding dress from Geminola in the season finale of the first season of ''Girls''; also, earlier in her career, she was featured along with her sisters in a fashion piece in ''Teen Vogue'' in which they wore clothing from the store.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rubin|first=Julia|title=Exclusive! Jemima Kirke and Her Stylish Sisters Model for Their Mom's Store|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/geminola-video|access-date=2020-12-26|website=Teen Vogue|date=27 June 2013|language=en-us|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126003026/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/geminola-video|url-status=live}}</ref>
Her father is of English and Scottish descent (the Kirkes being a junior branch of a family of Nottinghamshire landed gentry and descending also from the Gibson-Craig baronets)<ref>A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry, 9th edition, Sir Bernard Burke, 1898, pp. 845-846</ref><ref>A ''Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage'', 95th edition, ed. E. M. Swinhoe, Burke's Peerage, 1937, p. 483</ref> and her mother is Jewish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/18/on-view-jemima-kirkes-paintings-of-girls/|title=Jemima Kirke's Paintings of Girls|first=Jeanine Celeste|last=Pang|date=18 March 2014|access-date=31 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402213210/http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/18/on-view-jemima-kirkes-paintings-of-girls/|url-status=live}}</ref> Kirke's maternal grandfather, Jack Dellal, was a British businessman of Iraqi-Jewish descent and her maternal grandmother, Zehava Helmer, was an Israeli flight attendant for El Al.<ref>{{cite web |last=Aylmer |first=Olivia |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/10/joan-didion-documentary-premiere-griffin-dunne-center-will-not-hold |title=Joan Didion (and Her Sunglasses) Take New York Film Festival by Storm |publisher=Vanity Fair |date=12 October 2017 |access-date=6 January 2018 |archive-date=24 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224201918/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/10/joan-didion-documentary-premiere-griffin-dunne-center-will-not-hold |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://letmypeoplegrow.org/2012/04/jews-news-laura-nyro-scarlett-johansson-gwyneth-paltrow/ |title=Jews in the News: Jews Rock Hall of Fame, A Minyan of Marvel Heroes |author=Nate Bloom |date=27 April 2012 |website=Let My People Grow |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509223627/http://letmypeoplegrow.org/2012/04/jews-news-laura-nyro-scarlett-johansson-gwyneth-paltrow/ |archive-date=9 May 2012 |access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://letmypeoplegrow.org/2012/04/jews-news-laura-nyro-scarlett-johansson-gwyneth-paltrow/|title=Jews in the News: Jews Rock Hall of Fame, A Minyan of Marvel Heroes|access-date=19 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211015847/http://letmypeoplegrow.org/2012/04/jews-news-laura-nyro-scarlett-johansson-gwyneth-paltrow/|archive-date=11 December 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Kirke has two sisters, actress Lola Kirke and singer and actress Domino Kirke.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorkfamily.com/cover-soul-sisters-november-2014/|title=Soul Sisters: Jemima Kirke & Domino Kirke|website=New York Family|first=Mia|last=Weber|date=29 October 2014|access-date=4 June 2016|archive-date=11 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611090401/http://www.newyorkfamily.com/cover-soul-sisters-november-2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-lola-kirke-mistress-america-20150813-story.html|title=Lola Kirke steps out of sister Jemima's shadow in Noah Baumbach's 'Mistress America'|website=Los Angeles Times|first=Amy|last=Kaufman|date=11 August 2015|access-date=4 June 2016|archive-date=3 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603165827/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-lola-kirke-mistress-america-20150813-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/04/sisters-issue-mccartneys-waterhouses-wojcickis|title=Introducing Vanity Fair's Sisters Issue, Featuring the McCartneys, Waterhouses, Wojcickis, and Many More|work=Vanity Fair|first=Laura|last=Jacobs|date=26 April 2016|access-date=4 June 2016|archive-date=31 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531213649/http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/04/sisters-issue-mccartneys-waterhouses-wojcickis|url-status=live}}</ref> She is a cousin of curator Alexander Dellal,<ref name="cousins">{{cite web|url=http://www.boomsbeat.com/articles/19238/20150414/30-fun-facts-about-jemima-kirke-how-she-landed-her-role-on-girls.htm|title=30 fun facts about Jemima Kirke: How She Landed Her Role on 'Girls'|website=Booms Beat|date=14 April 2015|access-date=4 June 2016|archive-date=24 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424060223/http://www.boomsbeat.com/articles/19238/20150414/30-fun-facts-about-jemima-kirke-how-she-landed-her-role-on-girls.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> shoe designer Charlotte Olympia Dellal and model/photographer Alice Dellal.<ref name="cousins"/>
==Career==
=== Art === Jemima Kirke majored in art as a student and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sargentsdaughters.com/exhibitions/jemima-kirke|title=Jemima Kirke - Exhibitions - Sargent's Daughters|website=www.sargentsdaughters.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-08|archive-date=9 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909000440/http://www.sargentsdaughters.com/exhibitions/jemima-kirke|url-status=dead}}</ref> In late 2011, she held an exhibition titled "A Brief History" through Skylight Projects.<ref>{{cite web |title=Skylight Projects |url=http://www.artslant.com/ny/events/show/187497-a-brief-history?tab=EVENT |publisher=artslant.com |access-date=6 May 2012 |archive-date=23 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323211751/https://www.artslant.com/ny/events/show/187497-a-brief-history%3Ftab=EVENT |url-status=live }}</ref> In late 2017 to early 2018, she had a show at Sargeant's Daughters, a Lower East Side gallery,<ref>[http://www.sargentsdaughters.com/ Sargeant's Daughters]</ref> where she exhibited portrait-style paintings, some of them neck-up, others full-figure, of women in their wedding dresses. Kirke was inspired by her own divorce and the exhibition also contained a self-portrait of Kirke in her wedding dress and veil.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/jemima-kirke-divorce-marriage-paintings-sargents-daughter-gallery|title=Jemima Kirke Is More Than Ready to Talk About Her Divorce|last=Eckardt|first=Stephanie|work=W Magazine|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en|archive-date=9 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909035430/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/jemima-kirke-divorce-marriage-paintings-sargents-daughter-gallery|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jemima Kirke Original Works For Sale Online |url=https://rogallery.com/artists/jemima-kirke/?page=1 |access-date=2022-04-03 |website=RoGallery |language=en-US |archive-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019220153/https://rogallery.com/artists/jemima-kirke/?page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019 she opened a solo show called “SCAMP” at Sargeant's Daughters gallery.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B4x3NsrFK-x/?igsh=MTA4cHBiMGtmMW91eQ== | title=Instagram }}</ref>
In September 2022, Kirke presented for Batsheva Hay's spring collection at Ben's Kosher Deli.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2023-ready-to-wear/batsheva | title=Batsheva Spring 2023 Ready-to-Wear Collection | date=14 September 2022 | access-date=28 September 2022 | archive-date=28 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928002154/https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2023-ready-to-wear/batsheva | url-status=live }}</ref>
=== Acting === [[File:Jemima Kirke reading.png|thumb|upright|left|Kirke reading poetry in New York City in 2023]] Growing up in the West Village, Kirke found herself accepting a number of roles on her friends' projects. Dunham asked Kirke to take on a supporting role in her debut film ''Tiny Furniture''. Kirke and a number of other friends were called upon as a favour to Dunham since there was not enough money to pay professional actors.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} Although the film turned out to be profitable, Kirke received no payment.<ref name="WSJ">{{cite news |last=Vilensky |first=Mike |date=14 March 2012 |title=The Art of Being 'Girls' Co-Star Jemima Kirke |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/03/14/the-art-of-being-girls-co-star-jemima-kirke/ |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=13 May 2012 |archive-date=20 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420032707/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/03/14/the-art-of-being-girls-co-star-jemima-kirke/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Kirke reunited with Dunham in the HBO series ''Girls'', appearing in all six seasons from 2011 to 2017 as the character Jessa Johansson. Kirke next had supporting roles in the dark comedy films ''Ava's Possessions'' and ''The Little Hours''. In 2018, Kirke starred alongside her real-life sister Lola Kirke in Emma Forrest's film ''Untogether''. The film premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/jemima-lola-kirke-untogether-tribeca-film-festival|title=Jemima and Lola Kirke Are Really Tired of People Commenting on How They Look|last=Cusumano|first=Katherine|work=W Magazine|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en|archive-date=9 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909035414/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/jemima-lola-kirke-untogether-tribeca-film-festival|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2011, Kirke appeared in the music video "Wring It Out" for the group Rival Schools.<ref>{{cite web |author=photofinishrecords |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiIbCBXZaRY |title=Rival Schools- Wring It Out (Official Music Video) |publisher=YouTube |date=25 February 2011 |access-date=21 August 2014 |archive-date=23 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523043747/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiIbCBXZaRY&app=desktop |url-status=live }}</ref> Both this music video and ''Smile for the Camera'' were directed by her friend Jordan Galland. In 2017, she appeared in the music video for "Gotta Get a Grip" by Mick Jagger, directed by Saam Farahmand and appeared opposite Alex Cameron in his music video for the song "Stranger's Kiss". In September 2017, Kirke appeared opposite Zayn Malik in his music video for the song "Dusk Till Dawn".
In 2021, Kirke appeared in the Netflix series ''Sex Education'' in the role of Hope, headmistress of Moordale Secondary School. In 2021, it was announced that Kirke had accepted a role in ''Conversations with Friends'', a series based on the book of the same name by Sally Rooney, in which she plays Melissa, an older, experienced writer fascinated by a younger couple.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-17|title=The next Normal People? Conversations with Friends cast finally revealed|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20210217107086/conversations-with-friends-cast-confirmed-joe-alwyn-jemima-kirke/|access-date=2021-05-30|website=HELLO!|language=en|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214924/https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20210217107086/conversations-with-friends-cast-confirmed-joe-alwyn-jemima-kirke/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-02|title=Conversations With Friends: 7 Quick Things We Know About The Hulu Series|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2566504/conversations-with-friends-quick-things-we-know-about-the-hulu-series|access-date=2021-05-30|website=CINEMABLEND|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213828/https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2566504/conversations-with-friends-quick-things-we-know-about-the-hulu-series|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, Kirke starred in the Apple TV+ series ''City on Fire'', based on the book of the same name.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lind |first=Emily Alyn |date=2023-05-02 |title=Jemima Kirke joined the cast of Apple TV+'s "City on Fire" |url=https://nexttvseries.com/city-on-fire-season-1-release-date-on-apple-tv/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=Next TV Series |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Directing === Kirke's directorial debut was in 2019 when she spearheaded the video for the track "Mama" by her sister Lola Kirke.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2019-08-21|title=Lola Kirke Previews New EP With Disturbing 'Mama' Video|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/lola-kirke-mama-song-video-874810/|access-date=2020-09-08|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021102326/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/lola-kirke-mama-song-video-874810/|url-status=live}}</ref> She would go on to direct other projects including multiple music videos and a short film with Alex Cameron.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Martoccio|first=Angie|date=2019-03-14|title=Jemima Kirke and Alex Cameron on Their Satirical New Short Film|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/jemima-kirke-alex-cameron-marlon-brando-short-film-806409/|access-date=2020-09-08|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108001452/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/jemima-kirke-alex-cameron-marlon-brando-short-film-806409/|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Activism === In 2015, Kirke partnered with the Center for Reproductive Rights to create a public service announcement to advance the future of reproductive healthcare.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://thinkprogress.org/why-girls-star-jemima-kirke-talks-about-her-abortion-in-a-new-psa-36ee630bbb24/|title=Why 'Girls' Star Jemima Kirke Talks About Her Abortion In A New PSA|website=ThinkProgress|date=14 April 2015 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-12|archive-date=6 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906233125/https://thinkprogress.org/why-girls-star-jemima-kirke-talks-about-her-abortion-in-a-new-psa-36ee630bbb24/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the PSA, Kirke discusses the abortion she received in college where she could not afford the anesthesia in addition to the procedure and went without.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecut.com/2015/04/jemima-kirke-talks-about-her-abortion.html|title=Jemima Kirke Talks About Her Abortion|last=Ronan|first=Alex|date=April 14, 2015|access-date=27 May 2019|archive-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527124246/https://www.thecut.com/2015/04/jemima-kirke-talks-about-her-abortion.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Personal life == Kirke resides in Brooklyn, New York<ref>Pang, Jeanine Celeste. [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/24/t-magazine/jemima-kirke-workout-brooklyn-strength.html "Jemima Kirke’s Workout Thwarts the Usual Fitness Trends"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221224333/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/24/t-magazine/jemima-kirke-workout-brooklyn-strength.html |date=21 February 2019 }}, '': The New York Times Style Magazine'', March 24, 2015. Accessed February 21, 2019. "Four years ago, with a post-baby body that she couldn’t quite shake despite the help of popular workout classes like Pure Barre and the Tracy Anderson Method, the ''Girls'' actor Jemima Kirke stumbled upon Brooklyn Strength, a Pilates and fitness studio in Brooklyn Heights, near her home in Carroll Gardens, N.Y."</ref> and East Hampton (town). Kirke has two children from a relationship that began in 2009<ref>{{cite web |last=Zhong |first=Fan |date=April 2012 |title=Naughty Girl: Jemima Kirke's Wild-Child-Role in HBO's ''Girls'' |url=http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2012/04/jemima-kirke-HBO-girls-actress |work=W |access-date=6 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418014148/http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2012/04/jemima-kirke-HBO-girls-actress |archive-date=18 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2012/11/30/girls-jemima-kirke-welcomes-son-memphis/|title=Jemima Kirke Welcomes Second Child|work=People|access-date=19 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907195545/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2012/11/30/girls-jemima-kirke-welcomes-son-memphis/|archive-date=7 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ended in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/822276/girls-jemima-kirke-and-husband-michael-mosberg-split-reports|title=Girls' Jemima Kirke and partner Michael Mosberg Split: Reports|website=E! News|first=Corrinne|last=Heller|date=14 January 2017|access-date=21 January 2017|archive-date=19 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119022521/http://www.eonline.com/news/822276/girls-jemima-kirke-and-husband-michael-mosberg-split-reports|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.com/tv/girls-jemima-kirke-husband-michael-mosberg-split/|title=Girls' Jemima Kirke and Husband Michael Mosberg Split After 7 Years of Marriage|website=People|first=Natalie|last=Stone|date=14 January 2017|access-date=21 January 2017|archive-date=19 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119091710/http://people.com/tv/girls-jemima-kirke-husband-michael-mosberg-split/|url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview from 2024, Kirke stated that she has never been married to her domestic partners but instead referred to them as her "husbands" despite not being legally married to them.<ref>{{cite web | title=Jemima Kirke | Girls & City on Fire | Not Skinny but Not Fat | website=YouTube | date=24 June 2023 | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--hWyRm8riE }}</ref> Kirke began a relationship with Australian musician and singer songwriter Alex Cameron in July 2017. Cameron has said that his 2019 album ''Miami Memory'' is primarily influenced by his relationship with Kirke.<ref>Corinne, Heller. [http://www.eonline.com/au/news/865504/girls-alum-jemima-kirke-and-musician-alex-cameron-show-pda-in-nyc "Girls Alum Jemima Kirke and Musician Alex Cameron Show PDA in NYC"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328103403/http://www.eonline.com/au/news/865504/girls-alum-jemima-kirke-and-musician-alex-cameron-show-pda-in-nyc |date=28 March 2018 }}, ''E!'', New York, 5 July 2017. Retrieved on 28 March 2018.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://secretlycanadian.com/alex-cameron-releases-miami-memory/|title=Alex Cameron Releases 'Miami Memory'|date=2019-09-13|website=Secretly Canadian|access-date=2019-09-22|archive-date=22 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922012505/https://secretlycanadian.com/alex-cameron-releases-miami-memory/|url-status=live}}</ref> The couple has since separated.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-15 |title=Jemima Kirke on the Girls revival, sex scenes and Apple's City on Fire |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/jemima-kirke-interview-2023 |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Kirke is close friends with Lena Dunham, the creator of ''Tiny Furniture'' and ''Girls''.<ref name="Rosen2012">{{cite news | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/23/jemima-kirke-girls_n_1444001.html | title=Jemima Kirke, 'Girls' Star, On Periods, Collaborations And Sex Scenes | work=HuffPost | date=23 April 2012 | access-date=1 May 2012 | author=Rosen, Christopher | archive-date=27 April 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427022741/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/23/jemima-kirke-girls_n_1444001.html | url-status=live }}</ref> They became friends while attending Saint Ann's School in New York City.<ref name="Rosen2012"/> Kirke's brother-in-law is actor Penn Badgley, through her sister Domino. thumb|Kirke's DJ set for sister Lola's VIP 2023 event in Manhattan.
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |- | 2005 | ''Smile for the Camera'' | Twin Singer (voice) | Short film |- | 2010 | ''Tiny Furniture'' | Charlotte | |- | 2015 | ''Ava's Possessions'' | Ivy | |- | 2017 | ''The Little Hours'' | Marta | |- | 2018 | ''Wild Honey Pie'' | Gillian | |- | 2018 | ''Untogether'' | Andrea Moore | |- | 2018 | ''All These Small Moments'' | Odessa | |- | 2020 | ''Sylvie's Love'' | Countess | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |- | 2012–2017 | ''Girls'' | Jessa Johansson | Main role; 53 episodes |- | 2015 | ''Axe Cop'' | Water Queen (voice) | Episode: "The Center of the Ocean" |- | 2015 | ''The Simpsons'' | Candace's Friend (voice) | Episode: "Every Man's Dream" |- | 2018 | ''Maniac'' |Adelaide | Miniseries; 5 episodes |- |2019 | ''High Maintenance'' | Herself | Episode: "Breathwork" |- |2021 | ''Sex Education'' | Hope Haddon | Main role, Season 3; 8 episodes |- |2022 | ''Conversations with Friends'' | Melissa |Main role; 12 episodes |- |2023 | ''City on Fire'' | Regan Hamilton Sweeney |Main role; 8 episodes |- |2025 | ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' | Claire Morgan |Episode: "False Idols" |}
===Music videos=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Artist(s) ! Notes |- | 2017 | "Dusk Till Dawn" | Zayn featuring Sia | |- | 2017 | "Stranger's Kiss" | Alex Cameron (duet with Angel Olsen) | |- | 2018 | "Studmuffin96" | Alex Cameron | director |- | 2019 | "Marlon Brando" | Alex Cameron | director |- | 2019 | "Miami Memory" | Alex Cameron | |- | 2022 | "Best Life" | Alex Cameron | director |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|3733434|Jemima Kirke}} {{Authority control}}
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