Jemima Kirke

Jemima Kirke (born April 26, 1985 in London ) is a British artist and actress . She became known to a wide audience through her role as Jessa Johansson in the television series Girls .

Life

Kirke grew up in New York . Her father, Simon Kirke , the former drummer for the rock bands Bad Company and Free , has English-Scottish roots. Her mother Lorraine Kirke (née Dellal), the owner of the New York boutique Geminola, is Jewish. Kirke has two sisters and a brother. Her sister Lola is also an actress, her sister Domino is a singer.

In 2009 Kirke married Michael Mosberg, a lawyer with whom she lived in Brooklyn and East Hampton and has a daughter and a son. In 2017, Kirke announced the separation, which took place in the summer of 2016.

For a campaign by the NGO Center for Reproductive Rights , she declared that she had an abortion while studying at the age of 22, and spoke out in favor of an open approach to this issue.

Kirke received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design and had an exhibition in 2011 called "A Brief History".

Kirke has been friends with director, screenwriter and actress Lena Dunham since childhood . She played a role in Dunham's film Tiny Furniture and was on the cast of the HBO series Girls . Jemina also starred in the music video "Dusk Till Dawn" by singer Zayn Malik .

Filmography (selection)

2010: Tiny Furniture
2012–2017: Girls (TV series, 53 episodes)
2016: Ava's Possessions
2017: Strangers (TV movie)
2017: The Little Hours
2018: Wild Honey Pie
2018: Untogether
2018: All These Small Moments
2018: Maniac (TV series, five episodes)

Web links

Jemima Kirke in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Kirke's Jemima Kirke . Retrieved July 2, 2015.
↑ Is that you, Jessa? Girls star Jemima Kirke channels HBO character as she models her mom's eccentric dress designs . In: Daily Mail . Retrieved July 2, 2015.
↑ Kirke's Jemima Kirke . Retrieved July 2, 2015.
↑ Fan Zhong: Naughty Girl: Jemima Kirke's Wild Child Role in HBO's Girls . In: W . April 2012. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 2, 2015. @1@ 2

^ "Jemima Kirke Welcomes Second Child" . In: PEOPLE.com . Retrieved July 2, 2015.

↑ "Girls" star Jemima Kirk breaks up after seven years of marriage. January 13, 2017, accessed March 11, 2019 .

↑ Marie Hettich: "Girls" star talks about her abortion . Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 2, 2015. @1@ 2

^ Skylight Projects . In: artslant.com . Retrieved July 2, 2015.

↑ Christopher Rosen: Jemima Kirke, 'Girls' Star, On Periods, Collaborations And Sex Scenes , Huffington Post . April 23, 2012. Accessed July 2, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Kirke, Jemima
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British artist and actress
DATE OF BIRTH	April 26, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH	London , UK

[1] Kirke's Jemima Kirke . Retrieved July 2, 2015.

[2] Is that you, Jessa? Girls star Jemima Kirke channels HBO character as she models her mom's eccentric dress designs . In: Daily Mail . Retrieved July 2, 2015.

[3] Kirke's Jemima Kirke . Retrieved July 2, 2015.

[4] Fan Zhong: Naughty Girl: Jemima Kirke's Wild Child Role in HBO's Girls . In: W . April 2012. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 2, 2015. @1@ 2

[5] "Jemima Kirke Welcomes Second Child" . In: PEOPLE.com . Retrieved July 2, 2015.

[6] "Girls" star Jemima Kirk breaks up after seven years of marriage. January 13, 2017, accessed March 11, 2019 .

[7] Marie Hettich: "Girls" star talks about her abortion . Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 2, 2015. @1@ 2

[8] Skylight Projects . In: artslant.com . Retrieved July 2, 2015.

[Rosen2012-9] Christopher Rosen: Jemima Kirke, 'Girls' Star, On Periods, Collaborations And Sex Scenes , Huffington Post . April 23, 2012. Accessed July 2, 2015.