Interview With Artist/Actress Jemima Kirke
Taking the bird’s-eye view of Kirke’s life so far: born in London to Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke and interior designer Lorraine Kirke, Jemima is the middle daughter between eldest Domino, a doula and singer, and Lola, an actress and singer (brother Greg is a photographer). Raised in Manhattan, she commuted to Brooklyn Heights private arts school Saint Ann's, a seedbed for the city’s emergent chaotic creative class. Kirke had already received her BFA from RISD when she took on the role of Charlotte in her classmate Lena Dunham’s filmmaking debut Tiny Furniture (2010). Inveterate friends offscreen, their collaboration offered up a thorny portrayal of female friendship. Kirke starred in all six seasons of Girls as the wild-at-heart Jessa. As a director herself now, there’s an impish tone to the music videos Kirke has made for her sister Lola (the Los Angeles-lit “Mama”) and her musician boyfriend Alex Cameron (most recently the 17-minute send up of film school bros “Marlon Brando”). ..
*Excerpt via SSENSE, interview by Thora Siemsen, photography by Jody Rogac
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