Jemima Kirke is a British-American artist and actress who got popular for her role on the television series Girls as Jessa Johansson. The 36-year-old actress is set to have a guest appearance in the third season of the Netflix series Sex Education and appear in the highly anticipated Sally Rooney adaptation Conversations with Friends.
Net Worth Of Jemima Kirke
Jemima Kirke is foremost an artist who received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from Rhode Island School of Design and got to act as requested by her friend Lena Dunham creator of HBO hit series Girls, for all six seasons. Jemima has an estimated net worth of $3 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Jemima Kirke will appear in the Netflix series Sex Education third season, where she will play the role of Hope Haddon, who is the new mistress of Moordale. Her role aims to restore Moordale (her old high school) after Headmaster Groff was booted out in the last series, as shared by Jemima on her Instagram.
Jemima had shared with Glamour that "it’s not something that I set out to do and something that I was afraid of at first." She added, “I was a painter before any of this started, and I was very adamant in all my interviews that I’m not an actor. I am an artist.”
Kirke had her first role in a short film from John Lennon’s son Sean Ono Lennon.
Jemima has played supporting roles in Ava’s Possessions (2015), The Little hours (2017), and she even starred in the film Untogether with her sister, Lola Kirke, in 2018. Jemima starred in her high school friend’s Lena Dunham short film Tiny Furniture in 2010 as a supporting role.
She also acted as a voice actor in the movie Smile for the Camera, Axe Cop, and The Simpsons. She also appeared in the miniseries Maniac in 2018 and High maintenance in 2019. She also starred in movies such as Wild Honey Pie, All These Small Moments in 2018.
Relationship with Alex Cameron
The Girls star, Jemima Kirke, had been with Alex Cameron in 2017 since she divorced her ex-husband, Michael Mossberg, with whom she shares two children. The two were spotted together several times in New York City and were seen together attempting her sister’s wedding.
The couple has been supporting each other’s works by posting each other’s works on social media. The actress was found tweeting about her boyfriend’s new music, Candy, and the Australian musician was found promoting his girlfriend’s sister music that features her.
Jemima has also appeared in several music videos of her singer boyfriend’s work, such as Miami Memory, Stranger’s Kiss, and Studmuffin69.
Her singer boyfriend had an influence on his works through their relationship as his song Stepdad reflects for anybody that’s welcomed a third parent into their lives and for anyone who understands romance in the 21st century. He explained, “Stepdad is an anthem for anybody that’s ever been a stepparent.”
The two had also hung out together, taking a break from Quarantine to visit a recording studio nearby their home in Brooklyn’s Carroll Gardens.
Her boyfriend Cameron pours his heart into his albums which he says is a chance to show Jemima that he has some understanding of what she’s been through and what men are capable of.
Jemima Kirke Relationship With Ex-husband Michael Mossberg
The 32-year-old artist had opened up about how her wedding was no fun in an interview. She said that it was fine, it was quick, it was simple, and it was all pointless. She made her decision saying, “I was pregnant, so I was like, whatever you want, it's really a moot point now.”
According to a source, her ex-husband was on the exclusive, members-only dating app Raya. Then the couple decided to separate after seven years of their marriage, and they got married in 2009.
The actress had once shared with StyleLikeU’s video series before her divorce that she was having a terrible moment with her husband and was extremely hurt and angry by him, so she was feeling self-destructive.
Jemima had two children with her ex-husband Michael. They had a daughter Rafaela Israel and a son named Memphis Kirke and revealed that she wasn’t ready for motherhood at the age of 25.
Aside from her own kids, she was a stepmother to Michael’s son Elijah and daughter Lea from a previous relationship.
The actress had revealed that she had learned a lot from acting and found more about herself and what she really wanted. The British artist had met her ex-husband on rehab and shared,
“when you are in rehab afterward you think you are an addict. I didn’t actually feel like the label fit, but I went through it because I gave it credit for giving me a life and I was scared that if I abandoned it, I would go right back to where I was.”
The artist Kirke, daughter of Simon Kirke, had revealed that she had taken antidepressants since she was 18 and had an abortion at art school without anesthetic as she could not afford necessary drugs.
The artist told ES magazine, “I was divorced and I attribute that to acting. And just asking myself ‘is this really me?’ ”