Had childhood dreams to be an astronaut or a nun or an international spy.
Dunham asked Kirke to take on a supporting role in her debut film Tiny Furniture.
Born in London to English parents, Kirke was raised in New York City. Terms of Use
Simon Kirke is best known for his powerful back beat drumming.He is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter.He cowrote "Bad Company" with Paul Rodgers as well as most of the songs on his three solo albums Though Simon's main commitment is with Bad Company he has done three tours with Ringo Starr's All Starr Band and performs his own solo shows . [24] 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. Thanks for contacting us. She appeared in a cameo role on the TV show, "Rescue Me," playing opposite Denis Leary. Both this music video and Smile for the Camera were directed by her friend Jordan Galland. Found a hidden ancient petroglyph of a universal spiral during a Vision Quest in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. She continued studying drama at NYU, Tish School of the Arts and spent a year abroad in a NY/Paris Student Exchange Program, where she completed an acting apprenticeship with the Theater of the Oppressed, directed by the late Augusto Boal.Maria also volunteered in soup kitchens and homeless shelters, and read for underprivileged children in schools. [9] Kirke has two sisters, Lola Kirke and Domino Kirke, the first of whom is also an actress. [4] Her mother is Lorraine (née Dellal) Kirke, 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. [24][25], Kirke resides in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn[26] and East Hampton. Smith performed in front of 100 guests, including former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, Victoria’s Secret model Frederique van der Wal and “The Sopranos” star Federico Castelluccio. She currently supports the organization Road Recovery with her husband Simon Kirke and several other charities.She modeled in NYC and in Italy and appeared in several music videos but her true passion has always been acting. [19] Kirke reunited with Dunham in the HBO series Girls, appearing in all six seasons from 2011 to 2017 as the character Jessa Johansson.
Michael V. Gazzo and his wife, used to babysit Maria.
… Lorraine Kirke Net Worth, House, Age, Home, Wiki, Bio, Family Your Ad Choices Although the film turned out to be profitable, Kirke received no payment. Her Greek mother, Sophia Pantages, was an actress until she decided to become an English … Distant relative to the Pantages family, on her mother's side, who created the Pantages Theater in Hollywood.
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[5] 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. She is from Cuban, Greek, Italian descent but her exotic looks are often mistaken for Brazilian, Argentinean, Russian, Czechoslovakian and French; therefore the term, "ethnically ambiguous" suites her.Her Greek mother, Sophia Pantages, was an actress until she decided to become an English schoolteacher. Kirke next had supporting roles in the dark comedy films Ava's Possessions and The Little Hours. Her grandfather was in the House of Representatives in pre-Castro Cuba. Do Not Sell My Personal Information, Your California Privacy Rights 4,137, © 2020 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved [1] She made her feature-length debut in the independent film Tiny Furniture,[2] as a favour for her childhood friend Lena Dunham, although her actual film debut was in the indie short film Smile for the Camera. [17][18], Growing up in West Village, Kirke found herself accepting a number of roles on her friends' projects.
Her great, great, great uncle, Perucho Figueredo, wrote the Cuban National Anthem in 1867, which is still used to this day. The film premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.[20]. The first one she did was from Tennessee William's, "This Property is Condemned."
They lived down the block on West 44th St. [22] She would go onto direct other projects including a satire short film with fiancé Alex Cameron. Grew up in Hell's Kitchen, in New York City, across the street from Actor's Studio.
In September 2017, Kirke appeared opposite Zayn Malik in his music video for the song "Dusk Till Dawn".
[3] She is the daughter of Simon Kirke, the former drummer of the rock bands Bad Company and Free. Maria Angelica Kirke was born in Manhattan, in the East Village at Beth Israel Medical Center. Mini Bio (1) Maria Angelica Kirke was born in Manhattan, in the East Village at Beth Israel Medical Center. Cameron has said that his 2019 album Miami Memory is primarily influenced by his relationship with Kirke. Bad Company drummer weds wife for second time this year.
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Fan of playwrights Tennessee Williams and Eugene O'Neill. Anonymous, Other Works [15] In late 2017 to early 2018 she had a show at Sargeant's Daughters, a Lower East Side Gallery, where she exhibited portrait-style paintings, some of them neck-up, others full-figure, of women in their wedding dresses. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. She gained international acclaim through her role as Jessa Johansson on the HBO series Girls.
4,858, This story has been shared 4,137 times. 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".
[14] In late 2011, she held an exhibition titled "A Brief History" through Skylight Projects. 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. Maria's work includes theatre, commercials, television and film. Vivian Kirke was from a junior branch of a family of Nottinghamshire landed gentry, and descended on his mother's side from the Gibson-Craig baronets. 7,116, This story has been shared 4,858 times. Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke wed Maria Figueredo at a private estate in Southampton on … Kirke was inspired by her own divorce, and the exhibition also contained a self-portrait of Kirke in her wedding dress and veil. Her husband, Simon Kirke, wrote several of the songs on his last album (All Because of You ) for Maria. She married lawyer Michael Mosberg in 2009, and they have two children: daughter Rafaella Israel (born 2010),[27] and son Memphis Kirke (born 2012).
Fan of authors Oscar Wilde and Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
[28] In January 2017, it was announced Kirke and Mosberg had separated. Directly watched a Solar Eclipse with her father when she was 12 with special glasses he made in his aerospace lab in Perkin Elmer. They wrote a TV episodic and pilot called, Suffragette City.Maria is a member of Theatre 68, founded by Ronnie Marmo.
She is the daughter of Simon Kirke, the former drummer of the rock bands Bad Company and Free. We've received your submission. [3] [4] Kirke spent his early years living in the countryside of Wales . Privacy Notice Official Sites. It is called "La Bayamesa".
She calls it a genuine "deja vu".
[29][30], Kirke is close friends with Lena Dunham, the creator of Tiny Furniture and Girls.
The song, "How Do You Stop", written by Charlie Midnight & Dan Hartman in 1986 (sung by James Brown & Joni Mitchell), was written for Maria.