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Lola Kirke
Kirke in 2018
Born (1990-09-27) September 27, 1990 (age 34)
London, England
Citizenship
  • US
  • UK
Alma materBard College
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • author
Years active2010–present
FatherSimon Kirke
Relatives

Lola Kirke (born September 27, 1990) is a British-American actress, singer, and author. Born in London and raised in New York City, she starred in the 2015 film Mistress America and the Amazon Studios television series Mozart in the Jungle. Kirke also appeared in the films Gone Girl (2014), Gemini (2017), and Lost Girls (2020), among others. Her recent work includes HBO's Winning Time (2022) and the Starz limited series Three Women. Kirke began her singing career in 2016. In 2025, Simon & Schuster published her debut book, Wild West Village.[1]

Early life and family

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Kirke was born on September 27, 1990[2] in the Portland Hospital in London, England.[3] Her father, Simon Kirke, is a musician who served as drummer for the rock bands Bad Company and Free, and her mother, Lorraine (née Dellal), is a fashion designer. Kirke's father is of English and Scottish descent.[a][4][5] Her maternal grandfather, Jack Dellal, was a British businessman of Iraqi-Jewish descent, and her maternal grandmother, Zehava Helmer, was an Israeli flight attendant; Kirke has described herself as Jewish.[6][7] She is the youngest of four children, with two sisters, singer Domino Kirke and actress Jemima Kirke,[8][9][10][11] and a brother,[12][13] Gregory.[14] Her maternal aunts include Jasmine Dellal and Gaby Dellal.[15] She is a cousin of curator Alexander Dellal, shoe designer Charlotte Olympia Dellal, and model Alice Dellal.[16] Elisa Sednaoui is her cousin-in-law.[17]

The family moved to New York City, United States, when Kirke was five years old. She grew up in the Manhattan neighborhood of West Village, where her mother founded and owned the vintage boutique Geminola.[9][12] Kirke graduated from Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn and in 2012 from Bard College.[10][11][13] She is a naturalized US citizen.[18]

Career

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Kirke's breakout role came as the main character Hayley Rutledge in the Amazon series Mozart in the Jungle.[19] It ran for four seasons, from 2014 to 2018.[20] In 2014, she had a supporting role in the David Fincher film Gone Girl,[21] before going on to star in Mistress America alongside Greta Gerwig.[22][23] In 2017, Kirke starred opposite Zoe Kravitz in the Neon film Gemini, a neo-noir mystery film set in Hollywood, which made its world premiere at South By Southwest on March 12, 2017. In 2018 she starred in the drama film Untogether, playing sisters with her real-life sister Jemima Kirke. It premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.[24] She appears in the mystery drama Lost Girls, which made its premiere at The Sundance Film Festival in 2020, and was later made available on Netflix. In 2021, Kirke starred in the B. J. Novak anthology series The Premise for FX and Hulu. Kirke appears in the HBO series about the Los Angeles Lakers, Winning Time, and the drama series Three Women,[25] based on Lisa Taddeo’s book of the same name.[26]

Kirke is also active in music. In 2016 she released an EP.[27] In 2018, she released three singles, including two with accompanying music videos, "Monster" and "Supposed To".[28][29] Her debut album, Heart Head West, was released on August 10, 2018 by Downtown Records.[30][31][32]

On March 12, 2019, Kirke released a cover of Rick Danko's "Sip the Wine" on Downtown Records, produced by Matthew E. White at his Richmond, Virginia studio, Spacebomb Studios.[33] In October 2021, Kirke was signed to Third Man Records.[34]

In April 2022, Third Man released her sophomore LP, Lady for Sale.[35] The album was hailed as "immediately iconic" by AllMusic,[36] and was said to bridge "the gap that once existed between Madonna and the Mandrell Sisters," by Uncut Magazine.[citation needed] "A new era of sparkle-country is upon us," declared No Depression.[37] "Lola Kirke is here to usher it in." "Lyrically, Kirke moves into the top tier of writers," wrote The Line of Best Fit.[38] Pitchfork gave the album a mixed review, finding both "pure pastiche" and "pure delight" in its "genre-first approach".[39]

In August 2022, it was announced that Kirke would be supporting Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit on their UK Tour in November and December 2022.[40]

Kirke is an activist for women's rights. In 2017 she notably wore a "Fuck Paul Ryan" pin on her gown to the Golden Globes to protest the defunding of Planned Parenthood.[41]

Kirke's first book Wild West Village: Not a Memoir—Unless I Win an Oscar, Die Tragically, or Score a Country #1 was published in 2025 by Simon & Schuster landing on most anticipated lists from Harper's Bazaar,[42] Town & Country,[43] LitHub,[44] and Bustle.[45] Kirkus called the debut "a funny, raw, and painful book about a woman’s chaotic, thoroughly individual path to coming into her own," while Booklist praised Kirke's insights as "a delicious peek behind the veil, like an Andy Warhol Diaries for rich New York City art kids of the new millennium."[citation needed]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2011 Another Happy Day Charlie
2013 Reaching for the Moon Margaret
2014 Free the Nipple Liv
Song One Rema
Gone Girl Greta
2015 Mistress America Tracy
2016 Fallen Penn
AWOL Joey
2017 Gemini Jill LeBeau
Active Adults Lily
2018 Viper Club Amy
Untogether Tara Moore
2019 Dreamland Phoebe Evans Voice[46]
American Woman Yvonne
2020 Lost Girls Kim
2021 Broken Diamonds Cindy
2025 Atropia Candy
Sinners Joan

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Gabby Shaw Episode: "Traumatic Wound"
2014 The Leftovers Hailey Episode: "Pilot"
2014–2018 Mozart in the Jungle Hailey Rutledge Main cast
2018 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Holo-Jane (voice) Episode: "Your World is an Illusion"
2021 The Premise Allegra Episode: "The Commentator"
2022 Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty Karen Bua West 2 episodes
2024 Three Women Lily 4 episodes

Discography

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  • EP (2016)
  • Heart Head West (2018)
  • Lady for Sale (2022)
  • Country Curious (2024)[47]
  • Trailblazer (2025)

Notes

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  1. ^ The Kirkes are a junior branch of a family of Nottinghamshire landed gentry. They are also descended from the Gibson-Craig baronets.

References

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  1. ^ Wild West Village. ISBN 978-1-6680-3557-3. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  2. ^ Last, Eugenia (September 27, 2023). "Horoscopes". The Mercury News. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  3. ^ Rickman, James (May 20, 2014). "Welcome to the Jungle – Lola Kirle (Yes, Jemima's Sis) is on the Verge of Breaking Out". Paper. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  4. ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry, 9th edition, Sir Bernard Burke, 1898, pp. 845-846
  5. ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, 95th edition, ed. E. M. Swinhoe, Burke's Peerage, 1937, p. 483
  6. ^ Aylmer, Olivia (October 12, 2017). "Joan Didion (and Her Sunglasses) Take New York Film Festival by Storm". Vanity Fair. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  7. ^ Bloom, Nate (April 27, 2012). "Jews in the News: Jews Rock Hall of Fame, A Minyan of Marvel Heroes". Let My People Grow. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
  8. ^ Rubin, Julia. "Exclusive! Jemima Kirke and Her Stylish Sisters Model for Their Mom's Store". Teen Vogue. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  9. ^ a b Pang, Jeanine Celeste (March 18, 2014). "Jemima Kirke's Paintings of Girls".
  10. ^ a b Baker Staats, Ashley (September 19, 2014). "Lola Kirke: No Sisterly Shadow". The New York Times. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  11. ^ a b Kaufman, Amy (August 11, 2015). "Lola Kirke steps out of sister Jemima's shadow in Noah Baumbach's 'Mistress America'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  12. ^ a b Cowles, Charlotte (February 4, 2013). "Lorraine Kirke on Red Wedding Dresses, Dressing Her Daughter Jemima on Girls". New York. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  13. ^ a b Sturges, Fiona (August 21, 2019). "Lola Kirke: 'All-guy bands shouldn't even exist in 2019'". The Independent. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
  14. ^ Jacobs, Laura (April 26, 2016). "Introducing Vanity Fair's Sisters Issue, Featuring the McCartneys, Waterhouses, Wojcickis, and Many More". Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  15. ^ Schrader, Emily (May 4, 2023). "The Dellal dynasty: The escapades and scandals of 'Black Jack' and his children". Ynet.
  16. ^ "30 fun facts about Jemima Kirke: How She Landed Her Role on 'Girls'". Booms Beat. April 14, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  17. ^ "Meet the Dellals". Tatler.
  18. ^ Lewis, Rachel (January 30, 2017). "Lola Kirke responded to the Muslim ban with her own story of immigration". HelloGiggles. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
  19. ^ "Amazon's 'Mozart in the Jungle' star Lola Kirke explains how her character's life in the show mirrors her own, and how they're different". Business Insider. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  20. ^ "'Mozart in the Jungle' Canceled at Amazon After Four Seasons (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  21. ^ "Lola Kirke Blasts Critic Who Said She Had 'Haircut from Hell' for 'Outdated' Views on Women". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  22. ^ Perez, Rodrigo (August 14, 2015). "Interview: Lola Kirke Talks 'Mistress America,' Working With David Fincher, and Her Love for 'Top of the Lake'". IndieWire. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  23. ^ "Lola Kirke on Her Breakout Role and All Those Sister Comparisons". Vogue. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  24. ^ Cusumano, Katherine. "Jemima and Lola Kirke Are Really Tired of People Commenting on How They Look". W Magazine. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  25. ^ "Showtime Drama Series 'Three Women' Adds Blair Underwood, Lola Kirke to Cast". October 18, 2021.
  26. ^ Bryant, Olan (February 7, 2023). "Shailene Woodley-Led Drama Series 'Three Women' Saved by Starz". Collider. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  27. ^ "Lola Kirke's New EP Contains Zero Oboe Solos". The Stranger. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  28. ^ Grow, Kory (March 1, 2018). "See 'Mozart in the Jungle' Star Lola Kirke's New Music Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  29. ^ Kaseko, Baraka. "Lola Kirke saves her mesmerizing "Monster" for last". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  30. ^ "Lola Kirke Announces Debut Album, Drops 'Supposed To' Video - BlackBook". BlackBook. June 20, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  31. ^ "Home". www.lolakirkemusic.com. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  32. ^ "Lola Kirke - Heart Head West". Rough Trade. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  33. ^ "LOLA KIRKE Releases "Sip The Wine" (Rick Danko Cover)". Musicnewsnet.com. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  34. ^ "SINGER, SONGWRITER AND ACTRESS LOLA KIRKE SIGNS TO THIRD MAN RECORDS FOR NEW ALBUM DUE NEXT SPRING". Third Man Records. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  35. ^ "Lola Kirke's sophomore album Lady for Sale Out Now". Third Man Records. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  36. ^ "Lola Kirke - Lady For Sale Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  37. ^ Ferguson, Maeri. "Lady For Sale - No Depression". No Depression. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  38. ^ Loftin, Steven. "Lola Kirke - Lady For Sale Album Review". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  39. ^ Snapes, Laura. "Lola Kirke: Lady For Sale Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  40. ^ Johnson, Laura (August 12, 2022). "First Aid Kid To Support New Album 'Palomino' With Winter UK Tour". Stereoboard. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  41. ^ "Lola Kirke Wore a "F— Paul Ryan" Pin at the Golden Globes". The Hollywood Reporter. January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  42. ^ "The 28 Most Highly Anticipated Books of 2025". Harpers Bazaar. January 14, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  43. ^ "The Best Books to Read This January". Town & Country. January 6, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  44. ^ "Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2025". Lit Hub. January 7, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  45. ^ "The Most Anticipated Books Hitting Shelves This Winter". Bustle. December 10, 2024. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  46. ^ James, Caryn (April 28, 2019). "'Dreamland': Film Review | Tribeca 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  47. ^ Blistein, Jon (August 1, 2023). "Lola Kirke Ditches Her Former Flames (and Clothes) in Revealing Video for 'All My Exes Live in L.A.'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 2, 2023. "All My Exes Live in L.A." is an early offering from Kirke's upcoming EP, Country Curious, which will arrive Feb. 16, 2024, via One Riot Records.
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