PENN Badgley shot into the mainstream after starring as Dan Humphrey in the CW teen drama series Gossip Girl.
Badgley's portrayal of Joe Goldberg in the Netflix psychological thriller series You turned him into a household name, leaving fans eager to learn more about his personal life.
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Who is Penn Badgley's wife, Domino Kirke?
Domino Suzy Kirke-Badgley was born in London, England, on December 17, 1983.
She is named after Domino Harvey, a bounty hunter and the daughter of Laurence Harvey and Paulene Stone.
Domino's father, Simon Frederick St. George Kirke, was the drummer for the bands Free and Bad Company.
Her mother, Lorraine, ran a vintage clothing boutique called Geminola in SoHo, a neighborhood in lower Manhattan.
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Domino's sisters, Lola and Jemima Kirke, are both actresses.
Lola is known for her roles in Mozart in the Jungle, Gone Girl, Winning Time, and Three Women.
Jemima is best known for playing Jessa Johansson in the HBO series Girls; she's also starred in Zayn's music video, Dusk Till Dawn.
After graduating from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, Domino formed a self-titled band stylized as DOMINO.
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Domino met her now-husband, Penn Badgley, in New York City in 2014.
She opened up about meeting the actor in a now-deleted interview with HeyMama.
"I was sort of getting used to being a single mom, maybe a little too used to it," Domino revealed, as reported by People.
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"I had a really good thing with my kid and we were like this little team."
"Penn and I were dating, but it wasn't nearly as serious as it is now, of course. I didn't think marriage was in the cards for us," she added.
In a 2022 interview with Glamour UK, Domino also revealed she struggled to deal with Badgley's fame from his days as an ensemble cast member on Gossip Girl.
"I didn't watchGossip Girl, so I didn't really know what all the fuss was about when I met him," she said.
The duo bonded over their religion, as both were deepening their Baha'i faith at the time.
"I don't think I could truly value human love until I developed divine love," Badgley said.
On February 27, 2017, Badgley and Domino officially tied the knot in a low-key, intimate courthouse ceremony in Brooklyn, New York.
The duo celebrated with family and friends at Maison-May, a French-American restaurant.
Months later, they threw a larger outdoor wedding in upstate New York, marrying each other (again!) on June 24, 2017.
"My first wedding was more of a civil ceremony with about 40 people that were able to join us in a pinch," Domino told HeyMama.
"The second one was more planned. 200 people came from all over the world. It just felt necessary to have both," she added.
What does Domino Kirke do for a living?
Domino Kirke first rose to fame as a singer-songwriter.
She signed to Andres Levin's label, Fun Machine, at the age of 17 and quickly formed the self-titled band DOMINO.
Domino recorded an EP with Mark Ronson and went on tour with her band throughout the US, UK, and Europe, opening for acts like Lily Allen and Gang of Four.
In 2009, Domino began exploring a more unconventional career path: becoming a doula.
A doula notably provides help, support, and guidance to their clients, who are typically going through pregnancy, childbirth, miscarriage, or other health-related experiences, like stillbirths.
In 2012, she co-founded Carriage House Birth alongside Lindsey Bliss,
She is now a full-spectrum doula who can support individuals from preconception to birth, abortion, miscarriage, adoption, and postpartum.
“My role as a doula is my medicine. It nourishes me as much as I nourish and care for the families I work with," Kirke wrote on the CHB website.
“Witnessing people give birth stops time."
"Holding that kind of space for families forces you into your body, the same way it does for the person giving birth."
"In the birth space we’re forced to be extraordinarily present. We’re all equal," she added.
Carriage House Birth joined Bluming Studio to create the Grand Street Healing Project, a community space "for practitioners, hosts and leaders to provide their services and organize events."
Domino is also a mentor at The Doula's Doula, who strives to "make space for doulas: to help them decide if birthwork is right for them and unblur their motivations for doing it," as reported on their Instagram.
Mentors "understand and adopt appropriate boundaries; and reflect on the energetic exchange inherent to doula-ing and what is required to sustain it."
In 2021, she co-wrote a book with Joanna Griffiths titled Life After Birth: Portraits of Love and the Beauty of Parenthood, which focuses on the experiences of postpartum mothers.
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Do Penn and Domino have children?
In February 2020, Domino Kirke and Penn Badgley announced they were expecting their first child together.
The couple had previously struggled to conceive, with Domino suffering two miscarriages.
“I stopped trusting my body and started to accept the fact that I was done,” Domino revealed.
On August 11, 2020, the couple welcomed their first child together and Domino's second child, a son named James.
Domino had previously given birth to her first child, Cassius, in 2009, who she shares with her ex-boyfriend, musician Morgan O'Kane.
“When I was pregnant at 25, I knew nothing. I had no community. I dove in blissfully unaware about birth and its mysteries,” she said.
“Now, with 10 years worth of experience to pull from, I treasure my birth community and the knowledge I have," she added.
In March 2023, Badgley opened up about fatherhood on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
“Well, you know he’s a pandemic kid,” Badgley told Fallon, referring to James.
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“Anybody who has kids, it’s a joy, it’s an immense – I mean, it’s wild. It’s lovely. It’s great. It’s a challenge."
"Shoutout to all the parents. Keep going! Keep going, it gets better," he added.
