Penn and Kirke are happy together, and Penn has described their love as divine. In June 2017, the couple organized a bigger ceremony in upstate New York, which featured celebrity guests such as Debra Messing and Zac Posen. The ceremony was attended by close friends and family. However, in February 2017, they got married in an intimate courthouse ceremony in Brooklyn. Kirke didn’t think that she would get married to an actor. I didn’t think marriage was in the cards for us.” Penn and I were dating, but it wasn’t nearly as serious as it is now, of course. I had a really good thing with my kid and we were like this little team.
“I was sort of getting used to being a single mom, maybe a little too used to it.
It was a serious relationship, but Kirke never thought that it would lead to marriage. It’s unclear when exactly Penn and Domino met, but it is believed that they started dating in 2014. I’m trying to find a way to get rid of the stigma around ‘you’re the singer, you’re the actor’ – we have to be able to do more than one thing.” She met Penn in 2014 and got married to him in 2017 But we get judged for it… I’m not like, ‘I’m a famous doula.’ I’m a doula. I think we’re lucky to be able to not just be an actor we can do a lot more now these days, I find. “I think it’s an age of people doing more than just one thing. She is balancing music, being a doula, and being a mom, and she wants to be recognized for all of them. Kirke doesn’t want to be identified as being a musician only. Domino enjoyed being involved in the process that led to the creation of her album. Kirke worked with Joan, and also dug in to do some mixing. Kirke found the missing touch to be female producer Joan Wasser.
So, now my son is older and it’s easier to get behind this one.”ĭomino always felt the attraction to music, but she always wondered about how to re-introduce herself into the industry. She told WWD “I’ve always put out EPs because I had a kid and never had the time to tour and do what it takes to support a record. The birth of Domino’s son affected her music careerĭomino had to slow her music career for a while to focus on raising her child and establishing her business. Domino made four EPs before releasing her debut album titled Beyond Waves in 2017. Domino made a lot of pop music, and she didn’t feel like she put any of her soul into it. She also wasn’t happy with the music she made at the time. “When I was younger I had a moment where I recorded with Mark Ronson and I was around when Amy Winehouse was around we were all in the same label… I was like 24, and it was a lot of drugs, a lot of alcohol, and I was like, ‘I don’t wanna be a part of that scene.” Domino told WWD that she didn’t like the music scene that she had been introduced to She revealed that, through her father, she had seen the downsides of a music career, and it made her afraid of the entertainment business. Despite her success in the industry, Domino found herself pulling away from it. The band recorded an EP with Mark Ronson and went on tour with artists such as Lily Allen and Gang of Four. Levin signed Domino to his label Fun Machine before she joined forces with Jordan Galland to form the band DOMINO. She was discovered at the age of 17 by producer Andres Levin while performing at Joe’s Pub. LaGuardia High School to study classical voice and piano. After moving to New York, Domino attended Fiorello H. Kirke started singing in choirs and operas at the age of 9. She is an accomplished singer and songwriter A doula is a woman who provides guidance and support for a woman in labor. She also co-founded a collective of doulas in New York and L.A. The experience inspired her to become a doula. Domino was taken to hospital, and Cassius was delivered via C-section. Domino attempted to have a home birth, but she suffered a uterine infection after being in labor for three days. In 2009, Domino’s relationship with musician Morgan O’Kane led to the birth of her son Cassius. The chaotic birth of Domino’s son inspired her to become a doula She avoids attending red carpet events and being spotted in public with her husband. You might think that Domino is used to being under the spotlight, but it doesn’t seem like she likes it very much. I felt this pressure to just be the singer in my family or the musician in my family.”
“I think when you come from a house full of artists, everyone’s got their niche. Domino felt the calling to follow her father into music. Jemima and Lola are actors, and they appeared in Girls and Gone Girl, respectively.
Her father was the drummer for Free and Bad Company while her mother runs the Geminola boutique in SoHo.ĭomino and her sisters seem to have caught the performance bug from their father. Domino was born in Westminster, London, and she is of English and Iraqi-Jewish heritage.