Who Is Penn Badgley’s Spouse? Meet Domino Kirke

Penn Badgley and his spouse, Domino Kirke-Badgley, have a fairly candy love story. The pair bought collectively in July 2014, shortly after the “You” star dated Zoë Kravitz, and have been inseparable ever since. After tying the knot not as soon as however twice in 2017, the couple began a household collectively, which consists of their toddler son, whom they welcomed on Aug. 11, 2020. Domino additionally has a son named Cassius Kirke from a earlier relationship with musician Morgan O’Kane.

The 2 have been pretty clear about their relationship, letting followers in on their romance by means of birthday tributes and foolish movies posted on social media. They’ve additionally shared how they first met one another after Penn’s “Gossip Lady” days (which Domino mentioned she was utterly oblivious to) on his podcast, “Podcrushed,” the place Domino revealed that the 2 form of, nearly turned roommates.

“Penn and I met at a meatball store. Penn was sick, he had a chilly, was not in a fantastic place,” she recollects. “Little ungrounded, come from touring and sofa browsing . . . I used to be like, ‘Do you wish to transfer into my home? I’ve a room for lease,’ and he was like, ‘No, I am not going to dwell with you.'” Although Domino solely bought the actor’s quantity on the time, the 2 have, in fact, since moved in collectively and appear fortunately in love.

Opposite to widespread perception, Penn’s spouse has really performed a component in his profession, because the actor has consulted her on sure decisions, particularly once they contain him probably having to do love scenes. Actually, Domino is a giant cause why he even agreed to star in his Netflix drama after nearly turning it down.

Learn forward to find out how Domino modified Penn’s thoughts about “You” and discover out extra about her.

She “Inspired” Penn to Tackle His “You” Function

Penn beforehand opened up about his “zero”-intimacy-scene coverage for “You” season 4 on his podcast, noting that “constancy in each relationship, and particularly my marriage, is necessary to me.” The actor then doubled down on his reasoning in an interview with Selection, printed on Feb. 15, during which he revealed, regardless of wanting to show down “You” to keep away from any love scenes, his spouse really “inspired” him to play his charming serial-killer character Joe Goldberg. “I wasn’t going to take heed to anybody greater than her,” he mentioned.

She’s Appeared on Her Husband’s Podcast

In October 2022, Domino made her debut on Penn’s podcast, which focuses on subjects about center college and the “heartbreak, anxiousness, and self-discovery of being a youngster,” per its description. Along with sharing how the couple first met, she additionally opened up about traumatic experiences from her childhood and her profession as a beginning employee. Penn referred to her because the present’s “most particular visitor.”

It Took Her Years to Get Used to Penn’s Fame

In a January 2022 interview with Glamour UK practically 5 years after marrying Penn, Domino revealed that she was “nonetheless getting used to” the actor’s fame, though the couple had already been collectively for eight years at the moment. “I did not watch ‘Gossip Lady,’ so I did not actually know what all of the fuss was about after I met him. So I am nonetheless form of – getting used to this, and I feel he’s too as a result of he was at all times a part of this ensemble. So that is new for him,” she defined of Penn’s “You” period.

She continued: “He is the star, the shining star of all of it. I feel it is a studying curve for us, for positive. It is very unnatural to be recognized in addition to he is recognized proper now. It feels form of unusual once we’re out and about to have the quantity of individuals come as much as us – it is fairly loopy, really. So, I do not suppose it ever feels regular or wholesome, so we’re all simply getting used to it.”

She Works as a Doula

Domino, who cofounded her personal Brooklyn-based doula company known as Carriage Home Delivery in 2012, has been aiding anticipating households with births for years now. She’s even had some high-profile shoppers like Amy Schumer, whom Domino helped through the 2019 beginning of her son Gene. However the comic additionally admitted she fired Domino.

“I instantly was like, ‘I am good and I do not want a postpartum doula anymore,” Schumer mentioned throughout a June 2022 episode of Penn’s podcast, sharing that she regretted her choice. “The reality was, and that is fairly unfair to her after I had Gene and I used to be recovering from a C-section. Domino is sort of a goddess. She’s an precise floating siren round the home. And she or he’s so pretty, and when she touches you, such as you simply form of soften . . . I simply felt so weak that I used to be like, ‘I can not have this Botticelli goddess floating round my residence when I’m, like, bleeding out.’ I did not have the energy to permit myself the luxurious of getting her round our residence. I used to be like, ‘I feel you possibly can’t come anymore.'”

She Additionally Makes Music

Similar to her husband, who as soon as performed in a band known as Mothxr, Domino has musical expertise and, based on Harper’s Bazaar, has been making music since she was a youngster. She launched her debut album, “Past Waves,” in 2017, and Penn fortunately promoted it on Twitter, writing, “.@DominoKirke has launched a stunning file that may stand the check of time.”

She Has Well-known Family

Penn is not the one well-known individual Domino is aware of. Her sisters, Jemima Kirke and Lola Kirke, are additionally actors. Jemina beforehand starred in “Women,” whereas Lola has been featured in onscreen tasks like “Gone Lady” and the Prime Video collection “Mozart within the Jungle.” In the meantime, Domino’s father, Simon Frederick St. George Kirke, is a drummer for English rock band Free and Unhealthy Firm.