Famous Ladies You Never Knew Were BFFs

Lena Dunham and Jemima Kirke

Lena Dunham and Jemima Kirke not only play college roommates turned best friends in the hit HBO comedy Girls, they are best friends who have known each other since high school. Dunham wrote and directed the 2010 dramedy Tiny Furniture, a film which would launch her career as well as Kirke’s.

Using money from her parents to make the film, Dunham had to cast friends and relatives, so her friend Kirke was all too willing to help out. After the success of Tiny Furniture, Dunham landed the opportunity to make a pilot for HBO. The result was Girls, and when it came time to start casting, she called Kirke, who agreed to join the cast. This relationship isn’t so one-sided, though. When Kirke asked to give Dunham a tattoo, she agreed. Now that’s either friendship or a lost bet.