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- Hulu's "Conversations With Friends" is adapted from Sally Rooney's debut novel of the same name.
- Jemima Kirke, Joe Alwyn, Sasha Lane, and Alison Oliver lead the series, premiering May 15.
- Insider created a guide to the cast members' past projects below.
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Kirke is cast as Melissa, an acclaimed writer married to Nick, in "Conversations With Friends."
The London-born and New York-raised actor has had an illustrious on-screen career leading up to this point, dating back to her feature-length debut in her childhood friend Lena Dunham's 2010 film "Tiny Furniture."
When HBO greenlit Dunham's informal pitch for "Girls," she tapped on Kirke once again. This time, she took on the role of bohemian 20-something-year-old Jessa Johansson. The part, which Kirke portrayed on all six seasons of the show from 2012 to 2017, catapulted her to fame.
After "Girls" ended, Kirke went on to appear in a number of films including "Wild Honey Pie" (2018), "Untogether" (2018), and "Sylvie's Love" (2020).
And fans of former One Direction member Zayn Malik may recognize her from his 2017 music video "Dusk Till Dawn."
Most recently, Kirke has played headmistress Hope Hadden on season three of the Netflix series "Sex Education."
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Alwyn portrays Nick, an actor married to Melissa.
The British performer got his start starring in Ang Lee's 2016 feature film "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk."
The Trophee Chopard winner has since carved out roles in a number of period-piece films, including "The Favourite" (2018), "Mary Queen of Scots" (2018), "Harriet" (2019), and "The Last Letter From Your Lover" (2021).
The actor also played university student Henry Wallace in Joel Edgerton's 2018 movie "Boy Erased."
And though Alwyn has not released any of his own music, the actor has a Grammy under his belt thanks to his work on his girlfriend Taylor Swift's 2020 album "Folklore." Swift's eighth studio album won album of the year at the 2021 Grammy Awards.
Alwyn is credited (under the pseudonym William Bowery) on the tracks "Exile" and "Betty," which he cowrote with Swift during quarantine, she confirmed in "Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions."
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Lane enters "Conversations With Friends" as Bobbi, a Trinity College student that used to date Frances. Even after they break up, they remain close friends.
The Texas native landed her breakout role in Andrea Arnold's 2016 film "American Honey." The director discovered Lane while the young woman was sunbathing on a beach a month before production began, she told The Guardian.
Lane's performance in "American Honey" put her on the map, and in the years that followed, the actor appeared in projects such as "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" (2018), "Hearts Beat Loud" (2018), and "Hellboy" (2019).
She also played Jessica Hyde in Amazon Studios' show "Utopia" and Hunter C-20 in the Disney+ series "Loki" before joining the "Conversations With Friends" cast as Bobbi.
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Oliver sits at the center of "Conversations With Friends" as Trinity College student Frances.
The Irish actor trained at the Lir Academy of Trinity College, the same place where Paul Mescal, the star of Hulu's adaptation of Sally Rooney's novel "Normal People," studied.
The show, which she leads, is her first on-screen credit. Oliver was one of the first cast members to secure her role, director Lenny Abrahamson and Element cofounder Ed Guiney told Vanity Fair.
Here's where you've seen the cast of 'Conversations With Friends' before
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