Kirby Jenner#Kirby Jenner on Quibi
{{short description|American performance artist}}
Kirby Jenner is a performance artist and internet celebrity. He rose to popularity for his Instagram account where he poses as Kendall Jenner's fraternal twin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/kirby-jenner-instagram/|title=We Investigated Kendall Jenner's Secret Fraternal (not related) Twinstagrammer|last=Mufson|first=Beckett|date=2016-01-07|website=Vice|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-22}}{{Cite web|title=Kirby Jenner on life in one of the world's most famous families|url=https://www.thelovemagazine.co.uk/article/kirby-jenner-on-life-in-one-of-the-worlds-most-famous-families|date=2020-05-25|website=LOVE|access-date=2020-05-26}} He has received nominations for the Webby and Shorty Awards in Social Humor, Best Photography, and Parody Accounts.
Career
Jenner describes himself as an "amateur model."{{Cite web|url=https://www.allure.com/story/kirby-jenner-interview|title=Get to Know Kirby Jenner: An Interview with Kendall Jenner's Secret Twin|last=Dash|first=Kristie|date=2016-01-14|website=Allure|language=en|access-date=2019-01-22}} He began his Instagram account in July 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/meet-kendall-jenners-secret-twin-kirby-jenner-w448447/|title=Meet Kendall Jenner's Secret Twin, Kirby Jenner|last=Abrahamson|first=Rachel Paula|date=2016-11-03|website=Us Weekly|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-22}} By November 2016, the account had 439,000 followers.{{Cite web|url=https://wgntv.com/2016/11/30/meet-kendall-jenners-twin-brother-kirby-jenner/|title=Meet Kendall Jenner's 'twin brother' Kirby Jenner|last=|first=|date=2016-11-30|website=WGN-TV|language=en|access-date=2019-01-22}} His account has 1.4 million followers as of June 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/es/famosos/noticias-famosos/a25992300/kendall-jenner-instagram-kirby/|title=¿Y si te dijéramos que este amigo de Kendall Jenner NO existe?|last=Rodríguez|first=Christian|date=2019-01-22|website=Cosmopolitan|language=es-ES|access-date=2019-01-22}} Newsbeat describes Jenner as a Photoshop pro for his ability to crop himself into the images of Kendall Jenner although he claimed to not know anything about Photoshop in an interview with Bored Panda.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35289905/meet-the-man-who-says-hes-kendall-jenners-secret-twin|title=Meet the man who says he's Kendall Jenner's 'secret twin'|last=|first=|date=2016-12-01|website=Newsbeat|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.boredpanda.com/man-photoshops-himself-kendall-kirby-jenner/|title=This Guy Won't Stop Photoshopping Himself Into Kendall Jenner's Photos And It Makes Them 10 Times Better|date=21 January 2019|website=Bored Panda|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/06/21/selfie-day-mcdonalds-handing-out-free-frylus-tools/|title=Selfie Day: McDonald's handing out free 'Frylus' tools|last=Zavoral|first=Linda|date=2018-06-21|website=The Mercury News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-22}}
=''Kirby Jenner'' on Quibi =
In May 2020, Jenner's self-titled parody reality show premiered on Quibi.{{Cite web|title=Kirby Jenner, the 'fraternal twin' of Kendall Jenner, steps into the spotlight on Quibi|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/24/entertainment/kirby-jenner-interview-quibi-show/index.html|first=Chloe |last=Melas|website=CNN|date=24 May 2020 |access-date=2020-05-26}} Kendall and Kris Jenner are the show's executive producers.{{Cite web|title=Kendall & Kris Jenner To Exec Produce Quibi Series About "Fraternal Twin Brother" & Instagram Parody Kirby Jenner|url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/kendall-kris-jenner-to-exec-produce-quibi-series-about-fraternal-twin-brother-instagram-parody-kirby-jenner-1202798175/|last1=White|first1=Peter|date=2019-12-02|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2020-05-24}} It also features appearances from other members of the Kardashian family as well as several celebrities including Heidi Klum, Tan France, and Camille Kostek.{{Cite web|title=Kirby Jenner on Quibi|url=https://link.quibi.com/1sNO0tnGK6|website=quibi.app.link}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In October 2020, Quibi shut down, and all content, including Kirby Jenner, moved to The Roku Channel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/21/21527197/quibi-streaming-service-mobile-shutting-down-end-katzenberg|title = Quibi is shutting down|date = 21 October 2020}}
Filmography
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!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 2020
|Kirby Jenner |Self |
Awards and nominations
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| 2016
| rowspan="2" |Webby Award |Social- Humor | {{nom}} |{{Cite web|url=https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2016/social/social-content-and-marketing/humor/kirby-jenner/|title=Kirby Jenner {{!}} The Webby Awards|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/kendall-jenners-fraternal-twin-master-instagram-213223976.html|title=Kendall Jenner's 'Fraternal Twin' Is a Master at Instagram|last=|first=|date=2017-04-24|website=Yahoo|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-22}} |
| 2017
|Social- Best Photography & Graphics | {{nom}} |
| 2018
|Meme/Parody Account | {{nominated}} |
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