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Actor and comedianNick Krollis best known for his role onBig Mouthand his Comedy Central series,Kroll Show. He met his wife, Lily Kwong, in 2018 and the twotied the knotin 2020.
A landscape artist, Kwong has had quite an impressive career: She madeForbes' “30 Under 30” list in 2018 and has worked with high-profile brands like Nike and St. Germain.
“My girlfriend @lily_kwong created the botanical art piece #moongates comprised of over 600 orchids, yards of hand-stitched moss and oolite limestone rock for #artbaselmiami,“Kroll wrote on Instagramin 2019, praising Kwong’s talent. “When you sashay through it, you feel almost as beautiful as the installation itself.”
Kroll and Kwong are parents, too. The couplewelcomed their first child, Leo, in January 2021, and their daughter,Gaia, in September 2023.
Read on to learn about Nick Kroll’s wife, Lily Kwong.
She went to Columbia University
In 2012, she graduated from Columbia University with a bachelor’s degree in urban studies.
She is a landscape artist
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When she was young, Kwong developed a love for nature. In a 2018interview withWhitewallmagazine, she shared that she earned the nickname Scout when she was a kid. “I had a nature club when I was in first grade. I was always leading kids into the woods to either forage or gather materials,” she told the outlet.
After college, Kwong coupled her fascination with people and places with her desire to make the world a better place. She foundedStudio Lily Kwongwith the mission to reconnect people to nature. Kwong has spent her career focusing on sustainability efforts and has completed landscape projects for several brands, including theNike FoundationandSt-Germain.
Her work has also been featured in many publications, includingForbesandArchitectural Digest.
She founded an initiative for edible urban gardens
Kwong hopes to inspire others to live a more sustainable life, which is one of the reasons that she founded theFreedom Gardens.
According to its website, Freedom Gardens is “a community-driven platform reconnecting people to growing food.” In an interview withRefinery29, Kwong shared the initiative’s long-term goals. “Our movement is about freedom from a centralized food system, freedom from illness (both societal and physical), and freedom to reconnect with the land and ourselves,” she said.
While speaking withWhitewall, Kwong was asked how others could get involved with sustainability efforts.
“The best thing that you can do is to not be intimidated and remember that you have intuitive knowledge about plants,” she said. “Is there a community garden that you can support and care for that kids have access to? Is there a school garden that’s around? It’s all about re-establishing your connection, or finding something in your backyard, whether it’s a community garden or a school garden. Start small.”
She madeForbes' “30 Under 30” list in 2018
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“Brooklyn-based landscape designer Kwong got her start as a project director for LVMH in Miami, where she became interested in sustainable design,” the publication wrote. “Today her projects range from covering a quarter mile of New York’s High Line in flowers to celebrate the summer solstice with alcohol brand St-Germain to an eco-friendly capsule collection with fashion brand Maiyet.”
She met Kroll on Raya
The couple met on the exclusive, high-profiledating app Raya.
In March 2020, Kroll appeared on the podcastYou Up withNikki Glaserandshared how he and Kwong met. “I think she sent the first message, which I really liked,” he told Glaser. “She was in New York and I was in L.A. We had a long [time] kind of where we didn’t see each other. We just chatted very casually and then met at some point in New York and liked each other and slowly progressed.”
She and Kroll got married in November 2020
Within a month, the couple exchanged vows. “So very thankful for @lily_kwong,” Krollwrote on Instagramin November 2020, officially announcing that they had gotten married.
Kwong shared some wedding snaps of her own. “Married my great love with only cliffs, ocean, redwoods & sunset as witnesses. Very excited to be your wife,” shecaptioned an Instagram post.
She and Kroll share two children
On Jan. 21, 2021,Kroll and Kwong became parentsfor the first time.
Their daughter,Gaia, was born in September 2023. This time around, the couple waited 40 days before announcing her arrival.
source: people.com
