Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham (born May 13, 1986) is an American writer, director, actress, and producer. She is known as the creator, writer, and star of the HBO television series Girls (2012–2017), for which she received several Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe Awards. Dunham also directed several episodes of Girls and became the first woman to win the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series. Prior to Girls, Dunham wrote, directed, and starred in the semi-autobiographical independent film Tiny Furniture (2010), for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. Her second feature film, Sharp Stick, written and directed by Dunham, was released in 2022. Her third film, Catherine Called Birdy, had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2022. It was released in a limited release on September 23, 2022, by Amazon Studios, prior to streaming on Prime Video on October 7, 2022.
In 2013, Dunham was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. In 2014, Dunham released her first book, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned". In 2015, along with Girls showrunner Jenni Konner, Dunham created the publication Lenny Letter, a feminist online newsletter. The publication ran for three years before folding in late 2018.
Dunham briefly appeared in films such as Supporting Characters and This Is 40 (both 2012) and Happy Christmas (2014). She voiced Mary in the 2016 film My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. On television, aside from Girls, she has played guest roles in Scandal and The Simpsons (both 2015). In 2017, she portrayed Valerie Solanas in American Horror Story: Cult.
In 2013, Dunham was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. In 2014, Dunham released her first book, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned". In 2015, along with Girls showrunner Jenni Konner, Dunham created the publication Lenny Letter, a feminist online newsletter. The publication ran for three years before folding in late 2018.
Dunham briefly appeared in films such as Supporting Characters and This Is 40 (both 2012) and Happy Christmas (2014). She voiced Mary in the 2016 film My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. On television, aside from Girls, she has played guest roles in Scandal and The Simpsons (both 2015). In 2017, she portrayed Valerie Solanas in American Horror Story: Cult.
Known for
Treasure
I Wish You All the Best
Judy Blume Forever
Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste
Catherine Called Birdy
Sharp Stick
Honeydew
Genera+ion
Music
The Stand In
Industry
Who Will You Be?
Memory Xperiment: Kathy Acker
Miranda July: Where it Began
Visible: Out on Television
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
This Changes Everything
Camping
Half the Picture
Tokyo Project
A Goodbye to Girls
100 Years
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
My Art
Don't Think Twice
Suited
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Everything Is Copy
Sky
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
7 Days in Hell
Thank You and Sorry
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
The Late Late Show with James Corden
It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise
The One I Love
Happy Christmas
This Is Comedy
73 Questions
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Cover Girl
This Is 40
Nobody Walks
Side by Side
Girls
Scandal
Supporting Characters
Billy on the Street
American Horror Story
The Innkeepers
Mildred Pierce
PressPausePlay
Tiny Furniture
Conan
Gabi on the Roof in July
The House of the Devil
Family Tree
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Creative Nonfiction
RuPaul's Drag Race
The Graham Norton Show
Hooker on Campus
The Colbert Report
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Daily Show
The Simpsons
Saturday Night Live