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.
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ActingBirthday
May 13, 1986Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
62Place of birth
New York, New York, USAAlso known as
莉娜·杜汉姆Cast credits
Tiny Furniture
AuraThe Innkeepers
BaristaPressPausePlay
HerselfGabi on the Roof in July
ColbyThis Is 40
CatCreative Nonfiction
EllaSide by Side
SelfFamily Tree
It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise
HerselfHappy Christmas
Carson7 Days in Hell
Lanny DenverTaylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
SelfThis Is Comedy
HerselfSky
BillieEverything Is Copy
SelfMy Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Mary (voice)Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
SelfHooker on Campus
HookerThe Fountain
Half the Picture
SelfCrew credits
Tiny Furniture
Director, WriterNobody Walks
WriterCreative Nonfiction
Writer, DirectorOpen the Door
Director, WriterHooker on Campus
Director, EditorThe Fountain
Director100 Years
Director, ProducerTokyo Project
Executive ProducerMemory Xperiment: Kathy Acker
ThanksWho Will You Be?
DirectorCatherine Called Birdy
Director, Writer, Executive ProducerSharp Stick
Director, Screenplay, ProducerSuited
ProducerPolly Pocket Movie
Director, WriterOrgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste
Executive ProducerTreasure
Executive Producer