
Lena Dunham
Biography
Lena Dunham (/ˈliːnə ˈdʌnəm/; born May 13, 1986) is an American writer, director, actress, and producer. She is 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. She started her career writing, directing, and starring in her semi-autobiographical independent film Tiny Furniture (2010), for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. She has since written and directed the 2022 films Sharp Stick and Catherine Called Birdy.
In 2013, Dunham was included in the annual Time100 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 its discontinuation in late 2018.
Dunham briefly appeared in films such as Supporting Characters, This Is 40 (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. Aside from Girls, she has played guest roles on television in Scandal and The Simpsons (both 2015). In 2017, she portrayed Valerie Solanas in American Horror Story: Cult.
Dunham's work and her outspoken presence on social media and in interviews have attracted significant controversy, praise, criticism, and media scrutiny throughout her career.
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Acting (39 movies)

Don't Think Twice
2016

Judy Blume Forever
2023

Tiny Furniture
2010

Sharp Stick
2022

The Innkeepers
2011

PressPausePlay
2011

Gabi on the Roof in July
2010

This Is 40
2012

Creative Nonfiction
2009

Side by Side
2012

Family Tree
2009

A Goodbye to Girls
2017

Happy Christmas
2014

Music
2021

7 Days in Hell
2015

Treasure
2024

I Wish You All the Best
2025

It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise
2015

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015

This Is Comedy
2014

Sky
2015

Everything Is Copy
2015

My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
2016

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
2016

Hooker on Campus
2007

The Fountain
2007

Half the Picture
2018

100 Years
2017

My Art
2016

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019

This Changes Everything
2019

Open the Door
2007

Miranda July: Where it Began
2020

The Stand In
2020

Honeydew
2021

The House of the Devil
2009

Supporting Characters
2012

Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
2025

Pressure
2006
Directing (13 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Pressure | 2006 | Writer |
| Open the Door | 2007 | Writer |
| Creative Nonfiction | 2009 | Writer |
| Tiny Furniture | 2010 | Writer |
| Nobody Walks | 2012 | Writer |
| Best Friends | 2013 | Writer |
| Choose You | 2013 | Writer |
| Suited | 2016 | Producer |
| 100 Years | 2017 | Producer |
| Tokyo Project | 2017 | Executive Producer |
| Sharp Stick | 2022 | Screenplay |
| Sharp Stick | 2022 | Producer |
| Catherine Called Birdy | 2022 | Executive Producer |
| Catherine Called Birdy | 2022 | Writer |
| Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste | 2022 | Executive Producer |
| Treasure | 2024 | Executive Producer |

