Lena Dunham

Known for DirectingBorn 1986-05-13 (age 40)New York, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live

American Horror Story

The Simpsons

Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

RuPaul's Drag Race

Everything Is Copy

Judy Blume Forever

Side by Side

Genera+ion

Scandal

Conan

The Graham Norton Show

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

PressPausePlay

Mildred Pierce

The One I Love

Industry

The Colbert Report

Suited

My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

Half the Picture

Treasure

Saturday Night Live

7 Days in Hell

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Don't Think Twice

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

Girls

Visible: Out on Television

Billy on the Street

Tokyo Project

This Changes Everything

The Daily Show

Sky

The House of the Devil

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Finding Your Roots

Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste

Catherine Called Birdy

100 Years

Thank You and Sorry

This Is 40

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Supporting Characters

Too Much

Tiny Furniture

The Pleasure of Being Robbed