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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Treasure as Ruth
- 2024 · I Wish You All the Best as
- 2023 · Judy Blume Forever as Self
- 2022 · Sharp Stick as Heather
- 2021 · Honeydew as Delilah
- 2021 · Music as Administrator on Phone with Zu (voice)
- 2020 · The Stand In as Lisa
- 2020 · Miranda July: Where it Began as Herself
- 2020 · Visible: Out on Television as Self
- 2019 · A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as 'Gypsy'
- 2019 · This Changes Everything as Self
- 2018 · Half the Picture as Self
- 2017 · A Goodbye to Girls as Self
- 2017 · 100 Years as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea as Mary (voice)
- 2016 · My Art as Meryl
- 2016 · Don't Think Twice as Self
- 2016 · Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You as Self
- 2015 · Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live as Self
- 2015 · Everything Is Copy as Self
- 2015 · Sky as Billie
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · 7 Days in Hell as Lanny Denver
- 2015 · Thank You and Sorry as
- 2015 · Travel Man: 48 Hours in... as Self - Guest
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2015 · It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise as Herself
- 2014 · Happy Christmas as Carson
- 2014 · This Is Comedy as Herself
- 2014 · 73 Questions as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Cover Girl as "Lena"
- 2012 · This Is 40 as Cat
- 2012 · Side by Side as Self
- 2012 · Girls as Hannah Horvath
- 2012 · Scandal as Susanne Thomas
- 2012 · Finding Your Roots as
- 2012 · Supporting Characters as Alexa
- 2011 · Billy on the Street as Self
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Valerie Solanas
- 2011 · The Innkeepers as Barista
- 2011 · Mildred Pierce as Nurse 1
- 2011 · PressPausePlay as Herself
- 2010 · Tiny Furniture as Aura
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Gabi on the Roof in July as Colby
- 2009 · The House of the Devil as 911 Operator (voice)
- 2009 · Family Tree as
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · The Viewer as The Voice
- 2009 · Creative Nonfiction as Ella
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Judge
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · The Fountain as
- 2007 · Open the Door as
- 2007 · Hooker on Campus as Hooker
- 2006 · Dealing as Georgia
- 2006 · Pressure as
- 2005 · The Colbert Report as
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Candace (voice)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host