Lena Dunham
Born: 1986-05-13 in New York, New York, USA
Known For: Directing
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lena Dunham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- Too Much as Nora South
- I Wish You All the Best as Ms. Lyons
- Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell as Self
2024
- Treasure as Ruth
2023
- Judy Blume Forever as Self
2022
- Sharp Stick as Heather
- Catherine Called Birdy ... (Executive Producer)
- Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Honeydew as Delilah
- Music as Administrator on Phone with Zu (voice)
- Genera+ion ... (Executive Producer)
2020
- Industry ... (Director)
- The Stand In as Lisa
- Visible: Out on Television as Self
- Memory Xperiment: Kathy Acker ... (Thanks)
- Who Will You Be? ... (Director)
- Miranda July: Where it Began as Herself
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as 'Gypsy'
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- This Changes Everything as Self
2018
- Half the Picture as Self
- Camping ... (Executive Producer)
2017
- 100 Years as Narrator (voice)
- Tokyo Project ... (Executive Producer)
- A Goodbye to Girls as Self
2016
- My Art as Meryl
- Suited ... (Producer)
- Don't Think Twice as Self
- My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea as Mary (voice)
- Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You as Self
2015
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Travel Man: 48 Hours in... as Self - Guest
- 7 Days in Hell as Lanny Denver
- Everything Is Copy as Self
- It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise as Self
- Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live as Self - Special Guest
- Thank You and Sorry
- Sky as Billie
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Happy Christmas as Carson
- The One I Love ... (Thanks)
- This Is Comedy as Herself
- Cover Girl as Self
2013
- Best Friends ... (Director)
- Choose You ... (Writer)
2012
- Scandal as Susanne Thomas
- Girls as Hannah Horvath
- Finding Your Roots
- This Is 40 as Cat
- Supporting Characters as Alexa
- Side by Side as Self
- Nobody Walks ... (Writer)
- The Hostess With the Leastest ... (Director)
2011
- American Horror Story as Valerie Solanas
- The Innkeepers as Barista
- Mildred Pierce as Nurse 1
- PressPausePlay as Self
- Billy on the Street as Self
2010
- Conan as Self
- Tiny Furniture as Aura
- Gabi on the Roof in July as Colby
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- The Viewer as The Voice
- The House of the Devil as 911 Operator (voice)
- Family Tree
- Creative Nonfiction as Ella
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Dealing as Georgia
- The Fountain
- Open the Door
- Hooker on Campus as Hooker
2006
2005
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