Lena Dunham
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.
Born: 13 May 1986
Played In
House of Criticism
I Wish You All the Best
Ms. Lyons
Too Much
Nora South
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
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Treasure
Ruth
Judy Blume Forever
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Sharp Stick
Heather
Honeydew
Delilah
Music
Administrator on Phone with Zu (voice)
The Stand In
Lisa
Miranda July: Where it Began
Herself
Visible: Out on Television
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A Little Late with Lilly Singh
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
'Gypsy'
This Changes Everything
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Half the Picture
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A Goodbye to Girls
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100 Years
Narrator (voice)
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Mary (voice)
My Art
Meryl
Don't Think Twice
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Sky
Billie
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
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Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
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Everything Is Copy
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
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7 Days in Hell
Lanny Denver
Thank You and Sorry
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
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The Late Late Show with James Corden
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The Late Late Show with James Corden
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It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise
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Happy Christmas
Carson
This Is Comedy
Herself
Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Cover Girl
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Supporting Characters
Alexa
This Is 40
Cat
Side by Side
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Girls
Hannah Horvath
Scandal
Susanne Thomas
Finding Your Roots
Billy on the Street
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American Horror Story
Valerie Solanas
The Innkeepers
Barista
Mildred Pierce
Nurse 1
PressPausePlay
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Tiny Furniture
Aura
Conan
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Gabi on the Roof in July
Colby
The House of the Devil
911 Operator (voice)
Family Tree
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
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The Viewer
The Voice
Creative Nonfiction
Ella
RuPaul's Drag Race
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The Graham Norton Show
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Dealing
Georgia
Hooker on Campus
Hooker
The Fountain
Open the Door
Pressure
The Colbert Report
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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The View
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The Daily Show
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The Simpsons
Candace (voice)
Saturday Night Live
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