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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Known For
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
Self
2025
Treasure
Ruth
2024
I Wish You All the Best
2024
Judy Blume Forever
Self
2023
Sharp Stick
Heather
2022
Honeydew
Delilah
2021
Music
Administrator on Phone with Zu (voice)
2021
The Stand In
Lisa
2020
Miranda July: Where it Began
Herself
2020
Visible: Out on Television
Self · (5 episodes)
2020
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self · (1 episode)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 episode)
2019
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
'Gypsy'
2019
This Changes Everything
Self
2019
Half the Picture
Self
2018
A Goodbye to Girls
Self
2017
100 Years
Narrator (voice)
2017
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Mary (voice)
2016
My Art
Meryl
2016
Don't Think Twice
Self
2016
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Self
2016
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Self
2015
Everything Is Copy
Self
2015
Sky
Billie
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2015
7 Days in Hell
Lanny Denver
2015
Thank You and Sorry
(6 episodes)
2015
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self · (1 episode)
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2015
It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise
Herself
2015
Happy Christmas
Carson
2014
This Is Comedy
Herself
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (3 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(3 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
This Is 40
Cat
2012
Side by Side
Self
2012
Girls
Hannah Horvath · (62 episodes)
2012
Scandal
Susanne Thomas · (1 episode)
2012
Finding Your Roots
(1 episode)
2012
Supporting Characters
Alexa
2012
Billy on the Street
Self · (1 episode)
2011
American Horror Story
Valerie Solanas · (1 episode)
2011
The Innkeepers
Barista
2011
Mildred Pierce
Nurse 1 · (2 episodes)
2011
PressPausePlay
Self
2011
Tiny Furniture
Aura
2010
Conan
Self · (1 episode)
2010
Gabi on the Roof in July
Colby
2010
The House of the Devil
911 Operator (voice)
2009
Family Tree
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
2009
The Viewer
The Voice
2009
Creative Nonfiction
Ella
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge · (1 episode)
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (2 episodes)
2007
Dealing
Georgia
2007
Hooker on Campus
Hooker
2007
The Fountain
2007
Open the Door
2007
The Colbert Report
(1 episode)
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
2003
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996
The Simpsons
Candace (voice) · (1 episode)
1989
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975