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Lena Dunham
Born · May 13, 1986 (38 years old)
Known For: Directing
Place of Birth: New York, New York, USA
Bio
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.
Treasure
Ruth
7.1
2024
I Wish You All the Best
0.0
2024
Judy Blume Forever
Self
7.4
2023
Sharp Stick
Heather
5.4
2022
Honeydew
Delilah
4.9
2021
Music
Administrator on Phone with Zu (voice)
5.4
2021
The Stand In
Lisa
5.4
2020
Miranda July: Where it Began
Herself
0.0
2020
Visible: Out on Television
Self · (5 episodes)
7.1
2020
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self · (1 episode)
3.8
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 episode)
6.2
2019
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
'Gypsy'
7.4
2019
This Changes Everything
Self
6.2
2019
Half the Picture
Self
5.9
2018
A Goodbye to Girls
Self
0.0
2017
100 Years
Narrator (voice)
6.0
2017
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Mary (voice)
6.6
2016
My Art
Meryl
5.0
2016
Don't Think Twice
Self
6.4
2016
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Self
7.0
2016
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Self
8.5
2015
Everything Is Copy
Self
7.3
2015
Sky
Billie
6.3
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
5.7
2015
7 Days in Hell
Lanny Denver
6.5
2015
Thank You and Sorry
(6 episodes)
6.0
2015
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
6.6
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self · (1 episode)
5.4
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.4
2015
It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise
Herself
5.4
2015
Happy Christmas
Carson
5.1
2014
This Is Comedy
Herself
0.0
2014
73 Questions
Self · (1 episode)
8.7
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (3 episodes)
5.5
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(3 episodes)
5.8
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2014
Cover Girl
"Lena"
0.0
2014
This Is 40
Cat
5.9
2012
Side by Side
Self
7.3
2012
Girls
Hannah Horvath · (62 episodes)
6.3
2012
Scandal
Susanne Thomas · (1 episode)
7.2
2012
Finding Your Roots
(1 episode)
6.2
2012
Supporting Characters
Alexa
6.0
2012
Billy on the Street
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2011
American Horror Story
Valerie Solanas · (1 episode)
8.1
2011
The Innkeepers
Barista
5.4
2011
Mildred Pierce
Nurse 1 · (2 episodes)
7.0
2011
PressPausePlay
Herself
7.1
2011
Tiny Furniture
Aura
5.7
2010
Conan
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
2010
Gabi on the Roof in July
Colby
5.1
2010
The House of the Devil
911 Operator (voice)
6.3
2009
Family Tree
0.0
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
5.0
2009
The Viewer
The Voice
5.0
2009
Creative Nonfiction
Ella
3.4
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge · (1 episode)
7.5
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (2 episodes)
7.2
2007
Hooker on Campus
Hooker
4.0
2007
The Fountain
3.0
2007
Open the Door
1.7
2007
Dealing
Georgia
0.0
2006
Pressure
3.2
2006
The Colbert Report
(1 episode)
6.8
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2003
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1996
The Simpsons
Candace (voice) · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1975