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.
17 directing credits · 70 acting credits
Directing · 17
Industry
2020
Girls
2012
Too Much
2025
Sharp Stick
2022
Catherine Called Birdy
2022
Tiny Furniture
2010
Good Sex
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100 Years
2017
Hooker on Campus
2007
Best Friends
2013
Dealing
2007
Creative Nonfiction
2009
Open the Door
2007
Pressure
2006
The Fountain
2007
The Hostess With the Leastest
2012
Who Will You Be?
2020
Acting · 70
The Simpsons
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Daily Show
1996
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
American Horror Story
2011
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Saturday Night Live
1975
Conan
2010
The Colbert Report
2005
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Scandal
2012
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Finding Your Roots
2012
Girls
2012
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
Billy on the Street
2011
Too Much
2025
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015
Mildred Pierce
2011
Visible: Out on Television
2020
This Is 40
2012
Treasure
2024
Sharp Stick
2022
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
The House of the Devil
2009
This Changes Everything
2019
Thank You and Sorry
2015
The Stand In
2020
Side by Side
2012
Don't Think Twice
2016
Music
2021
Sky
2016
7 Days in Hell
2015
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
2016
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
2016
Everything Is Copy
2015
The Innkeepers
2011
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
2025
Happy Christmas
2014
Tiny Furniture
2010
100 Years
2017
I Wish You All the Best
2025
Honeydew
2021
Judy Blume Forever
2023
Hooker on Campus
2007
Half the Picture
2018
Supporting Characters
2013
My Art
2016
PressPausePlay
2011
A Goodbye to Girls
2017
Gabi on the Roof in July
2010
The Viewer
2009
Dealing
2007
Creative Nonfiction
2009
Open the Door
2007
It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise
2015
This Is Comedy
2014
Family Tree
2009
Pressure
2006
Cover Girl
2014
Miranda July: Where it Began
2020
The Fountain
2007
House of Criticism
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