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Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham

Director · Born 1986-05-13 · New York, New York, USA

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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…

Directed

  1. Girls (2012) — Director
  2. Industry (2020) — Director
  3. Tiny Furniture (2010) — Director
  4. Catherine Called Birdy (2022) — Director
  5. Sharp Stick (2022) — Director
  6. Too Much (2025) — Director
  7. Creative Nonfiction (2009) — Director
  8. 100 Years (2017) — Director
  9. Best Friends (2013) — Director
  10. Open the Door (2007) — Director
  11. The Fountain (2007) — Director
  12. Hooker on Campus (2007) — Director
  13. Dealing (2007) — Director
  14. The Hostess With the Leastest (2012) — Director
  15. Who Will You Be? (2020) — Director
  16. Good Sex — Director
  17. Pressure (2006) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) — 'Gypsy'
  2. The Simpsons (1989) — Candace (voice)
  3. American Horror Story (2011) — Valerie Solanas
  4. This Is 40 (2012) — Cat
  5. The House of the Devil (2009) — 911 Operator (voice)
  6. The Innkeepers (2012) — Barista
  7. The Daily Show (1996) — Self
  8. Scandal (2012) — Susanne Thomas
  9. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Host
  10. Girls (2012) — Hannah Horvath
  11. 7 Days in Hell (2015) — Lanny Denver
  12. Don't Think Twice (2016) — Self
  13. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self
  14. Side by Side (2012) — Self
  15. The Colbert Report (2005)
  16. RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) — Self - Guest Judge
  17. The Graham Norton Show (2007) — Self
  18. Mildred Pierce (2011) — Nurse 1
  19. Conan (2010) — Self
  20. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self
  21. Happy Christmas (2014) — Carson
  22. The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) — Self
  23. Tiny Furniture (2010) — Aura
  24. Music (2021) — Administrator on Phone with Zu (voice)
  25. Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live (2015) — Self - Special Guest
  26. The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) — Self
  27. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) — Self
  28. The Stand In (2020) — Lisa
  29. The View (1997) — Self
  30. Sky (2016) — Billie
  31. Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) — Self - Guest
  32. The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) — Self
  33. Honeydew (2021) — Delilah
  34. Sharp Stick (2022) — Heather
  35. Treasure (2024) — Ruth
  36. This Changes Everything (2019) — Self
  37. A Little Late with Lilly Singh (2019) — Self
  38. Travel Man: 48 Hours in... (2015) — Self - Guest
  39. My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (2016) — Mary (voice)
  40. Everything Is Copy (2015) — Self