Lena Dunham

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1986-05-13 (38 years old)

Place of Birth New York, New York, USA

Also Known As 莉娜·杜汉姆

Lena Dunham

Biography

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.

Known For

Director

Too Much

as Director

2022
2022
Sharp Stick

as Director

2020
Who Will You Be?

as Director

2020
Industry

as Director

2017
100 Years

as Director

2013
Best Friends

as Director

2012
Girls

as Director

2010
Tiny Furniture

as Director

2009
2007
Open the Door

as Director

2007
Hooker on Campus

as Director

2007
The Fountain

as Director

2006
Pressure

as Director

2006
Dealing

as Director

Actor

2024
Treasure

as Ruth

2023
2022
Sharp Stick

as Heather

2021
Honeydew

as Delilah

2021
Music

as Administrator on Phone with Zu (voice)

2020
The Stand In

as Lisa

2018
2017
2017
100 Years

as Narrator (voice)

2016
My Art

as Meryl

2016
2015
2015
Sky

as Billie

2015
7 Days in Hell

as Lanny Denver

2015
2014
Happy Christmas

as Carson

2014
This Is Comedy

as Herself

2014
Cover Girl

as "Lena"

2014
73 Questions

as Self

2012
This Is 40

as Cat

2012
Side by Side

as Self

2012
Girls

as Hannah Horvath

2012
Scandal

as Susanne Thomas

2011
The Innkeepers

as Barista

2011
PressPausePlay

as Herself

2011
American Horror Story

as Valerie Solanas

2011
Mildred Pierce

as Nurse 1

2010
2010
Conan

as Self

2009
The House of the Devil

as 911 Operator (voice)

2009
The Viewer

as The Voice

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

2007
2006
Dealing

as Georgia

2003
1996
1989
The Simpsons

as Candace (voice)

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Writer

Too Much

as Writer

Going Infinite

as Writer

2022
Sharp Stick

as Screenplay

2021
Genera+ion

as Writer

2018
Camping

as Writer

2013
Choose You

as Writer

2013
Best Friends

as Writer

2012
Nobody Walks

as Writer

2012
Girls

as Writer

2010
Tiny Furniture

as Writer

2009
2007
Open the Door

as Writer

2006
Pressure

as Writer

Producer

Too Much

as Executive Producer

2024
Treasure

as Executive Producer

2022
Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste

as Executive Producer

2022
Catherine Called Birdy

as Executive Producer

2022
Sharp Stick

as Producer

2021
Genera+ion

as Executive Producer

2020
Industry

as Executive Producer

2018
Camping

as Executive Producer

2017
100 Years

as Producer

2017
Tokyo Project

as Executive Producer

2016
Suited

as Producer

2012
Girls

as Executive Producer

Crew

Too Much

as Creator

2014
The One I Love

as Thanks

Creator

Too Much

as Creator

2018
Camping

as Creator

2012
Girls

as Creator

Editor

2007