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.
Movie | Judy Blume Forever | Self | 2023-01-21 |
Movie | Sharp Stick | Heather | 2022-07-29 |
Movie | Music | Administrator on Phone with Zu (voice) | 2021-01-14 |
Movie | Honeydew | Delilah | 2021-03-12 |
Series | Visible: Out On Television | Self | 2020-02-14 |
Movie | The Stand In | Lisa | 2020-12-03 |
Movie | Miranda July: Where it Began | Herself | 2020-04-28 |
Movie | This Changes Everything | Self | 2019-06-28 |
Movie | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | 'Gypsy' | 2019-07-24 |
Series | A Little Late with Lilly Singh | Self | 2019-09-16 |
Series | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Unknown | 2019-09-09 |
Movie | Half the Picture | Self | 2018-06-08 |
Movie | 100 Years | Narrator (voice) | 2017-01-17 |
Movie | A Goodbye to Girls | Self | 2017-04-10 |
Movie | Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You | Self | 2016-01-21 |
Movie | Don't Think Twice | Self | 2016-07-22 |
Movie | My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea | Mary (voice) | 2016-09-11 |
Movie | My Art | Meryl | 2016-09-05 |
Series | Thank You and Sorry | 2015-06-16 | |
Series | Travel Man: 48 Hours in... | Self | 2015-03-30 |
Series | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | 2015-03-23 |
Movie | It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise | Herself | 2015-01-24 |
Movie | 7 Days in Hell | Lanny Denver | 2015-07-11 |
Movie | Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live | Self | 2015-12-20 |
Series | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | 2015-08-02 |
Movie | Everything Is Copy | Self | 2015-09-29 |
Movie | Sky | Billie | 2015-09-16 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Unknown | 2014-02-17 |
Series | 73 Questions | Self | 2014-03-12 |
Movie | This Is Comedy | Herself | 2014-04-18 |
Movie | Happy Christmas | Carson | 2014-07-25 |
Movie | Supporting Characters | Alexa | 2012-01-23 |
Series | Girls | Hannah Horvath | 2012-04-15 |
Movie | Side by Side | Self | 2012-08-19 |
Movie | This Is 40 | Cat | 2012-12-20 |
Movie | PressPausePlay | Herself | 2011-03-01 |
Series | Mildred Pierce | Nurse 1 | 2011-03-27 |
Series | American Horror Story | Valerie Solanas | 2011-10-05 |
Movie | The Innkeepers | Barista | 2011-08-18 |
Series | Billy on the Street | Self | 2011-12-18 |
Movie | Gabi on the Roof in July | Colby | 2010-02-27 |
Series | Conan | Self | 2010-11-08 |
Movie | Tiny Furniture | Aura | 2010-11-12 |
Series | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Judge | 2009-02-02 |
Movie | Creative Nonfiction | Ella | 2009-02-18 |
Movie | The House of the Devil | 911 Operator (voice) | 2009-10-30 |
Movie | The Viewer | The Voice | 2009-04-29 |
Movie | Family Tree | 2009-10-13 | |
Movie | Open the Door | 2007-01-01 | |
Movie | The Fountain | 2007-01-01 | |
Movie | Hooker on Campus | Hooker | 2007-01-01 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Pressure | 2006-01-01 | |
Movie | Dealing | Georgia | 2006-12-12 |
Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | 2003-01-26 |
Series | The Daily Show | Self | 1996-07-22 |
Series | The Simpsons | Candace (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975-10-11 |