Lena Dunham
Directing
Born: May 13, 1986
From: New York, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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, This Is 40 (2012), and Happy Christmas (2014). She voiced Mary …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Wish You All the Best | Ms. Lyons | 2025 | 5.3 |
| Treasure | Ruth | 2024 | 6.535 |
| Judy Blume Forever | Self | 2023 | 7.4 |
| Sharp Stick | Heather | 2022 | 4.9 |
| Music | Administrator on Phone with Zu … | 2021 | 5.2 |
| Half the Picture | Self | 2018 | 6.6 |
| A Goodbye to Girls | Self | 2017 | — |
| 100 Years | Narrator (voice) | 2017 | 6.0 |
| Don't Think Twice | Self | 2016 | 6.408 |
| My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea | Mary (voice) | 2016 | 6.7 |
| Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You | Self | 2016 | 7.1 |
| My Art | Meryl | 2016 | 5.0 |
| 7 Days in Hell | Lanny Denver | 2015 | 6.482 |
| It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise | Self | 2015 | 5.3 |
| Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live | Self - Special Guest | 2015 | 8.5 |
| Sky | Billie | 2015 | 6.2 |
| Everything Is Copy | Self | 2015 | 7.441 |
| Happy Christmas | Carson | 2014 | 5.071 |
| This Is Comedy | Herself | 2014 | — |
| This Is 40 | Cat | 2012 | 5.898 |
| Side by Side | Self | 2012 | 7.239 |
| The Innkeepers | Barista | 2011 | 5.4 |
| PressPausePlay | Self | 2011 | 7.1 |
| Tiny Furniture | Aura | 2010 | 5.6 |
| Gabi on the Roof in July | Colby | 2010 | 5.0 |
| Creative Nonfiction | Ella | 2009 | 3.4 |
| Family Tree | 2009 | — | |
| The Viewer | The Voice | 2009 | 5.0 |
| Hooker on Campus | Hooker | 2007 | 4.0 |
| The Fountain | 2007 | 3.0 | |
| Known for | Directing |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1986 |
| From | New York, New … |