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Lena Dunham
New York, New York, USA
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 (2…
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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.
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2026
It Gets Worse
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2026
Choked
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
House of Criticism
Movie
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2026
Notice Me
Movie Producer
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2025
I Wish You All the Best
Movie Ms. Lyons
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2025
Too Much
TV show Nora South
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2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
TV show Self - Guest
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2025
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
Movie Self
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2024
Treasure
Movie Ruth
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2023
Judy Blume Forever
Movie Self
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2022
Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
Catherine Called Birdy
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
Sharp Stick
Movie Heather
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2021
Honeydew
Movie Delilah
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2021
Genera+ion
TV show Executive Producer
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2021
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Movie Administrator on Phone with Zu (voice)
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2020
The Stand In
Movie Lisa
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2020
Industry
TV show Director
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2020
Who Will You Be?
Movie Director
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2020
Memory Xperiment: Kathy Acker
Movie Thanks
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2020
Miranda July: Where it Began
Movie Herself
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2020
Visible: Out on Television
TV show Self
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2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV show Self
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Movie 'Gypsy'
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2019
This Changes Everything
Movie Self
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2018
Camping
TV show Executive Producer
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2018
Half the Picture
Movie Self
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2017
Tokyo Project
Movie Executive Producer
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2017
A Goodbye to Girls
Movie Self
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2017
100 Years
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2016
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Movie Mary (voice)
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2016
My Art
Movie Meryl
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2016
Don't Think Twice
Movie Self
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2016
Sky
Movie Billie
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2016
Suited
Movie Producer
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2016
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Movie Self
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2015
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Movie Self - Special Guest
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2015
Everything Is Copy
Movie Self
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2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
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