Lena Dunham
Directing
Born May 13, 1986 in 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 (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.
Filmography
Good Sex
Choked
Notice Me
I Wish You All the Best
Ms. Lyons
Too Much
Nora South
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
Self
Treasure
Ruth
Judy Blume Forever
Self
Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste
Catherine Called Birdy
Sharp Stick
Heather
Honeydew
Delilah
Genera+ion
Music
Administrator on Phone with Zu (voice)
The Stand In
Lisa
Industry
Who Will You Be?
Memory Xperiment: Kathy Acker
Miranda July: Where it Began
Herself
Visible: Out on Television
Self
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
'Gypsy'
This Changes Everything
Self
Camping
Half the Picture
Self
Tokyo Project
A Goodbye to Girls
Self
100 Years
Narrator (voice)
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Mary (voice)
My Art
Meryl
Don't Think Twice
Self
Sky
Billie
Suited
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Self
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Self - Special Guest
Everything Is Copy
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
7 Days in Hell
Lanny Denver
Thank You and Sorry
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise
Self
The One I Love
Happy Christmas
Carson
This Is Comedy
Herself
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Cover Girl
Self
Best Friends
Supporting Characters
Alexa
This Is 40
Cat
Nobody Walks
Side by Side
Self
The Hostess With the Leastest
Girls
Hannah Horvath
Scandal
Susanne Thomas
Finding Your Roots
The Innkeepers
Barista
Billy on the Street
Self
American Horror Story
Valerie Solanas
Mildred Pierce
Nurse 1
PressPausePlay
Self
Tiny Furniture
Aura
Conan
Self
Gabi on the Roof in July
Colby
The House of the Devil
911 Operator (voice)
Family Tree
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Creative Nonfiction
Ella
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
The Pleasure of Being Robbed
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Dealing
Georgia
Hooker on Campus
Hooker
The Fountain
Open the Door
Pressure
The Colbert Report
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
The View
Self
The Daily Show
Self
The Simpsons
Candace (voice)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host