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