![Lena Dunham](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/nRMeKctDpp5vgYCbrFXEmrAch6k.jpg)
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.
Known For | Writing |
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Most Rating | 19.902 |
Birthday | 1986-05-13 |
Place of Birth | New York, New York, USA |
Also Known As | 莉娜·杜汉姆, |
![Tiny Furniture](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5T81WvUlc1Our3UwmluXBBc3L0k.jpg)
2010
![Tiny Furniture](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5T81WvUlc1Our3UwmluXBBc3L0k.jpg)
Tiny Furniture
5.7/146
After graduating from film school, Aura returns to New York to live with her photographer mother, Siri, and her sister, Nadine, who has just finished...
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![The Innkeepers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/aC9XHtf0Opw2IJDVjSkL8eO71An.jpg)
2011
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The Innkeepers
5.4/628
During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as o...
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7.1/26
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![Gabi on the Roof in July](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ugqjijUhRcWTM0c5FLVGPon9bO1.jpg)
2010
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5.1/13
An ambitious painter on the verge of a big break confronts his moral decay when his idealist, hell-raising, younger sister comes to stay with him in N...
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![This Is 40](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mzUuOIFoVkRTHACRb58vm6mkbBN.jpg)
2012
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This Is 40
5.881/2111
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![Creative Nonfiction](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uydy8s06lCGsoO0gePlHThBy3Zm.jpg)
2009
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Creative Nonfiction
3.6/10
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![Side by Side](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qeeQ7rfTAXNYh4EqqdolFLkNwKM.jpg)
2012
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7.256/285
Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmak...
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![Family Tree](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tFoXdr77yFk7TFgAFHkR0Ko7sJG.jpg)
2009
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Family Tree
0/0
Siblings Tim and Lena squabble after he detects her disinterest in his long-term family genealogy project.
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![The Viewer](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
2009
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The Viewer
5/3
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![It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8Vmzsf3RWMDul4biamQE6CeWvWC.jpg)
2015
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It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise
5.4/9
This portrait of Hilary Knight, the artist behind the iconic Eloise books, sees him reflecting on his life as an illustrator and his relationship to h...
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![Happy Christmas](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gjOQUlsprWkmyZP4hhMGr0GP3LG.jpg)
2014
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5.137/153
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2015
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7 Days in Hell
6.497/369
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2015
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Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
8.5/140
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![This Is Comedy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qI54lvW5BB60nXMNya7IQk6Wj7u.jpg)
2014
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This Is Comedy
0/0
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![Sky](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eCMOtpzERbm065R03t8XbD5oogn.jpg)
2015
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Sky
6.3/88
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![Everything Is Copy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/oCQUxbAcANmQoCR5TeVDEMdVhWR.jpg)
2015
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Everything Is Copy
7.5/27
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![My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/j3hcw7faHyIlVBixdgNMkLW6CzT.jpg)
2016
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My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
6.6/33
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![Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dgjNBtf7iwMi4fNwBLPqzOu0T36.jpg)
2016
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7/11
Arguably the most influential creator, writer, and producer in the history of television, Norman Lear brought primetime into step with the times. Usin...
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![Hooker on Campus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gfGEBw3oAGZ4edGRJXIaQCrgg6A.jpg)
2007
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Hooker on Campus
4/2
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![The Fountain](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qwbod2uXYZKH7ZrqDM6712xQG0s.jpg)
2007
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The Fountain
3/2
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![Half the Picture](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qDkY5KB6iNHzDTMO8X4kuo0iypY.jpg)
2018
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Half the Picture
5.9/11
At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors talk about their art, lives and careers.
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![100 Years](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cncjgKKG8ntOzQ5jMLrNL4c448z.jpg)
2017
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100 Years
6/7
An animated history of American health care provider, Planned Parenthood.
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![My Art](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8cogswePBVOALxSiE2Szyq4XsOn.jpg)
2016
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My Art
5/6
A 65-year-old single artist living in New York City has a good life: a stable teaching job, successful friends, and a loyal, aging dog named Bing. As...
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![Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8j58iEBw9pOXFD2L0nt0ZXeHviB.jpg)
2019
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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
7.4/13118
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a co...
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![This Changes Everything](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gfKlmduljimRyNMgWDCBQSxbW7d.jpg)
2019
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This Changes Everything
6.079/38
An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry...
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![Pressure](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
2006
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Pressure
3.2/4
A young woman listens to two friends discussing their first orgasms, before telling of her childhood love of sneezing.
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Pressure
![Open the Door](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/Aah6ANzj9DcEaNBWtnseOd0hqCb.jpg)
2007
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Open the Door
1.7/3
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![Dealing](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
2006
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Dealing
0/0
Lena Dunham directed short.
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![Miranda July: Where it Began](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2UAPFrrAUclIesVaunDrSrWQdpd.jpg)
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Miranda July: Where it Began
0/0
In this documentary, produced in 2019, director Miranda July and filmmaker Lena Dunham explore July’s beginnings, including her early work as a perfor...
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![The Stand In](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/twQeFldoNaDnMYXmZNXpm3NHlhP.jpg)
2020
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The Stand In
5.4/107
When ordered to serve a year in rehab, actress Candy hires her on-set stand-in to take her place. The unassuming woman flips the script and steals her...
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2021
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Honeydew
5/53
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The House of the Devil
6.293/716
A young college student who’s struggling financially takes a strange babysitting job which coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes he...
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![Supporting Characters](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rSAfIqMTRwEsW51baMXaNK5i2fg.jpg)
2012
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Supporting Characters
6.048/21
Two New York film editors balance their personal relationships while reworking a movie in crisis.
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![Sharp Stick](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hqPILOj6IAcoCYPE6vqGDQJtlUf.jpg)
2022
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Sharp Stick
5.435/31
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2017
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A Goodbye to Girls
0/0
A featurette celebrating six seasons of "Girls."
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2021
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Music
5.441/142
Zu, a free spirit estranged from her family, suddenly finds herself the sole guardian of her half-sister, Music, a teenager on the autism spectrum who...
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![Don't Think Twice](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/f8PuoewhI3qeROdfXSw2Utjf1On.jpg)
2016
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Don't Think Twice
6.4/370
An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
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2023
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Judy Blume Forever
7.2/12
The radical honesty of the books by young adult fiction pioneer Judy Blume changed the way millions of readers understood themselves, their sexuality,...
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2024
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Treasure
7/2
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I Wish You All the Best
0/0
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![Cover Girl](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mQb1kyDiMNVO4iu5djaGBfE9FqX.jpg)
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Cover Girl
0/0
Lena Dunham gets a lesson from Hamish Bowles—with a special assist from supermodels past and present.
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