Lena Dunham
Directing
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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Directing17
tvToo Much
2025
Director
movieCatherine Called Birdy
2022
Director
movieSharp Stick
2022
Director
tvIndustry
2020
Director
movieWho Will You Be?
2020
Director
movie100 Years
2017
Director
movieBest Friends
2013
Director
tvGirls
2012
Director
movieTiny Furniture
2010
Director
movieCreative Nonfiction
2009
Director
movieDealing
2007
Director
movieOpen the Door
2007
Director
movieHooker on Campus
2007
Director
movieThe Fountain
2007
Director
moviePressure
2006
Director
movieGood Sex
Director
Acting70
movieI Wish You All the Best
2025
Ms. Lyons
tvToo Much
2025
Nora South
movieSharp Stick
2022
Heather
movieHoneydew
2021
Delilah
movieMusic
2021
Administrator on Phone with Zu (voice)
movie100 Years
2017
Narrator (voice)
movieMy Art
2016
Meryl
movieSky
2016
Billie
movieTaylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
Self - Special Guest
movie7 Days in Hell
2015
Lanny Denver
tvTravel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015
Self - Guest
tvThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Self / Self - Guest
movieHappy Christmas
2014
Carson
movieThis Is Comedy
2014
Herself
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self / Self - Guest
tvGirls
2012
Hannah Horvath
tvScandal
2012
Susanne Thomas
movieThe Innkeepers
2012
Barista
tvAmerican Horror Story
2011
Valerie Solanas
tvMildred Pierce
2011
Nurse 1
tvConan
2010
Self
movieThe House of the Devil
2009
911 Operator (voice)
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
The Viewer
2009
The Voice
tvRuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Self - Guest Judge
movieDealing
2007
Georgia
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self / Self - Mean Tweets
tvThe View
1997
Self
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Candace (voice)
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host
Writing16
tvToo Much
2025
Writer
movieCatherine Called Birdy
2022
Screenplay
movieSharp Stick
2022
Screenplay
tvGenera+ion
2021
Writer
tvCamping
2018
Writer
movieCover Girl
2014
Writer
movieBest Friends
2013
Writer
movieNobody Walks
2012
Writer
tvGirls
2012
Writer
movieTiny Furniture
2010
Writer
movieOpen the Door
2007
Writer
moviePressure
2006
Writer
movieGood Sex
Writer
Production15
movieChoked
2026
Executive Producer
movieNotice Me
2026
Producer
tvToo Much
2025
Executive Producer
movieTreasure
2024
Executive Producer
movieOrgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste
2022
Executive Producer
movieCatherine Called Birdy
2022
Executive Producer
movieSharp Stick
2022
Producer
tvGenera+ion
2021
Executive Producer
tvIndustry
2020
Executive Producer
tvCamping
2018
Executive Producer
movieTokyo Project
2017
Executive Producer
movie100 Years
2017
Producer
movieSuited
2016
Producer
tvGirls
2012
Executive Producer
movieGood Sex
Producer
