Lena Dunham (/ˈliË nÉ™ ˈdÊŒnÉ™m/; born May 13, 1986) is an American
actress, writer, director, and producer. She is known as the creator,
writer, and star of the HBO television series Girls (2012â€"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 â€" 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.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 folded in late 2018.Dunham has
starred in feature 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.
actress, writer, director, and producer. She is known as the creator,
writer, and star of the HBO television series Girls (2012â€"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 â€" 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.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 folded in late 2018.Dunham has
starred in feature 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.
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