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Lena Dunham

1986-05-13 (38 years old) in New York, New York, USA

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.

Movies

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Treasure
71 %|Jun 13, 2024
Drama, Comedy
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I Wish You All the Best
0 %|Mar 12, 2024
Drama, Romance
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Judy Blume Forever
74 %|Jan 21, 2023
Documentary
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Sharp Stick
54 %|Jul 29, 2022
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Honeydew
49 %|Mar 12, 2021
Horror
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Music
54 %|Jan 14, 2021
Music, Drama
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The Stand In
54 %|Dec 3, 2020
Comedy
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Miranda July: Where it Began
0 %|Apr 28, 2020
Documentary
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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
74 %|Jul 24, 2019
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
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This Changes Everything
62 %|Jun 28, 2019
Documentary
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Half the Picture
59 %|Jan 23, 2018
Documentary
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A Goodbye to Girls
0 %|Apr 10, 2017
Documentary, TV Movie
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100 Years
60 %|Jan 17, 2017
Animation, Documentary
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My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
66 %|Sep 11, 2016
Animation, Comedy, Drama
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My Art
50 %|Sep 5, 2016
Drama
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Don't Think Twice
64.21000000000001 %|Jul 22, 2016
Comedy, Drama
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Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
70 %|Jan 21, 2016
Documentary
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Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
84.41000000000001 %|Dec 20, 2015
Music
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Everything Is Copy
73.78999999999999 %|Sep 29, 2015
Documentary
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Sky
63 %|Sep 16, 2015
Drama
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7 Days in Hell
65 %|Jul 8, 2015
TV Movie, Comedy
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It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise
54 %|Jan 24, 2015
Documentary
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Happy Christmas
51.349999999999994 %|Jul 25, 2014
Comedy, Drama
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This Is Comedy
0 %|Apr 18, 2014
Documentary
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Cover Girl
0 %|Jan 21, 2014
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This Is 40
59 %|Dec 20, 2012
Comedy
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Side by Side
73 %|Aug 19, 2012
Documentary
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Supporting Characters
60 %|Jan 23, 2012
Comedy, Drama
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The Innkeepers
54 %|Aug 18, 2011
Horror, Thriller
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PressPausePlay
71 %|Mar 1, 2011
Documentary, Music
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Tiny Furniture
57 %|Nov 12, 2010
Romance, Comedy, Drama
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Gabi on the Roof in July
51 %|Feb 27, 2010
Comedy, Drama
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The House of the Devil
63 %|Oct 30, 2009
Horror, Mystery
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Family Tree
0 %|Oct 13, 2009
Drama
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The Viewer
50 %|Apr 29, 2009
Horror, Thriller
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Creative Nonfiction
36 %|Feb 18, 2009
Comedy, Romance
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Hooker on Campus
40 %|Jan 1, 2007
Comedy
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The Fountain
30 %|Jan 1, 2007
Documentary
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Open the Door
17 %|Jan 1, 2007
Comedy
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Dealing
0 %|Dec 12, 2006
Comedy
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Pressure
32 %|Jan 1, 2006
Comedy, Drama

Series

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Visible: Out on Television
69 %|Feb 14, 2020
Documentary
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A Little Late with Lilly Singh
38 %|Sep 16, 2019
Comedy, Talk
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
62 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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Thank You and Sorry
60 %|Jun 16, 2015
Comedy, Documentary
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Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
65.71 %|Mar 30, 2015
Comedy, Documentary
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The Late Late Show with James Corden
54.13 %|Mar 23, 2015
Talk
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The Late Late Show with James Corden
54.13 %|Mar 23, 2015
Talk
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73 Questions
87 %|Mar 12, 2014
Talk
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
55 %|Feb 25, 2014
Talk, Comedy
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
58 %|Feb 17, 2014
Comedy, Talk
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
58 %|Feb 17, 2014
Comedy, Talk
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Girls
63 %|Apr 15, 2012
Drama, Comedy
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Scandal
71.63 %|Apr 5, 2012
Drama
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Finding Your Roots
62 %|Mar 24, 2012
Documentary
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Billy on the Street
66 %|Dec 18, 2011
Comedy
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American Horror Story
81 %|Oct 5, 2011
Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Mildred Pierce
70.25 %|Mar 27, 2011
Drama
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Conan
70 %|Nov 8, 2010
Talk, Comedy, News
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
49 %|Jul 16, 2009
Talk, Comedy
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RuPaul's Drag Race
75 %|Feb 2, 2009
Reality
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The Graham Norton Show
72 %|Feb 22, 2007
Comedy, Talk
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The Colbert Report
68.38 %|Oct 17, 2005
News, Comedy
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
55 %|Jan 26, 2003
Talk, Comedy
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The Daily Show
64 %|Jul 22, 1996
News, Comedy
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The Simpsons
80.13999999999999 %|Dec 17, 1989
Family, Animation, Comedy
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Saturday Night Live
70 %|Oct 11, 1975
Comedy, News