Lena Dunham

Skuespiller, Instruktør, Producer, Forfatter, Filmklipper

13. maj 1986 (39 år)
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.

Film og serier på Plex

  • The House of the Devil
    The House of the Devil2009
  • The Innkeepers
    The Innkeepers2011
  • Finding Your Roots
    Finding Your Roots2 sæsoner
  • Supporting Characters
    Supporting Characters2012
  • My Art
    My Art2016

Kendt for

  • Girls
    Girls6 sæsoner
  • Tiny Furniture
    Tiny Furniture2010
  • Industry
    Industry4 sæsoner
  • The Innkeepers
    The Innkeepers2011
  • Catherine Called Birdy
    Catherine Called Birdy2022
  • Nobody Walks
    Nobody Walks2012
  • Too Much
    Too Much10 episoder
  • Sharp Stick
    Sharp Stick2022
  • Treasure
    Treasure2024
  • En glad jul
    En glad jul2014
  • Camping (US)
    Camping (US)1 sæson
  • Genera+ion
    Genera+ion1 sæson

Filmografi

2025
Too Much · as Nora South
2024
Treasure · as Ruth
2024
I Wish You All the Best · as Ms. Lyons
2022
Sharp Stick · as Heather
2021
Music · as Administrator On Phone With Zu (voice)
2020
Honeydew · as Delilah
2020
The Stand In · as Lisa
2019
2017
100 Years · as Narrator (voice)
2016
2016
My Art · as MerylPå Plex
2015
Sky · as Billie
2015
7 Days in Hell · as Lanny Denver
2015
2014
Happy Christmas · as Carson
2012
This Is 40 · as Cat
2012
Girls · as Hannah Horvath
2012
Scandal (2012) · as Susanne Thomas
2012
2012
Supporting Characters · as AlexaPå Plex
2012
Girls: Invitation to the Set · as Hannah Horvath
2012
Girls: About Girls · as Hannah Horvath
2011
American Horror Story · as Valerie Solanas
2011
Mildred Pierce · as Nurse 1
2011
The Innkeepers · as BaristaPå Plex
2010
Tiny Furniture · as Aura
2010
Adventure Time · as Betty Grof
2010
2009
The House of the Devil · as 911 Operator (voice)På Plex
2009
2007
Tight Shots · as Cast
2007
Hooker on Campus · as Hooker
2007
2007
2005
1989
The Simpsons · as Candace (voice)

2025
2023
2020
The Drew Barrymore Show · as Self - Guest
2020
2019
2019
2018
2018
Half the Picture · as SelfPå Plex
2017
2016
High Maintenance (2016) · as Lena Dunham
2016
2016
2015
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live · as Self - Special Guest
2015
2015
2015
Travel Man: 48 Hours in... · as Self - GuestPå Plex
2015
2015
2015
72nd Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee
2014
Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show · as Self - Girls, Creator
2014
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
71st Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee
2013
The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee
2013
2013
2013
70th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner
2012
The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee
2012
Side by Side · as Self
2012
2012
2011
2011
The Jonathan Ross Show · as Self - Guest
2011
PressPausePlay · as Self
2010
Conan (2010) · as Self
2009
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon · as Self - Guest
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race · as Self - Guest Judge
2009
2009
Skavlan · as Self - Guest
2007
Chelsea Lately · as Self - Guest
2007
2005
Iconoclasts · as Self
2005
2005
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show · as Self - Guest
2003
2002
Last Call with Carson Daly · as Self - Guest
1997
The View · as Self - Guest
1997
Good evening, Norway! · as Self - Interviewee
1996
The Daily Show · as Self
1995
1994
Inside the Actors Studio · as Self - Guest
1992
1992
1991
Charlie Rose · as Self - Guest
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark · as Self - Guest
1981
1979
1975
Saturday Night Live · as Self - Host
1975
Good Morning America · as Self - Guest
1952
Today · as Self - Guest

2026
2025
Too Much · as Executive Producer
2024
Treasure · as Executive Producer
2022
2022
Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste · as Executive Producer
2022
Catherine Called Birdy · as Executive Producer
2021
Genera+ion · as Executive Producer
2020
Industry · as Executive Producer
2018
Camping (US) · as Executive Producer
2018
Lenny · as Executive Producer
2017
Tokyo Project · as Executive Producer
2017
2016
2016
Max · as Executive Producer
2015
2012
Girls · as Executive Producer