Lena Dunham

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Biography

American actress, producer, director, and writer that has attained essential acclaim for co-creating and starring in HBO’s Ladies. She earned a qualification in creative composing from Oberlin University. She wrote, aimed and starred in the self-employed film, Tiny Home furniture (2010). She began a romantic relationship with Jack port Antonoff in 2012 and her sister is definitely actress, Elegance Dunham. She experienced a supporting part in the film, That is 40 (2012) with Paul Rudd.

Quick Facts

Full Name Lena Dunham

Date Of Birth May 13, 1986

Place Of Birth New York City, NY

Height 1.6 m

Profession TV Actress

Education Oberlin College

Nationality American

Parents Carroll Dunham, Laurie Simmons

Siblings Grace Dunham

Partner Jack Antonoff, Jack Antonoff

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Awards Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy, Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay, Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series, Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series, British Academy Television International Award, Glamour Award for The Voice of a Generation

Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature, Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy, Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series, Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance, TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Humor, Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director, Shorty Award for Best Actress

Movies Tiny Furniture, Happy Christmas, This Is 40, The Innkeepers, Supporting Characters, Nobody Walks, Suited, 7 Days In Hell, It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea, Gabi on the Roof in July, The House of the Devil, Sky, Creative Nonfiction, My Art, Dealing, Family Tree

TV Shows Girls, Delusional Downtown Divas

Star Sign Taurus

#	Fact
1	She said she was proud of all of the women she knew, including her mother, who had an abortion. Then she stated that she wished she was in that society of women.
2	In 2012 Dunham signed a $3.5 million deal with Random House for her first autobiographical book titled "Not That Kind of Girl - A Young Woman Tells You What She's 'Learned'". The book went on the make the #2 slot on the New York Times Bestseller list.
3	In a relationship with musician Jack Antonoff - formerly of bands Bleachers and Steel Train and, to date (2016), lead guitarist with indie rock band Fun.. The couple met on a blind date in 2012.
4	Best friends with Amy Schumer and Sheryl Sandberg, COO of social media giant Facebook.
5	Worked at a video store, Mr. Video III, in Brooklyn Heights in 2001.
6	Lena's father has English, as well as remote Scottish, Welsh, and German, ancestry; he is a Mayflower descendant. Lena's mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family.
7	Lives and works in New York City. [October 2008]
8	Lena graduated from Oberlin College with her degree in Creative Writing.
9	New York, NY, USA: Announces new deal to create and write a second series for HBO, with her Girls (2012) producer, Jennifer Konner, based on a memoir by Betty Halbreich, a NYC department-store personal shopper for the rich and famous. [February 2013]
10	One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World (2013).
11	Met friend Audrey Gelman in Oberlin College.
12	Friend of Jemima Kirke and Taylor Swift.
13	Writer, director, producer, and costar of Delusional Downtown Divas (2009), a web show satirizing the New York art world.
14	Director and star of Tight Shots (2007), a comedic web series on Nerve.com.
15	Older sister of Grace Dunham.

Writer

Title	Year	Status
Girls		TV Series written by - 41 episodes, 2012 - 2017 creator - 32 episodes, 2012 - 2014 created by - 30 episodes, 2015 - 2017
Cover Girl	2014/III	Short writer
Choose You	2013	Short
Best Friends	2013/I	Short written by
Nobody Walks	2012	written by
Tiny Furniture	2010	written by
Creative Nonfiction	2009	written by
Delusional Downtown Divas	2009	TV Series writer
Tight Shots	2007	TV Series
Dealing	2006	Short written by

Actress

Title	Year	Status	Character
Una & Jacques	2007	Video short
Tight Shots	2007	TV Series
Dealing	2006	Short	Georgia
Girls	2012-2017	TV Series	Hannah Horvath
High Maintenance	2016-2017	TV Series	Lena Dunham
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea	2016		Mary (voice)
My Art	2016		Meryl
Adventure Time	2014-2016	TV Series	Betty Grof
Don't Think Twice	2016		Lena Dunham
The Simpsons	2015	TV Series	Candace / Hannah Horvath
Sky	2015		Billie
Taylor Swift: Bad Blood	2015	Video short	Lucky Fiori
Scandal	2015	TV Series	Susanne Thomas
7 Days in Hell	2015	TV Movie	Lanny Denver
Happy Christmas	2014		Carson
This Is 40	2012		Cat
Supporting Characters	2012		Alexa
Mildred Pierce	2011	TV Mini-Series	Nurse 1
The Innkeepers	2011		Barista
Tiny Furniture	2010		Aura
Gabi on the Roof in July	2010		Colby
Family Tree	2009	Short	Lena
The Viewer	2009	Short	The Voice
The House of the Devil	2009		911 Operator (voice)
Creative Nonfiction	2009		Ella
Delusional Downtown Divas	2009	TV Series	Oona

Producer

Title	Year	Status
Max		TV Movie executive producer completed
Tokyo Project	2017	Short executive producer
Girls	2012-2017	TV Series executive producer - 62 episodes
100 Years	2017	Documentary short producer
Suited	2016	Documentary producer
It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise	2015	Documentary short executive producer
Delusional Downtown Divas	2009	TV Series producer

Director

Title	Year	Status
Max		TV Movie completed
Girls	2012-2017	TV Series 19 episodes
100 Years	2017	Documentary short
Best Friends	2013/I	Short
Tiny Furniture	2010
Creative Nonfiction	2009
Delusional Downtown Divas	2009	TV Series
Tight Shots	2007	TV Series
Hooker on Campus	2007	Short
Open the Door	2007	Short
The Fountain	2007	Short
Dealing	2006	Short
Pressure	2006	Short

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status
Girls	2013-2017	TV Series performer - 4 episodes
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	2015	TV Series 1 episode
Saturday Night Live	2014	TV Series performer - 1 episode

Editor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Creative Nonfiction	2009
Tight Shots	2007	TV Series

Thanks

Title	Year	Status
Amy Schumer: The Leather Special	2017	TV Special special thanks
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising	2016	special thanks
Don't Think Twice	2016	thanks
Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop	2015	Documentary special thanks
The One I Love	2014	thanks
Dom Hemingway	2013	special thanks
Bottled	2012/II	Short special thanks
Sleepwalk with Me	2012	the filmmakers wish to thank
The House of the Devil	2009	special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Half the Picture	2017	Documentary post-production	Herself
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	2014-2017	TV Series	Herself - Guest / Herself - Guest (segment "Mean Tweets")
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...	2017	TV Series	Herself
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show	2014-2017	TV Series	Herself - Guest
God kveld Norge	2017	TV Series	Herself - Interviewee
The Late Late Show with James Corden	2015-2017	TV Series	Herself - Guest / Herself - Hosting Hopeful
Allison's Edge	2017	Video short	Herself
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	2014-2017	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The View	2014-2017	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Today	2015-2017	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers	2014-2016	TV Series	Herself - Guest / Herself - Message to Younger Self / Hannah Horvath / ...
Inside Amy Schumer	2016	TV Series	Herself
The Chris Gethard Show	2016	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Celebrity Style Story	2016	TV Series	Herself
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live	2015	Video	Herself
Everything Is Copy	2015	Documentary	Herself
Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter	2015	TV Series	Herself
Thank You and Sorry	2015	TV Mini-Series documentary
Entertainment Tonight	2014-2015	TV Series	Herself / Herself - Girls / Herself - Author, Not That Kind of Girl
Late Show with David Letterman	2013-2015	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Follow Me	2015	TV Series documentary	Herself
It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise	2015	Documentary short	Herself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	2010-2015	TV Series	Herself - Guest
72nd Golden Globe Awards	2015	TV Special	Herself - Nominee
E! Live from the Red Carpet	2014-2015	TV Series	Herself
Live with Kelly and Ryan	2014-2015	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Skavlan	2014	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The Graham Norton Show	2014	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Makers: Women in Hollywood	2014	Documentary	Herself
Side by Side Extra: Volume One	2014	Documentary	Herself
The Daily Show	2013-2014	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Good Morning America	2014	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards	2014	TV Special	Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Howard Stern Birthday Bash	2014	Video	Herself
This Is Comedy	2014	Documentary	Herself
Billy on the Street with Billy Eichner	2014	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Saturday Night Live	2014	TV Series	Herself - Host / Kelsey / Lena Dunham / ...
Cover Girl	2014/III	Short	Herself
2014 Golden Globe Arrivals Special	2014	TV Special	Herself - Interviewee
71st Golden Globe Awards	2014	TV Special	Herself - Nominee (uncredited)
The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards	2013	TV Special	Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
CBS News Sunday Morning	2013	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Revealed	2013	TV Series	Herself
70th Golden Globe Awards	2013	TV Special	Herself - Winner: Best TV Series - Musical or Comedy & Best Actress in a TV Series - Musical or Comedy
Charlie Rose	2013	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Girls: Guys on Girls Featurette	2013	TV Movie documentary	Herself
Iconoclasts	2012	TV Series documentary	Herself
The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards	2012	TV Special	Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series & Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Side by Side Extra	2012	Short	Herself
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	2012	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The Colbert Report	2012	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Chelsea Lately	2012	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Conan	2012	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Girls: About Girls	2012	Video documentary	Hannah Horvath / Herself
Girls: Invitation to the Set	2012	Video documentary	Hannah Horvath / Herself
Side by Side	2012	Documentary	Herself
MSN Exclusives	2012	TV Series	Herself (2013)
PressPausePlay	2011	Documentary	Herself
Last Call with Carson Daly	2010	TV Series	Herself - Guest

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Ok! TV	2015-2017	TV Series	Herself
From the Start!	2016	TV Series	Lucky Fiori
Extra	2015	TV Series	Herself
Media Buzz	2015	TV Series	Herself
Entertainment Tonight	2014-2015	TV Series	Herself / Herself - Author, Not That Kind of Girl
Inside Edition	2014-2015	TV Series documentary	Herself
The Insider	2014	TV Series	Herself

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2013	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical	Girls (2012)
2013	BAFTA TV Award	BAFTA Awards	Best International	Girls (2012)	· Jennifer Konner · Judd Apatow
2013	DGA Award	Directors Guild of America, USA	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series	Girls (2012)	· Jason Ivey (second assistant director plaque) · Regina Heyman (unit production manager plaque) · Ilene S. Landress (unit production manager plaque) · Mark McGann (first assistant director plaque) · Marcos González Palma (second second assistant director plaque)
2013	Gracie	Gracie Allen Awards	Outstanding Director - Entertainment	Girls (2012)
2013	WGA Award (TV)	Writers Guild of America, USA	New Series	Girls (2012)	· Deborah Schoeneman · Dan Sterling · Jennifer Konner · Sarah Heyward · Lesley Arfin · Judd Apatow · Bruce Eric Kaplan
2011	Independent Spirit Award	Independent Spirit Awards	Best First Screenplay	Tiny Furniture (2010)
2010	New Generation Award	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards		Tiny Furniture (2010)
2010	Independent Visions Award	Sarasota Film Festival		Tiny Furniture (2010)
2010	SXSW Competition Award	SXSW Film Festival	Narrative Feature	Tiny Furniture (2010)
2010	Special Jury Award	SXSW Film Festival	Chicken & Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award	Tiny Furniture (2010)

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2016	Gold Derby TV Award	Gold Derby Awards	Comedy Episode of the Year	Girls (2012)	· Richard Shepard (director)
2015	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical	Girls (2012)
2014	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical	Girls (2012)
2014	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Girls (2012)
2014	American Comedy Award	American Comedy Awards, USA	Best Comedy Actress - TV	Girls (2012)
2014	Gold Derby TV Award	Gold Derby Awards	Comedy Episode of the Year	Girls (2012)	· Jesse Peretz (director) · Judd Apatow (writer) · Jennifer Konner (writer)
2014	Gold Derby TV Award	Gold Derby Awards	Comedy Lead Actress	Girls (2012)
2014	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Actress in a Comedy Series	Girls (2012)
2013	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series	Girls (2012)
2013	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Comedy Series	Girls (2012)	· Judd Apatow (executive producer) · Jennifer Konner (executive producer) · Ilene S. Landress (executive producer) · Bruce Eric Kaplan (executive producer) · Murray Miller (co-executive producer)
2013	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Girls (2012)
2013	Critics' Choice TV Award	Critics Choice Television Awards	Best Actress in a Comedy Series	Girls (2012)
2013	Dorian Award	Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA)	TV Performance of the Year - Actress	Girls (2012)
2013	Wilde Wit of the Year	Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA)
2013	Wilde Artist of the Year	Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA)
2013	Gold Derby TV Award	Gold Derby Awards	Comedy Lead Actress	Girls (2012)
2013	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Actress in a Comedy Series	Girls (2012)
2013	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Direction in a Comedy Series	Girls (2012)	· Jesse Peretz · Richard Shepard · Claudia Weill
2013	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Writing in a Comedy Series	Girls (2012)	· Sarah Heyward · Deborah Schoeneman · Jennifer Konner · Judd Apatow · Bruce Eric Kaplan · Murray Miller · Paul Simms · Steven Rubinshteyn
2013	Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical	Girls (2012)
2013	TCA Award	Television Critics Association Awards	Individual Achievement in Comedy	Girls (2012)
2013	TV Guide Award	TV Guide Awards	Favorite Actress	Girls (2012)
2013	WGA Award (TV)	Writers Guild of America, USA	Comedy Series	Girls (2012)	· Judd Apatow · Lesley Arfin · Sarah Heyward · Bruce Eric Kaplan · Jennifer Konner · Deborah Schoeneman · Dan Sterling
2012	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Girls (2012)
2012	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series	Girls (2012)
2012	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series	Girls (2012)
2012	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Comedy Series	Girls (2012)	· Judd Apatow (executive producer) · Jennifer Konner (executive producer) · Ilene S. Landress (co-executive producer) · Bruce Eric Kaplan (co-executive producer)
2012	Critics' Choice TV Award	Critics Choice Television Awards	Best Actress in a Comedy Series	Girls (2012)
2012	Gold Derby TV Award	Gold Derby Awards	Comedy Lead Actress	Girls (2012)
2012	Gold Derby TV Award	Gold Derby Awards	Breakthrough Performer of the Year	Girls (2012)
2012	Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical	Girls (2012)
2012	TCA Award	Television Critics Association Awards	Individual Achievement in Comedy	Girls (2012)
2011	EDA Female Focus Award	Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry	Tiny Furniture (2010)
2011	EDA Female Focus Award	Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Best Breakthrough Performance	Tiny Furniture (2010)
2011	Heterodox Award	Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US		Tiny Furniture (2010)
2010	Gotham Independent Film Award	Gotham Awards	Best Ensemble Performance	Tiny Furniture (2010)	· Laurie Simmons · Grace Dunham · Rachel Howe · Merritt Wever · Amy Seimetz · Alex Karpovsky · David Call · Jemima Kirke · Sarah Sophie Flicker · Garland Hunter · Isen Ritchie
2010	Gotham Independent Film Award	Gotham Awards	Breakthrough Director	Tiny Furniture (2010)

3rd place awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2010	ICP Award	Indiewire Critics' Poll	Best First Feature	Tiny Furniture (2010)

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#	Quote
1	I always thought the saddest feeling in life is when you're dancing in a really joyful way, and then you hit your head on something.
2	I'm an unreliable narrator. Because I add an invented detail to almost every story I tell about my mother. Because my sister claims every memory we 'share' has been fabricated by me to impress a crowd.
3	I was constantly preparing for auditions in a way that was crazy... and then I'd literally get cast as, like, a bouncing ball or a fat man or a security guard.
4	It felt like some weird career puberty, like how people you start to be flirty with before you notice your own breasts. I was being treated in a more adult way before I even understood why or how.
5	I always felt like it was really special to have parents who were artists and to live the kind of life that we lived... I thought there was a kind of romance to it.
6	There are definitely people who feel like the characters on "Girls" are intolerably in their own heads and they don't understand the purposeful part of that.
7	Anne Hathaway is a feminist and she has amazing teeth. Let's save our bad attitudes for the ones who aren't advancing the cause.
8	I've started to get used to people feeling like they already know me when they meet me. I've obviously only experienced it within the past year of my life, but it's really interesting to have so many people who you're not familiar with act familiar with you. So you do have to come up with a strategy for how to handle that, and mine has been to try to match that familiarity by being familiar back. The only flip side to that has been that I've had this thing happen where I've been really familiar with someone and they will feel like we've started a close friendship, and then I'll feel like I've disappointed them in some way by having a boundary in my life.
9	Sorry I'm late. My acupuncturist pushed everything a half an hour, and he has me convinced that if I don't do acupuncture, then something terrible is going to befall me.
10	[on the criticism of the lack of racial diversity on Girls (2012)] It was the elephant in the corner of the room ... I felt like people were scared to talk about it [because] they'd get my racist juice all over them ... The argument there are not enough minority characters to represent New York-that I couldn't argue against. What I didn't like was the angle that 'therefore you are a racist, you are raised by racists, you come from a world of class and privilege.'
11	[on body image] It completely sickens me what our culture is doing to women. Last week I wore a big top and little shorts and a bunch of stuff came out saying I was without pants. 'The No-Pants Look,' it said. And I didn't go out without pants, I had shorts on...If Olivia Wilde had gone to a party with a big silky top and little shorts she might have been told her outfit was cute...What it was really: 'Why did you show us your thighs'?