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Alternate Names: 莉娜·杜汉姆, لینا دانهام
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Career
First Appearances:
Most Important Roles: - Don't Think Twice (2016) as Self
- Judy Blume Forever (2023) as Self
- Tiny Furniture (2010) as Aura
- Sharp Stick (2022) as Heather
- The Innkeepers (2011) as Barista
- PressPausePlay (2011) as Self
- Gabi on the Roof in July (2010) as Colby
- This Is 40 (2012) as Cat
- Creative Nonfiction (2009) as Ella
- Side by Side (2012) as Self
Career Highlights: - Don't Think Twice (2016)
- Judy Blume Forever (2023)
- Tiny Furniture (2010)
- Sharp Stick (2022)
- The Innkeepers (2011)
- PressPausePlay (2011)
- Gabi on the Roof in July (2010)
- This Is 40 (2012)
- Creative Nonfiction (2009)
- Side by Side (2012)
Awards
Awards: - Nominated for 1 American Comedy Award - Best Comedy Actress - TV (2014)
- Won BAFTA TV Award - Best International (2013)
- Won DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series (2013)
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (2014)
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (2013)
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series (2013)
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (2013)
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (2012)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical (2015)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical (2014)
- Won Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical (2013)
- Nominated for 1 Satellite Award - Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical (2014)
- Nominated for 1 Satellite Award - Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical (2012)
- Nominated for 1 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Screenplay (2022)
- Nominated for 1 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Ensemble Performance (2010)
- Nominated for 1 Gotham Independent Film Award - Breakthrough Director (2010)
- Nominated for 1 Independent Spirit Award - Best Screenplay (2023)
- Won Independent Spirit Award - Best First Screenplay (2011)
- Nominated for 1 Independent Spirit Award - Best First Feature (2011)
- Won New Generation Award (2010)
Full Biography
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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