Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham (/ˈliːnə ˈdʌnəm/, born May 13, 1986)[1] 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.[2][3] 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.[4] 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.[5][6]

In 2013, Dunham was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.[7] In 2014, Dunham released her first book, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned”.[8] In 2015, along with Girls showrunner Jenni Konner, Dunham created the publication Lenny Letter, a feminist online newsletter.[9][10] The publication ran for three years before folding in late 2018.