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Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham

Birthday: 1986-05-13 | Place of Birth: New York, New York, USA

Lena Dunham graduated from Oberlin College in 2008, where she studied Creative Writing. Her first short film, Dealing, premiered at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival. Her first feature, Creative Nonfiction,  premiered at SXSW 2009 and enjoyed a theatrical premiere at Anthology Film Archives. She has made two webseries, Tight Shots and Delusional Downtown Divas.  In 2009, she was commissioned to make ten more episodes of DDD to project at the Guggenheim’s first annual Art Awards, an event for which she also hosted and wrote the teleplay. In 2009, she was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film.” As an actress, she will appeared in Mildred Pierce, by Todd Haynes and The Innkeeper by Ti West. She writes  about film and interesting characters for various publications, including Interview, The Onion A/V  Club, HammertoNail.com, and she loves to tweet.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
2024
Treasure

as    Ruth

2023
Judy Blume Forever

as    Self

2022
Sharp Stick

as    Heather

2021
Honeydew

as    Delilah

2020
Miranda July: Where it Began

as    Herself

2017
100 Years

as    Narrator (voice)

2016
2016
My Art

as    Meryl

2015
Sky

as    Billie

2015
7 Days in Hell

as    Lanny Denver

2014
Cover Girl

as    "Lena"

2014
Happy Christmas

as    Carson

2014
This Is Comedy

as    Herself

2012
Supporting Characters

as    Alexa

2012
Girls

as    Hannah Horvath

2011
The Innkeepers

as    Barista

2011
PressPausePlay

as    Self

2010
Tiny Furniture

as    Aura

2010
Gabi on the Roof in July

as    Colby