Lena Dunham Overview

Born in New York City to a painter father and a photographer mother, Lena Dunham is best known for her HBO TV series Girls (2012-2017), which she created, wrote and starred in, as Hannah Horvath. For her work in Girls, she received eight Primetime Emmy nominations and won a BAFTA TV award and a Golden Globe, as well as two Writers Guild of America awards. She also began directing during the run of Girls, which earned her a Directors Guild of America award in 2013. She went on to direct the... See All