Lena Dunham is an American writer, director, actress, and producer best known as the creator, writer, and star of the HBO series Girls. She first gained wide attention with Tiny Furniture, which won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. Her work on Girls earned two Golden Globe Awards and made her the first woman to win the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series. She also authored the essay collection Not That Kind of Girl and co-founded the feminist newsletter Lenny Letter. Her later films include Sharp Stick and Catherine Called Birdy, and she created the 2025 Netflix series Too Much. Named to the Time 100 in 2013, Dunham continues developing projects internationally. News archived under this tag covers her creative career and cultural impact.
