Bestselling Author & Award-Winning Actress and Director
Lena Dunham: Biography at a Glance
- Lena Dunham is the creator, writer, director, and star of HBO’s groundbreaking series Girls, a cultural phenomenon that ran for six acclaimed seasons and earned her eight Emmy® nominations and two Golden Globe® Awards, including Best Actress in a Comedy Series.
- One of the most distinctive creative voices of her generation, Dunham recently wrote and directed Netflix’s critically acclaimed comedy series Too Much and the upcoming feature film Good Sex, starring Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, and Meg Ryan.
- Expanding her work across film, television, publishing, and theater, Dunham will make her Broadway creative team debut with 10 Things I Hate About You: The Broadway Musical, while continuing to develop projects through her production company, Good Thing Going.
- Dunham is the bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl and Famesick, and her writing has appeared in leading publications including The New Yorker, Vogue, Harper’s Magazine, and The New York Times.
- In addition to her celebrated work as a filmmaker behind projects including Tiny Furniture, Sharp Stick, and Catherine Called Birdy, Dunham made history as the first woman to win the DGA Award for Best TV Comedy Director.
- Beyond her creative work, Dunham is a passionate advocate for reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, and chronic illness awareness, using her platform to champion women, queer communities, and those navigating trauma, addiction, and endometriosis.
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Lena Dunham is the ultimate multi-hyphenate – a tremendously skilled and award-winning actor, writer, director, producer, and philanthropist. In all her projects, Lena’s definitive voice and boldness allow her to convey a wide range of human experience. From humor and sexuality to pain and vulnerability, her work resonates across genres with her distinct and recognizable style.
Most recently, the Netflix romcom series Too Much premiered in July 2025 to critical acclaim, written and directed by Dunham. The series stars Megan Stalter as “Jessica,” a workaholic who uproots her life to London after a breakup, and Will Sharpe as Felix, her would-be Mr. Right. Too Much comes from Good Thing Going and Universal International Studios’ Working Title Television, and was co-created by Dunham’s husband, Luis Felber, who also provided original music.
Dunham also has wrapped production on the Netflix film Good Sex, starring Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, Meg Ryan, Rashida Jones, Tramell Tillman and Tucker Pillsbury. The film follows Portman as Ally, a pragmatic couples’ therapist turning 40 who reluctantly reenters the New York dating scene—only to find herself caught between two men, one in his 20s and one in his 50s.
Upcoming, Dunham will make her Broadway creative team debut with 10 Things I Hate About You: The Broadway Musical, based on the revered 1999 film. She will co-write the book with Jessica Huang, with music and lyrics by Carly Rae Jepsen and Ethan Gruska.
Dunham’s latest book, Famesick, was published in 2026. Her first essay collection, Not That Kind of Girl, was a #1 New York Times bestseller.
Previously, Dunham starred in and produced, under her Good Thing Going banner, Treasure, a multigenerational drama about a New York music journalist (Dunham) who travels with her father (Stephen Fry) to explore their roots in 1990s Poland. Directed by Julia Von Heinz, the film premiered at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival and was released theatrically in June 2024 by FilmNation Entertainment and Bleecker Street.
In 2022, Dunham wrote and directed Catherine Called Birdy, adapted from Karen Cushman’s Newbery Honor novel. Starring Bella Ramsey and Andrew Scott, the film follows spirited 14-year-old Catherine as she resists convention in 1290 England. Produced by Working Title in association with Good Thing Going, the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and is currently streaming on Prime Video.
Also in 2022, Dunham released her first feature as writer-director in over a decade, Sharp Stick. Made through Good Thing Going, the production—led by nearly all-female department heads—premiered at Sundance.
Other recent projects include executive producing HBO Max’s Generation, created by 17-year-old Zelda Barnz, and directing the first episode of HBO’s Industry.
Dunham is best known as the creator, writer, director, and star of HBO’s hit series Girls, which ran for six acclaimed seasons. She earned eight Emmy® nominations and two Golden Globe® Awards, including Best Actress in a Comedy for her role as Hannah Horvath.
On screen, she appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as “Gypsy,” acted in Scandal and American Horror Story, and hosted Saturday Night Live.
An accomplished author, Dunham is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, Vogue, Harper’s Magazine, and The New York Times. She also co-hosts GTG’s podcast The C-Word with Alissa Bennett, exploring women labeled “crazy” by society with humor, empathy, and cultural insight.
In 2013, Dunham became the first woman to win the DGA Award for Best TV Comedy Director. In 2010, she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay for Tiny Furniture, which she wrote, directed, and starred in. Both Tiny Furniture and her first film, Creative Nonfiction, are part of The Criterion Collection.
As a philanthropist, Dunham and GTG support women and queer people healing from trauma and addiction through their work with Friendly House, a women’s rehabilitation and sober-living facility in Los Angeles. She has long collaborated with Planned Parenthood, campaigned for reproductive and LGBTQ rights, and been a vocal advocate for those with chronic illness. She previously served on the board of the Endometriosis Foundation of America, has written extensively about her experience with the disease, and most recently joined FUTR (Families United for Trans Rights) as a “Face of FUTR.”
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