Lena Dunham

New Yorker Lena Dunham is the daughter of a painter, Carroll Dunham and Laurie Simmons, a designer and photographer. Dunham was educated at Oberlin College, Ohio, graduating with a creative writing degree. It was while at Oberlin that she began writing shorts and feature films. In 2009, Dunham created the web series Delusional Downtown Divas (2009), which gained a cult following.Also in 2009, Dunham released Creative Nonfiction (2009), her first feature film. She went on to write, direct and star in Tiny Furniture (2010), which scored two Independent Spirit Award nominations. In 2012, Dunham came to the attention of a wider audience with the HBO series Girls (2012) created by and starring Dunham and executive produced by Judd Apatow.

Born:

May 13, 1986 In New York City, New York, USA

Movie/TV Credits:

17

First Appeared:

In the series Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11

Latest Project:

Series The Late Late Show with James Corden 2015-03-23

Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 9 wins & 31 nominations.