Lena Dunham (born May 13, 1986) is an American actress, writer, producer, and director. She is best known as the creator, writer, and star of the HBO series Girls (2012–present), for which she received numerous Emmy nominations and two Golden Globe awards.
Dunham was the first woman to win the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series in 2013. That year, she was included in the Time 100 list of the most influential people. In 2014, she released her first book, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned". In 2015, Dunham and Jennifer Konner created Lenny Letter, a feminist online newsletter supported by Hearst Corporation advertising.
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