Lena Dunham is an American writer, director, actress, and producer. She is the creator, writer, and star of the HBO television series
Girls (2012â2017), for which she received several Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe Awards. Dunham also directed several episodes of
Girls and became the first woman to win the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing â Comedy Series. Prior to
Girls, Dunham wrote, directed, and starred in the semi-autobiographical independent film
Tiny Furniture (2010), for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. Her second feature film,
Sharp Stick, written and directed by Dunham, was released in 2022. Her third film,
Catherine Called Birdy, had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2022. It was released in a limited release on September 23, 2022, by Amazon Studios, prior to streaming on Prime Video on October 7, 2022.