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Lena Dunham (pron.: /?lin? ?d?n?m/ lee-n? dun-um; born May 13, 1986) is an American filmmaker and actress. She wrote and directed the independent film Tiny Furniture (2010), and is the creator and star of the HBO series Girls. In 2012, she was nominated for four Emmy Awards and won two Golden Globe Awards for Girls.

This book is your ultimate resource for Lena Dunham. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Lena Dunham's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Lena Dunham, Alex Karpovsky, Delusional Downtown Divas, Girls (TV series), Grace Dunham, Jack Antonoff, Jemima Kirke, Laurie Simmons, Nobody Walks, Saint Ann's School (New York City), Supporting Characters, The Innkeepers (film), This Is 40, Tiny Furniture 45…and more pages!

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Publié par	Emereo Publishing
Date de parution	04 février 2013
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781486462216
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Contents

Articles Lena Dunham Alex Karpovsky Delusional Downtown Divas Girls (TV series) Grace Dunham Jack Antonoff Jemima Kirke Laurie Simmons Nobody Walks Saint Ann's School (New York City) Supporting Characters The Innkeepers (film) This Is 40 Tiny Furniture

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

Article Licenses License

1 5 7 8 17 19 21 23 28 30 34 37 40 45

48 49

Lena Dunham

Dunham at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival premiere ofSupporting Characters

Born

Education

Occupation

Parents

May 13, 1986 New York City, New York, United States

Oberlin College (BA)

Actress, writer, director, comedienne

Laurie Simmons Carroll Dunham

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress–Television Series Musical or Comedy 2013Girls

[1] Lena Dunham(pron.:/ˈlinəˈdʌnm̩/LEE-nəDUN-um; born May 13, 1986) is an American filmmaker and actress. She wrote and directed the independent filmTiny Furniture(2010), and is the creator and star of the HBO series Girls. In 2012, she was nominated for four Emmy Awards and won two Golden Globe Awards forGirls.

Early life [2] Dunham was born in New York City. Her father, Carroll Dunham, is a famous artist, and her mother, Laurie [3][4] Simmons, is a photographer and designer who creates "disquieting domestic tableaux" with dolls. Dunham's [5][6] [7][8] father is Protestant, and according to Dunham, a Mayflower descendant; Dunham's mother is Jewish. She has a younger sister, Grace, who is a model and student at Brown University and who starred in Dunham's first film [9] Tiny Furniturechildren, both Lena and Grace were babysat by photographers Sherri Zuckerman and Catherine. As McGann. Dunham attended Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn, New York, where she metTiny Furnitureactress andGirls [10] co-star Jemima Kirke. She graduated from Oberlin College in 2008, where she studied creative writing.

2006Dealing

2007Una & Jacques

Title

2009The House of the Devil

2010Tiny Furniture

2012Supporting Characters

The Innkeepers

2009Creative Nonfiction

2012Nobody Walks

2009Family Tree

2009The Viewer

2012This Is 40

Ella

Also written, director, editor

Role

Year

2010

Films credits

Gabi on the Roof in JulyColby

Alexa

Aura

Lena Dunham

Cat

Barista

Film short

Voice

Also director, written

Co-writer

Lena

Film short

On October 8, 2012, Dunham signed a $3.5 million deal with Random House to publish her first book, an essay [16] collection calledNot That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's LearnedDecember 7, 2012,. On New York-based gossip blog Gawker posted a 66-page proposal for Dunham's book on their website, criticizing various quotations from the proposal. Dunham's attorney demanded the removal of the proposal and the [17] quotations.

Video short

911 Operator Voice

Film short Also written, director

Georgia

Dunham appeared in a video advertisement promoting President Barack Obama's reelection, delivering a monologue to camera, which, according to a blog quoted inThe Atlantic, tried to "get the youth vote by comparing voting for the [18] first time to having sex for the first time". Fox News reported "intense criticism" from multiple media sources, [19] who labeled the advertisement as "tasteless and inappropriate", but added that "not everyone was so offended".

Career Dunham's 2010 feature film,Tiny Furniture, won Best Narrative Feature at South by Southwest Music and Media [11] [4] Conference. Dunham herself plays the lead role of Aura. [12] Dunham's television series,GirlsThe show is executive produced by Judd, was greenlit by HBO in early 2012. [13] [14] Apatow. Three episodes were screened to positive response at the 2011 South by Southwest Festival. The first season premiered April 15, 2012, and has garnered Dunham four Emmy nominations for her roles in acting, writing, and directing the series. Dunham had a cameo in the movieSupporting Characters, along with herTiny Furnitureco-star Alex [15] Karpovsky.

Notes

Filmography

Personal life [20] In 2012, Dunham began dating Jack Antonoff, lead guitarist of the band Fun. The two have decided to put off [21] marriage until the legalization of same-sex marriage.

2011

Lena Dunham

Year

2007

2009

2011

2012–present

Tight Shots

Title

Delusional Downtown Divas

Mildred Pierce

Girls

Awards and nominations

References

Television credits

Role

Oona

Nurse 1

Hannah Horvath

Main Role Also written, director, editor

Notes

Main Role Also written, director, producer

"Part One" (Season 1, Episode 1) "Part Two" (Season 1, Episode 2)

Main Role Also creator, director, writer, co-executive producer/executive producer

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