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Lena Dunham

1986 - Today

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Lena Dunham (; born May 13, 1986) is an American writer, director, actress, and producer. She is the creator, writer, and star of the HBO television series Girls (2012–2017), 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 – Comedy Series. She started her career writing, directing, and starring in her semi-autobiographical independent film Tiny Furniture (2010), for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 44 in 2024). Lena Dunham is the 9,786th most popular actor (down from 9,366th in 2024), the 14,575th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,719th in 2019) and the 4,553rd most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lena Dunham ranks 9,786 out of 13,578. Before her are Florence Eldridge, Christina Cox, Ahmed Best, Halina Reijn, Martin Wallström, and Elsie Ferguson. After her are Molly Parker, Rajiv Kapoor, Barkhad Abdi, Gail Patrick, Lyle Waggoner, and Simran.

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Among people born in 1986, Lena Dunham ranks 387. Before her are Keisuke Sekiguchi, Sui Ishida, Salwan Momika, Paul Biedermann, Dan Martin, and Drake Bell. After her are Enzo Amore, Omi, Salvatore Bocchetti, Yuya Yoshizawa, Goran Dragić, and Marco Motta.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lena Dunham ranks 14,579 out of 20,380. Before her are Joshua Redman (1969), Adelaide Hall (1901), Ken Bowersox (1956), Steven Swanson (1960), Elsie Ferguson (1883), and Sue Hendrickson (1949). After her are Levi Stubbs (1936), Robert J. Lang (1961), Gail Patrick (1911), Wynter Gordon (1985), Lyle Waggoner (1935), and Bob Seagren (1946).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lena Dunham ranks 4,555. Before her are Vinessa Shaw (1976), Kiernan Shipka (1999), Jules Jordan (1972), Florence Eldridge (1901), Ahmed Best (1973), and Elsie Ferguson (1883). After her are Gail Patrick (1911), Lyle Waggoner (1935), Bokeem Woodbine (1973), Claudia Jennings (1949), John Michael Higgins (1963), and Victoria Pedretti (1995).

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