Line #30 Creator/LenaDunham


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6	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2017_02_19_at_105823_pm.png]]
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8	Lena Dunham (born May 13, 1986 in New York City, New York) is an American actress, writer, and director.
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10	A protege of Creator/JuddApatow, Dunham is perhaps best for creating, writing, directing, and starring in the Creator/{{HBO}} series ''Series/{{Girls}}'', for which she received a total of seven UsefulNotes/EmmyAward nominations in four categories [[note]]Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Comedy Series (for ''Girls'')[[/note]] and became the first female recipient of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series. ''Girls'' (as well as her earlier film ''Tiny Furniture'') are considered two prominent works in the "mumblecore" genre, for better or worse.
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12	In 2014, she published her first book of memoirs, ''Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"'', which peaked at #2 on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. She also hosted an episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', and has guested on the shows ''Series/{{Scandal}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''.
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14	Her parents are artists Carroll Dunham and Laurie Simmons, the latter of whom appeared as her fictional mother in ''Tiny Furniture''.
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21	!! Selected filmography:
22	* ''Series/{{Girls}}'' (2012 -- 2017) as Hannah Horvath [[note]]Emmy nominations: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy (2012, 2013, 2014); Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (2012, 2013); Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (2012); Outstanding Comedy Series (2012)[[/note]] (also writer, director, and producer)
23	* ''Film/ThisIs40'' (2012) as Cat
24	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' (2014 -- 2016) as Betty Grof (voice)
25	* ''Series/{{Scandal}}'' (2015) as Susanne Thomas
26	* ''Film/SevenDaysInHell'' (2015) as Lanny Denver
27	* ''Film/{{Neighbors\|2014}} 2: Sorority Rising'' (2016) as UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc [[note]]scenes cut from final film[[/note]]
28	* ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCult'' (2017) as Valerie Solanas
29	* ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'' (2019) as Gypsy
30	* ''[[Film/CatherineCalledBirdy2022 Catherine Called Birdy]]'' (2022) -- Writer and director
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32	!! Bibliography:
33	* ''Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"'' (2014)
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36	!! Lena Dunham provides examples of the following tropes:
37	* GrowingUpSucks: The quarter-life crisis and the modern concept of "adulting" is a typical theme of her work.
38	* ManChild: Usually plays and/or writes young adults who are uncomfortably immature for their age and mooch off their parents (and knowing what we know about her, it's clearly meant to be SelfDeprecation). Both ''Girls'' and ''Tiny Furniture'' are in part critiques of millennial attitudes about responsibility and maturity.
39	* ProductionPosse: Dunham has worked frequently with mentor Judd Apatow, and appeared in his 2012 film ''This Is 40''. She also cast friends Creator/AllisonWilliams, Creator/ZosiaMamet, and Creator/JemimaKirke on ''Girls'' to play her best friends; Kirke in particular appeared in her early film ''Tiny Furniture''. She's even featured her mother Laurie Simmons and sister Grace in multiple projects.

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