Lena Dunham was born on 13 May 1986 in New York City USA. and is a popular actress, director, producer and a screenwriter, perhaps best known for working on such movies as “Tiny Furniture”, “The House of the Devil”, “The Innkeepers” and “This is 40” among many others. During her career, Lena has been nominated for and has won various awards, for example the Directors Guild of America, the Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe Awards and others, an impressive CV for an actress still in her early 30s.
So just how rich is Lena Dunham, as of late 2017? It is estimated by authoritative sources that Lena’s net worth is over $12 million, accumulated during a career in the entertainment industry which spans not much more than 10 years. As she continues her career, this figure may well increase.
Lena Dunham Net Worth $12 Million
Both of Lena’s parents are artists, so maybe that influenced her own choices. Lena studied at Saint Ann’s School and at Oberlin College, where she met Jemima Kirke with whom she later worked. Lena began her career in 2006, when she worked on the movie called “Dealing”, which started Lena’s net worth growth. Her subsequent appearances were not that significant, but then in 2010 Lena created one of her most famous works, called “Tiny Furniture”, as not only the screenwriter and director of the movie, but she also acted in it, with Merritt Wever, Amy Seimetz, Jemima Kirke and others. The film gained critical acclaim, and certainly increased Lena’s popularity and net worth.
Another very popular project was the television show called “Girls”, which debuted in 2012, and ran until 2017, so has been one of the main sources of Dunham’s net worth. Other television shows that Lena has worked on include “Delusional Downtown Divas”, “Saturday Night Live” and “Adventure Time” among others: these also effected Lena’s net worth positively.
In addition, in 2014 Lena released her book called “Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s Learned”, which further increased Lena’s net worth, as in 2012 she signed a deal of $3.5 million with Random House. The book generated some controversy with its references to Lena’s personal interactions of a sexual nature, initially as a very young girl and then at college, the latter resulting in some amendments.
In her personal life, Lena began dating musician Jack Antonoff in 2012, later stating that ‘even if they married, it would not be until same-sex marriage was legalised’. Lena is believed to still be single!
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series (2013), Scholastic Art and Writing Award (2016)
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Ac...
Movies
“Tiny Furniture”, “The House of the Devil”, “The Innkeepers”, “This is 40”
TV Shows
“Girls” (2012), “Delusional Downtown Divas”, “Saturday Night Live”, “Adventure Time”
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Trademark
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Her tattoos
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Frequently says Honestly and Right Now.
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I always thought the saddest feeling in life is when you're dancing in a really joyful way, and then you hit your head on something.
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I'm an unreliable narrator. Because I add an invented detail to almost every story I tell about my mother. Because my sister claims every memory we 'share' has been fabricated by me to impress a crowd.
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I was constantly preparing for auditions in a way that was crazy... and then I'd literally get cast as, like, a bouncing ball or a fat man or a security guard.
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It felt like some weird career puberty, like how people you start to be flirty with before you notice your own breasts. I was being treated in a more adult way before I even understood why or how.
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I always felt like it was really special to have parents who were artists and to live the kind of life that we lived... I thought there was a kind of romance to it.
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There are definitely people who feel like the characters on "Girls" are intolerably in their own heads and they don't understand the purposeful part of that.
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Anne Hathaway is a feminist and she has amazing teeth. Let's save our bad attitudes for the ones who aren't advancing the cause.
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I've started to get used to people feeling like they already know me when they meet me. I've obviously only experienced it within the past year of my life, but it's really interesting to have so many people who you're not familiar with act familiar with you. So you do have to come up with a strategy for how to handle that, and mine has been to try to match that familiarity by being familiar back. The only flip side to that has been that I've had this thing happen where I've been really familiar with someone and they will feel like we've started a close friendship, and then I'll feel like I've disappointed them in some way by having a boundary in my life.
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Sorry I'm late. My acupuncturist pushed everything a half an hour, and he has me convinced that if I don't do acupuncture, then something terrible is going to befall me.
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[on the criticism of the lack of racial diversity on Girls (2012)] It was the elephant in the corner of the room ... I felt like people were scared to talk about it [because] they'd get my racist juice all over them ... The argument there are not enough minority characters to represent New York-that I couldn't argue against. What I didn't like was the angle that 'therefore you are a racist, you are raised by racists, you come from a world of class and privilege.'
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[on body image] It completely sickens me what our culture is doing to women. Last week I wore a big top and little shorts and a bunch of stuff came out saying I was without pants. 'The No-Pants Look,' it said. And I didn't go out without pants, I had shorts on...If Olivia Wilde had gone to a party with a big silky top and little shorts she might have been told her outfit was cute...What it was really: 'Why did you show us your thighs'?
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She said she was proud of all of the women she knew, including her mother, who had an abortion. Then she stated that she wished she was in that society of women.
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In 2012 Dunham signed a $3.5 million deal with Random House for her first autobiographical book titled "Not That Kind of Girl - A Young Woman Tells You What She's 'Learned'". The book went on the make the #2 slot on the New York Times Bestseller list.
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In a relationship with musician Jack Antonoff - formerly of bands Bleachers and Steel Train and, to date (2016), lead guitarist with indie rock band Fun.. The couple met on a blind date in 2012.
Worked at a video store, Mr. Video III, in Brooklyn Heights in 2001.
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Lena's father has English, as well as remote Scottish, Welsh, and German, ancestry; he is a Mayflower descendant. Lena's mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family.
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Lives and works in New York City. [October 2008]
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Lena graduated from Oberlin College with her degree in Creative Writing.
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New York, NY, USA: Announces new deal to create and write a second series for HBO, with her Girls (2012) producer, Jennifer Konner, based on a memoir by Betty Halbreich, a NYC department-store personal shopper for the rich and famous. [February 2013]
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One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World (2013).
Herself / Herself - Girls / Herself - Author, Not That Kind of Girl
Late Show with David Letterman
2013-2015
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Follow Me
2015
TV Series documentary
Herself
It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise
2015
Documentary short
Herself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2010-2015
TV Series
Herself - Guest
72nd Golden Globe Awards
2015
TV Special
Herself - Nominee
E! Live from the Red Carpet
2014-2015
TV Series
Herself
Live with Kelly and Ryan
2014-2015
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Skavlan
2014
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2014
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Makers: Women in Hollywood
2014
Documentary
Herself
Side by Side Extra: Volume One
2014
Documentary
Herself
The Daily Show
2013-2014
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Good Morning America
2014
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards
2014
TV Special
Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Howard Stern Birthday Bash
2014
Video
Herself
This Is Comedy
2014
Documentary
Herself
Billy on the Street with Billy Eichner
2014
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Saturday Night Live
2014
TV Series
Herself - Host / Kelsey / Lena Dunham / ...
Cover Girl
2014/III
Short
Herself
2014 Golden Globe Arrivals Special
2014
TV Special
Herself - Interviewee
71st Golden Globe Awards
2014
TV Special
Herself - Nominee (uncredited)
The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards
2013
TV Special
Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
CBS News Sunday Morning
2013
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Revealed
2013
TV Series
Herself
70th Golden Globe Awards
2013
TV Special
Herself - Winner: Best TV Series - Musical or Comedy & Best Actress in a TV Series - Musical or Comedy
Charlie Rose
2013
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Girls: Guys on Girls Featurette
2013
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Iconoclasts
2012
TV Series documentary
Herself
The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards
2012
TV Special
Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series & Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Side by Side Extra
2012
Short
Herself
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2012
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The Colbert Report
2012
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Chelsea Lately
2012
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Conan
2012
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Girls: About Girls
2012
Video documentary
Hannah Horvath / Herself
Girls: Invitation to the Set
2012
Video documentary
Hannah Horvath / Herself
Side by Side
2012
Documentary
Herself
MSN Exclusives
2012
TV Series
Herself (2013)
PressPausePlay
2011
Documentary
Herself
Last Call with Carson Daly
2010
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ok! TV
2015-2017
TV Series
Herself
From the Start!
2016
TV Series
Lucky Fiori
Extra
2015
TV Series
Herself
Media Buzz
2015
TV Series
Herself
Entertainment Tonight
2014-2015
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Author, Not That Kind of Girl
Inside Edition
2014-2015
TV Series documentary
Herself
The Insider
2014
TV Series
Herself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2013
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Girls (2012)
2013
BAFTA TV Award
BAFTA Awards
Best International
Girls (2012)
2013
DGA Award
Directors Guild of America, USA
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
Girls (2012)
2013
Gracie
Gracie Allen Awards
Outstanding Director - Entertainment
Girls (2012)
2013
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
New Series
Girls (2012)
2011
Independent Spirit Award
Independent Spirit Awards
Best First Screenplay
Tiny Furniture (2010)
2010
New Generation Award
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Tiny Furniture (2010)
2010
Independent Visions Award
Sarasota Film Festival
Tiny Furniture (2010)
2010
SXSW Competition Award
SXSW Film Festival
Narrative Feature
Tiny Furniture (2010)
2010
Special Jury Award
SXSW Film Festival
Chicken & Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award
Tiny Furniture (2010)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2016
Gold Derby TV Award
Gold Derby Awards
Comedy Episode of the Year
Girls (2012)
2015
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Girls (2012)
2014
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Girls (2012)
2014
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Girls (2012)
2014
American Comedy Award
American Comedy Awards, USA
Best Comedy Actress - TV
Girls (2012)
2014
Gold Derby TV Award
Gold Derby Awards
Comedy Episode of the Year
Girls (2012)
2014
Gold Derby TV Award
Gold Derby Awards
Comedy Lead Actress
Girls (2012)
2014
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Girls (2012)
2013
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Girls (2012)
2013
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Comedy Series
Girls (2012)
2013
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Girls (2012)
2013
Critics' Choice TV Award
Critics Choice Television Awards
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Girls (2012)
2013
Dorian Award
Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA)
TV Performance of the Year - Actress
Girls (2012)
2013
Wilde Wit of the Year
Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA)
2013
Wilde Artist of the Year
Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA)
2013
Gold Derby TV Award
Gold Derby Awards
Comedy Lead Actress
Girls (2012)
2013
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Girls (2012)
2013
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Direction in a Comedy Series
Girls (2012)
2013
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Writing in a Comedy Series
Girls (2012)
2013
Satellite Award
Satellite Awards
Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical
Girls (2012)
2013
TCA Award
Television Critics Association Awards
Individual Achievement in Comedy
Girls (2012)
2013
TV Guide Award
TV Guide Awards
Favorite Actress
Girls (2012)
2013
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Comedy Series
Girls (2012)
2012
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Girls (2012)
2012
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Girls (2012)
2012
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Girls (2012)
2012
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Comedy Series
Girls (2012)
2012
Critics' Choice TV Award
Critics Choice Television Awards
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Girls (2012)
2012
Gold Derby TV Award
Gold Derby Awards
Comedy Lead Actress
Girls (2012)
2012
Gold Derby TV Award
Gold Derby Awards
Breakthrough Performer of the Year
Girls (2012)
2012
Satellite Award
Satellite Awards
Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical
Girls (2012)
2012
TCA Award
Television Critics Association Awards
Individual Achievement in Comedy
Girls (2012)
2011
EDA Female Focus Award
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry