Lina Dunham is an American actress. He also writes scripts, makes films and is engaged in producing activities. She became a media personality thanks to her role in the famous television project Girls, which she created. Photos of Lina Dunham and facts from her life are presented below.
In front of the lens, movie cameras appeared along with the actors: Grace Dunham, Ben Stiller, Adam Driver, Alex Karpowski, Neil Patrick Harris and others. Plays in comedies, dramas, short films. Acting work of the actress can be seen in the series: "Saturday Night Live", "American Horror Story", "Scandal." She joined the cinematic community in 2006. She participated in the creation of 72 cinema projects. In 2013 she received the Golden Globe Award as the performer of the best female role on TV for her role in the movie Girls. The growth of actress Lina Dunham is 160 cm. Now she is 31 years old.
Biography
Born in the American city of New York on May 13, 1986 in a creative family. While studying at the Brooklyn school, she met Jemiah Kerk, who later became her partner on the set of the film “Tiny Furniture”. In 2008, Lina Dunham became a graduate of Oberlin College, where for several years she learned the basics of the profession of screenwriter. Two years later, she directed and scripted the above-mentioned television movie, in which she portrayed the main character. This independent tape received many awards that year.
In 2011, she bought the script for the comedy project "Girls", and she herself was offered to play a major role in it and become a producer of this multi-part television movie. The series, which was then included in the list of applicants for several Golden Globe awards, was liked by both viewers and critics and had high viewing ratings.
In 2014, the actress, screenwriter and director presented her book dedicated to the writer and screenwriter Nora Efron, with whom she was on friendly terms.
Personal life
Lina Dunham in 2012 began dating Jack Antonoff. Six years later, the couple broke up. The movie star then wrote that she would continue to wear the ring that Jack had given her, since she considered love to be a “powerful and eternal thing.” The actress expressed gratitude to her former chosen one, saying that before him in her life there were much fewer pleasant and happy moments. As Lina said, the separation was by mutual desire. She wished Antonoff all the best and indicated her willingness to achieve new goals in life.
Movie roles
At the beginning of her creative career, Lina Dunham voiced one of the heroines of the series The Simpsons. In 2008, she took up similar work in the project of the horror genre “Devil’s House”, in which the main character puts her life in mortal danger, finding a job as a nanny in a strange house full of terrible secrets.
In 2012, Lina Dunham pleasantly surprised and forced herself to respect film critics by creating the film “Tiny Furniture”, which tells about the recent student’s return to her home. Then she developed the image of the heroine Valeria Solanas in one of the seasons of the television project "American Horror Story."
New works
In 2017, she acted as an executive producer of the film "Tokyo Project". A year earlier, she participated in the creation of the television film “Not Just a Costume”. In the documentary Nora Efron. Life as a material ”talks about his friendships with this famous personality.