- Has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
- One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World (2013).
- New York, NY, USA: Announces new deal to create and write a second series for HBO, with her Girls (2012) producer, Jenni Konner, based on a memoir by Betty Halbreich, a NYC department-store personal shopper for the rich and famous. (February 2013)
- Lena graduated from Oberlin College with her degree in Creative Writing.
- Was 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. from 2012 to 2017.
- 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.
- 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.
- Worked at a video store, Mr. Video III, in Brooklyn Heights in 2001.
- (May 3, 2017) Had experienced complications from her endometriosis and needed to seek medical care. Dunham is now at home and taking some much needed time to rest and she's doing well. The HBO star has been very public about her long battle with the disorder. In early April, Dunham revealed that she underwent her fifth surgery in the last year to move her ovaries away from her rectal wall on Saturday, and end her chronic pain. She said that she and her doctors had tried every non-surgical option possible, from yoga to a holistic diet (which Dunham says is the cause of the "thin shaming" she was experiencing), but the pain was too overwhelming, and would not go away.
- Director and star of Tight Shots (2007), a comedic web series on Nerve.com.
- Friend of Jemima Kirke and Taylor Swift.
- Lives and works in New York City. (October 2008)
- Writer, director, producer, and costar of Delusional Downtown Divas (2009), a web show satirizing the New York art world.
- Best friends with Amy Schumer and Sheryl Sandberg, COO of social media giant Facebook.
- Older sister of Grace Dunham.
- 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.
- Met friend Audrey Gelman in Oberlin College.
- Born on the same day as Robert Pattinson.
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