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| In the book, Dunham recounted a party where she is "alone, drunk and high on Xanax and cocaine."<ref>http://time.com/3445018/lena-dunham-not-that-kind-of-girl-rape-essay/</ref> She details an allegedly unwanted sexual encounter with a mustachioed ] Republican named Barry, whose name was never referred to as a pseudonym until December 9, 2014, when Dunham stated "Barry" was a pseudonym.<ref>, dailymail.co.uk; accessed February 9, 2015.</ref> | In the book, Dunham recounted a party where she is "alone, drunk and high on Xanax and cocaine."<ref>http://time.com/3445018/lena-dunham-not-that-kind-of-girl-rape-essay/</ref> She details an allegedly unwanted sexual encounter with a mustachioed ] Republican named Barry, whose name was never referred to as a pseudonym until December 9, 2014, when Dunham stated "Barry" was a pseudonym.<ref>, dailymail.co.uk; accessed February 9, 2015.</ref> | ||
| Aaron Minc, a lawyer for a man named Barry (later called "Barry One"), who bore a resemblance to the man named by Dunham, described it as "detailed enough to cast a pall over a former student who has had to defend himself against Dunham's accusation that he raped her", according to the '']''. "Barry One" set up a legal fund online to pursue legal action against Dunham and her publisher.<ref>{{cite web|work=]|title=Lena Dunham: 'Barry One' starts legal fund to fight actress' rape claim|first=Jessica|last=Chasmar|date=December 7, 2014|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/7/lena-dunham-barry-one-starts-legal-fund-to-fight-a|accessdate=February 9, 2015}}</ref> "Barry One"'s counsel stated that 'Despite multiple requests ... Dunham has not issued any sort of statement clearing Barry's name and clarifying the confusion that is happening.'”<ref>, washingtontimes.com; accessed February 9, 2015.</ref> On December 9, 2014, Dunham stated "Barry" was a pseudonym. Minc said that as part of an agreement Random House, the publisher of the book, will add a disclaimer to explain that the name "Barry" was a pseudonym.<ref>, hollywoodreporter.com; accessed February 9, 2015.</ref> | Aaron Minc, a lawyer for a man named Barry (later called "Barry One"), who bore a resemblance to the man named by Dunham, described it as "detailed enough to cast a pall over a former student who has had to defend himself against Dunham's accusation that he raped her", according to the '']''. "Barry One" set up a legal fund online to pursue legal action against Dunham and her publisher.<ref>{{cite web|work=]|title=Lena Dunham: 'Barry One' starts legal fund to fight actress' rape claim|first=Jessica|last=Chasmar|date=December 7, 2014|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/7/lena-dunham-barry-one-starts-legal-fund-to-fight-a|accessdate=February 9, 2015}}</ref> "Barry One"'s counsel stated that 'Despite multiple requests ... Dunham has not issued any sort of statement clearing Barry's name and clarifying the confusion that is happening.'”<ref>, washingtontimes.com; accessed February 9, 2015.</ref> On December 9, 2014, Dunham stated "Barry" was a pseudonym. Minc said that as part of an agreement Random House, the publisher of the book, will add a disclaimer to explain that the name "Barry" was a pseudonym.<ref>, hollywoodreporter.com; accessed February 9, 2015.</ref> Conservative journalist and author ] wrote that Dunham's book accused "an easily identifiable student on campus of rape without any fact checkers or lawyers flagging the passage."<ref>, nypost.com, February 8, 2015; accessed February 22, 2015.</ref>{{undue-inline|reason=Undue weight to non-notable opinion from unreliable source.|date=February 2015}} | ||
| Conservative journalist and author ] wrote that Dunham's actions regarding "Barry One" were part of a larger phenomenon about reports of rape on college campuses in which accusers were "refusing to report these matters to the police instead of the campus Keystone Kops and The New York Times ... supposedly saving themselves from the pain of a trial, but really what they are doing is saving themselves from having to answer any questions and destroying men’s lives with lies and innuendo ... why Lena Dunham got away with publishing a book accusing an easily identifiable student on campus of rape without any fact checkers or lawyers flagging the passage."<ref>, nypost.com, February 8, 2015; accessed February 22, 2015.</ref>{{undue-inline|reason=Undue weight to non-notable opinion from unreliable source.|date=February 2015}} | |||
| In the same book, Dunham describes instances of sexual or quasi-sexual activitiy with her sister ], including ] when Lena was 7 and Grace was 1, which was categorized by a conservative website as "sexual abuse". <ref>{{cite news|last1=Oldenburg|first1=Ann|title=Lena Dunham: Sexual abuse or sexual exploration?|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/11/06/lena-dunam-sexual-abuse-sister-grace-exploration-lawsuit/18524915|accessdate=13 February 2015|work=USA Today|publisher=Gannett|date=November 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Williamson|first1=Devin|title=Pathetic Privilege|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/391348/pathetic-privilege-kevin-d-williamson|accessdate=22 February 2015|work=National Review|date=October 29, 2014}}</ref> On the issue of whether Dunham's behavior was "sexually reactive", ], a sociologist who has done extensive research into child sexual abuse, said "a judgment would typically require more than a single episode, especially in younger children who may not be aware of norms." Psychologist ] also opined that the incidents described in the book were "within the norms of childhood sexual behavior," and that “It wouldn’t be ''sex offender'' wrong, it would be inappropriate.”<ref>{{cite news|last1=Clark-Flory|first1=Tracy|title=Child therapists: Stop freaking out about Lena Dunham|url=http://www.salon.com/2014/11/04/child_therapists_stop_freaking_out_about_lena_dunham|accessdate=November 7, 2014|work=Salon|issue=November 4, 2014}}</ref> Dunham later apologized for some of the wording in the book, saying, “I am also aware that the comic use of the term 'sexual predator' was insensitive, and I’m sorry for that as well.”<ref name=TLAT>{{cite web|work=]|title=Lena Dunham apologizes for her 'comic use' of 'sexual predator'|first=Christine|last=D'Zurilla|date=November 4, 2014|url=http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-81876655/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Rothman|first1=Michael|title=Lena Dunham Apologizes for 'Sexual Predator' Section in Her Book|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/lena-dunham-apologizes-sexual-predator-section-book/story?id=26685074|accessdate=November 7, 2014|work=Good Morning America|agency=ABC News|date=November 4, 2014}}</ref> | In the same book, Dunham describes instances of sexual or quasi-sexual activitiy with her sister ], including ] when Lena was 7 and Grace was 1, which was categorized by a conservative website as "sexual abuse". <ref>{{cite news|last1=Oldenburg|first1=Ann|title=Lena Dunham: Sexual abuse or sexual exploration?|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/11/06/lena-dunam-sexual-abuse-sister-grace-exploration-lawsuit/18524915|accessdate=13 February 2015|work=USA Today|publisher=Gannett|date=November 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Williamson|first1=Devin|title=Pathetic Privilege|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/391348/pathetic-privilege-kevin-d-williamson|accessdate=22 February 2015|work=National Review|date=October 29, 2014}}</ref> On the issue of whether Dunham's behavior was "sexually reactive", ], a sociologist who has done extensive research into child sexual abuse, said "a judgment would typically require more than a single episode, especially in younger children who may not be aware of norms." Psychologist ] also opined that the incidents described in the book were "within the norms of childhood sexual behavior," and that “It wouldn’t be ''sex offender'' wrong, it would be inappropriate.”<ref>{{cite news|last1=Clark-Flory|first1=Tracy|title=Child therapists: Stop freaking out about Lena Dunham|url=http://www.salon.com/2014/11/04/child_therapists_stop_freaking_out_about_lena_dunham|accessdate=November 7, 2014|work=Salon|issue=November 4, 2014}}</ref> Dunham later apologized for some of the wording in the book, saying, “I am also aware that the comic use of the term 'sexual predator' was insensitive, and I’m sorry for that as well.”<ref name=TLAT>{{cite web|work=]|title=Lena Dunham apologizes for her 'comic use' of 'sexual predator'|first=Christine|last=D'Zurilla|date=November 4, 2014|url=http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-81876655/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Rothman|first1=Michael|title=Lena Dunham Apologizes for 'Sexual Predator' Section in Her Book|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/lena-dunham-apologizes-sexual-predator-section-book/story?id=26685074|accessdate=November 7, 2014|work=Good Morning America|agency=ABC News|date=November 4, 2014}}</ref> | ||
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| Lena Dunham | |
|---|---|
 Dunham at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Supporting Characters | |
| Born | (1986-05-13) May 13, 1986 (age 38) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, writer, director and producer |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Parent(s) | Carroll Dunham Laurie Simmons |
| Relatives | Grace Dunham (sister) |
| Template:Infobox comedian awards | |
Lena Dunham (/ˈlinə ˈdʌnəm/ LEE-nə DUN-um; born May 13, 1986) is an American actress, author, screenwriter, producer, and director. She wrote and directed the independent film Tiny Furniture (2010), and is the creator, writer and star of the HBO series Girls. She has received eight nominations for Emmy Awards as a writer, director, actress and producer and won two Golden Globe Awards for Girls. Dunham is the first woman to win a Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Director in a Comedy Series.
Early life
Dunham was born in New York City. Her father, Carroll Dunham, is a painter, and her mother, Laurie Simmons, is an artist and photographer, and a member of the Pictures group, known for her use of dolls and doll-house furniture in her photographs of setup interior scenes. Dunham has described herself as feeling "very culturally Jewish, although that's the biggest cliché for a Jewish woman to say”; her father is Protestant, and her mother is Jewish.
She has a younger sister, Grace, a 2014 graduate of Brown University, who appeared in Dunham's first film, Creative Nonfiction, and starred in her second film, Tiny Furniture. The sisters were raised in Brooklyn, New York and spent summers in Salisbury, Connecticut.
Dunham attended Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn, where she met Tiny Furniture actress and Girls co-star Jemima Kirke. She graduated in 2008 from Oberlin College, where she studied creative writing.
Career
Dunham's 2010 feature film Tiny Furniture won Best Narrative Feature at South by Southwest Music and Media Conference, and subsequently screened at such festivals as Maryland Film Festival. Dunham plays the lead role of Aura. Laurie Simmons (Lena Dunham's real-life mother) plays Aura's mother, and Lena's real-life sister Grace plays Aura's on-screen sister.
Dunham's television series Girls was greenlit by HBO in early 2012. Judd Apatow is the executive producer. Three episodes were screened to positive response at the 2012 South by Southwest Festival. The first season premiered April 15, 2012, and has garnered Dunham four Emmy nominations for her roles in acting, writing, and directing the series and two Golden Globe wins for Best Comedy Series for Girls and for herself in Best Lead Actress in a Comedy or Musical Series. In February 2013, she became the first woman to win a Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Director in a Comedy Series for her work on Girls. In January 2015, Girls was renewed for a fifth season.
In fall of 2012, Dunham appeared in a video advertisement promoting President Barack Obama's re-election, delivering a monologue, which, according to a blog quoted in The Atlantic, tried to "get the youth vote by comparing voting for the first time to having sex for the first time". Fox News reported "intense criticism" from multiple media sources, who labeled the advertisement as "tasteless and inappropriate", but added that "not everyone was so offended".
In February 2014, Dunham was named the Recipient of Horizon Award 2014 by Point Foundation for her support to the gay community. She hosted Saturday Night Live on March 8, 2014 with musical guest The National. On February 20, 2015, it was reported that Dunham had been cast in a currently unknown guest role in an episode of the ABC drama series Scandal.
Random House
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On October 8, 2012, Dunham signed a $3.5 million deal with Random House to publish her first book. Published in September 2014, the essay collection was entitled Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned". She dedicated the foreword of the book to Nora Ephron, who had died earlier that year.
In the book, Dunham recounted a party where she is "alone, drunk and high on Xanax and cocaine." She details an allegedly unwanted sexual encounter with a mustachioed Oberlin College Republican named Barry, whose name was never referred to as a pseudonym until December 9, 2014, when Dunham stated "Barry" was a pseudonym.
Aaron Minc, a lawyer for a man named Barry (later called "Barry One"), who bore a resemblance to the man named by Dunham, described it as "detailed enough to cast a pall over a former student who has had to defend himself against Dunham's accusation that he raped her", according to the Hollywood Reporter. "Barry One" set up a legal fund online to pursue legal action against Dunham and her publisher. "Barry One"'s counsel stated that 'Despite multiple requests ... Dunham has not issued any sort of statement clearing Barry's name and clarifying the confusion that is happening.'” On December 9, 2014, Dunham stated "Barry" was a pseudonym. Minc said that as part of an agreement Random House, the publisher of the book, will add a disclaimer to explain that the name "Barry" was a pseudonym. Conservative journalist and author Naomi Schaefer Riley wrote that Dunham's book accused "an easily identifiable student on campus of rape without any fact checkers or lawyers flagging the passage."
In the same book, Dunham describes instances of sexual or quasi-sexual activitiy with her sister Grace, including genital play when Lena was 7 and Grace was 1, which was categorized by a conservative website as "sexual abuse". On the issue of whether Dunham's behavior was "sexually reactive", David Finkelhor, a sociologist who has done extensive research into child sexual abuse, said "a judgment would typically require more than a single episode, especially in younger children who may not be aware of norms." Psychologist Sharon Lamb also opined that the incidents described in the book were "within the norms of childhood sexual behavior," and that “It wouldn’t be sex offender wrong, it would be inappropriate.” Dunham later apologized for some of the wording in the book, saying, “I am also aware that the comic use of the term 'sexual predator' was insensitive, and I’m sorry for that as well.”
She responded to this controversy by saying, "I don't care what conservative white men think about me." She went on to refer to these critics as members of the "enemy party".
Personal life
In 2012, Dunham began dating Jack Antonoff, lead guitarist of the band Fun. and the sole member of Bleachers. She stated that she will not get married until same-sex marriage is legalized.
Dunham was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder as a child, and continues to take a low dose of an antidepressant to relieve her anxiety.
In a January 2015 interview, at the Golden Globes Awards ceremony, Dunham said that she had removed the Twitter social media app from her handset, due to personal attacks; however, she added that she continues to use the platform "occasionally."
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Dealing | Georgia | Short film Also writer, director |
| 2007 | Una & Jacques | Video short | |
| 2009 | The House of the Devil | 911 Operator | Voice |
| 2009 | Creative Nonfiction | Ella | Also writer, director, editor |
| 2009 | The Viewer | Voice | Short film |
| 2009 | Family Tree | Lena | Short film |
| 2010 | Gabi on the Roof in July | Colby | |
| 2010 | Tiny Furniture | Aura | Also director, writer |
| 2011 | The Innkeepers | Barista | |
| 2012 | Nobody Walks | Also co-writer | |
| 2012 | Supporting Characters | Alexa | |
| 2012 | This Is 40 | Cat | |
| 2014 | Happy Christmas | Carson |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Tight Shots | Main role Also writer, director, editor | |
| 2009 | Delusional Downtown Divas | Oona | Main role Also writer, director, producer |
| 2012–present | Girls | Hannah Horvath | Main role Also creator, director, writer, executive producer |
| 2014 | Adventure Time | Betty | "Betty" (Season 5, Episode 48) |
| 2014 | Saturday Night Live | Host | "Lena Dunham/The National" (Season 39, Episode 15) |
| 2015 | Scandal | TBA |
Awards and nominations
Published works
- Dunham, Lena (2014). Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned". Random House. ISBN 978-0812994995.
References
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External links
- Lena Dunham at IMDb
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- Lena Dunham at Rotten Tomatoes
- Lena Dunham at the Emmys
- Lena Dunham Video produced by Makers: Women Who Make America
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