Lena Dunham Took “Intentional Break” From Acting After ‘Girls’

Lena Dunham Took an ‘Intentional Break’ from Public Life Post-‘Girls’: ‘I Felt Confused’ After Media Backlash

Lena Dunham is looking back on how she navigated her “Girls” fame — missteps and all. According to the creator, the challenges of her sudden rise and the media’s response led in part to her “break” from the public eye (including as an onscreen actor) after wrapping the iconic HBO series. Dunham led “Girls” as Hannah, a millennial Brooklynite would-be writer whose romantic ploys drew comparisons to Carrie Bradshaw. The subversive comedy series no…

Lena Dunham Says She Took an ‘Intentional Break’ From Acting After ‘Girls’

Lena Dunham explained why she took an “intentional break” from acting after her HBO series Girls came to an end in 2017. Speaking to the Times, Dunham said she stepped back from public life after facing backlash for a series of controversies. “I didn’t really understand how to distinguish between what was and wasn’t necessary for the public,” she said. “I felt confused about how I was supposed to respond. I thought if I explain properly who I …

Lena Dunham Took “Intentional Break” From Acting After ‘Girls’

Eight years after Girls ended, Lena Dunham is returning to the small screen with Netflix‘s Too Much. The Golden Globe winner recently explained why she took an “intentional break” from acting and public life after facing backlash around several controversies involving her breakout HBO comedy-drama, which ran for six seasons from 2012 to 2017. “I didn’t really understand how to distinguish between what was and wasn’t necessary for the public.…

Lena Dunham underwent 'painful metamorphosis' after end of Girls

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