Girls 

A comedy about the experiences of a group of girls in their early 20s.

Creator:

Lena Dunham

Stars:

Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke

Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 17 wins & 107 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Lena Dunham	...	Hannah Horvath 62 episodes, 2012-2017
Allison Williams	...	Marnie Michaels 55 episodes, 2012-2017
Jemima Kirke	...	Jessa Johansson 53 episodes, 2012-2017
Adam Driver	...	Adam Sackler 49 episodes, 2012-2017
Zosia Mamet	...	Shoshanna Shapiro 48 episodes, 2012-2017
Alex Karpovsky	...	Ray Ploshansky 42 episodes, 2012-2017
Andrew Rannells	...	Elijah Krantz 35 episodes, 2012-2017
Ebon Moss-Bachrach	...	Desi Harperin 25 episodes, 2014-2017

Storyline

The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.

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Plot Keywords:

city | one word title | writer | four friends | sexual relationships | 

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Taglines:

Living the dream. One mistake at a time.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 April 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Girls

Filming Locations:

New York Bay, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Apatow Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

28 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

"Girls" star and creator Lena Dunham was interviewed by The Awl in 2012 about the series during the first season, including her attitude towards clothing... or the lack thereof. "I feel like now I'm going to have to give up my trick of 'oh, let's make this scene funnier by way of pants removal.' It's going to wear thin. I'm going to need to start using it more judiciously," she said at the time. But during the course of the 6 season series she continued to get naked. A lot. Some supported that choice because they felt that was part of her character. Others, including critics, felt it was too much, added nothing to the series, and even grew "tiresome." According to an article by IndieWire, the most notorious instance of this came in 2014, when reporter Tim Molloy questioned Dunham's on-screen nudity at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, asking the creator/star, "I don't get the purpose of all the nudity on the show. By you particularly... your character is often naked at random times for no reason." That led to a confrontation between Molloy and executive producer Judd Apatow over whether Molloy's approach to the question was inappropriate and/or misogynistic. (Molloy's piece on the incident ended with him believing that he wasn't being either of those things, because Molloy's girlfriend said so.) A year earlier, LA Times critic Mary McNamara also lost patience with Dunham's nudity on the show, writing that, "Even the insistence that Hannah/Dunham is heroic in her willingness to expose her haphazardly tattooed and non-swimsuit issue-type body and her neuroses has become tiresome." What's notable there is the fact that McNamara doesn't make a choice as to whether she's critiquing Dunham as a creator or Hannah as a character. It's a blanket statement about both entities.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: James Spader/Andrew Rannells/Brian Regan (2015)

User Reviews

Just Enjoy It For What It Is

I personally LOVE this show. It's incredibly funny and extremely refreshing. It's quirky and almost every dialogue makes me smile like an idiot. The sex is also a lot more realistic than in other shows (Since most of the time sex can awful and unsatisfying, not earth-shattering like they portray on romantic movies and also, not everyone is built like a model.)

I think people need to stop over analyzing the show and enjoy it for what it is; a heartfelt comedy about young women who traverse a complicated world filled with heartbreak and uncertainty with no one to lean on but each other. It's a unique take on an old idea and I will definitely stay tuned for more.