Girls is an American comedy drama television series created, written, directed by, and starring Lena Dunham. The series has aired for six seasons on the cable channel HBO from April 15, 2012, to April 16, 2017.
Since its debut, the series has been nominated for a variety of different awards, including nineteen Primetime Emmy Awards (two wins for the series), six Golden Globe Awards (two wins for the series), three TCA Awards and two Writers Guild of America Awards (one win for the series). The series also won a BAFTA Award, a Directors Guild of America Award and a Peabody Award.
Dunham has been nominated for nineteen individual awards for her role as the series lead, as writer, and as producer. Several of Dunhams collaborators have also been nominated for various awards including co-stars Allison Williams and Adam Driver as well as recurring guest stars Becky Ann Baker, Peter Scolari, Andrew Rannells, Patrick Wilson, Gaby Hoffmann, Riz Ahmed and Matthew Rhys.
Awards and nominations + Award Year Category Nominee(s) Result ACE Eddie Awards 2013 Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television Robert Frazen, Catherine Haight (for "Pilot") ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards 2013 Excellence in Production Design for a Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler, Laura Ballinger, Patricia Sprott AFI Awards 2012 Program of the Year Girls American Comedy Awards 2014 Best Comedy Actress – TV Lena Dunham Artios Awards 2012 Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Pilot – Comedy Jennifer Euston Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series – Comedy Jennifer Euston 2013 Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series – Comedy Jennifer Euston 2015 Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series – Comedy Jennifer Euston 2017 Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series – Comedy Jennifer Euston, Emer O’Callaghan 2018 Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series – Comedy Jennifer Euston ASTRA Awards 2013 Favourite Program – International Drama Girls British Academy Television Awards 2013 Best International Programme Girls Costume Designers Guild Awards 2013 Excellence in Costume Design for a Contemporary Television Series Jennifer Rogien Critics' Choice Awards 2012 Best Comedy Series Girls Best Actress in a Comedy Series Lena Dunham Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series Becky Ann Baker Peter Scolari 2013 Best Actress in a Comedy Series Lena Dunham Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Alex Karpovsky Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series Patrick Wilson 2014 Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series Andrew Rannells 2015 Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Adam Driver Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series Becky Ann Baker 2016 Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Allison Williams Directors Guild of America Awards 2013 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series Lena Dunham (for "Pilot") Dorian Awards 2013 TV Comedy of the Year Girls TV Performance of the Year – Actress Lena Dunham 2014 TV Comedy of the Year Girls Golden Globe Awards 2013 Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy Girls Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy Lena Dunham 2014 Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy Girls Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy Lena Dunham 2015 Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy Girls Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy Lena Dunham Gracie Awards 2013 Outstanding Director – Entertainment Lena Dunham Guild of Music Supervisors Awards 2013 Best Music Supervision in a Television Musical or Comedy Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe 2014 Best Music Supervision in a Television Musical or Comedy Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe 2015 Best Music Supervision in a Television Musical or Comedy Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe 2016 Best Music Supervision in a Television Musical or Comedy Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, Jonathan Leahy Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television Michael Penn, Allison Williams, Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, Jonathan Leahy (for "Riverside") 2017 Best Music Supervision in a Television Musical or Comedy Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, Jonathan Leahy Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television David Bowie, AURORA, Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, Jonathan Leahy (for "Life on Mars") 2018 Best Music Supervision in a Television Musical or Comedy Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, Jonathan Leahy Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television Julia Michaels, Jack Antonoff, Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, Jonathan Leahy (for "How Do We Get Back to Love") New Media Film Festival 2015 Festival Award Girls Peabody Awards 2012 Honoree People's Choice Awards 2014 Favorite Premium Cable TV Show Girls Primetime Emmy Awards 2012 Outstanding Comedy Series Girls Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lena Dunham (for "She Did") Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series Lena Dunham (for "She Did") Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Lena Dunham (for "Pilot") 2013 Outstanding Comedy Series Girls Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lena Dunham (for "Bad Friend") Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Adam Driver (for "It's Back") Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series Lena Dunham (for "On All Fours") 2014 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lena Dunham (for "Beach House") Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Adam Driver (for "Two Plane Rides") 2015 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Adam Driver (for "Close-Up") Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2012 Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series Jennifer Euston 2013 Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series Jennifer Euston 2015 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Gaby Hoffmann (for "Home Birth") 2016 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Peter Scolari (for "Good Man") 2017 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Riz Ahmed (for "All I Ever Wanted") Matthew Rhys (for "American Bitch") Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Becky Ann Baker (for "Gummies") Outstanding Music Supervision Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, Jonathan Leahy (for "Goodbye Tour") Robert Awards 2013 Best Foreign TV Series Girls Satellite Awards 2012 Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy Girls Best Actress in a Series, Musical or Comedy Lena Dunham 2013 Best Actress in a Series, Musical or Comedy Lena Dunham TCA Awards 2012 Outstanding New Program Girls Individual Achievement in Comedy Lena Dunham 2013 Individual Achievement in Comedy Lena Dunham TV Guide Awards 2013 Favorite Comedy Series Girls Favorite Actress Lena Dunham Favorite Ensemble Girls Writers Guild of America Awards 2013 Television: New Series Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Lena Dunham, Sarah Heyward, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jenni Konner, Deborah Schoeneman, Dan Sterling Television: Comedy Series Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Lena Dunham, Sarah Heyward, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jenni Konner, Deborah Schoeneman, Dan Sterling Young Hollywood Awards 2014 Best Cast Chemistry – TV Girls
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