
Lena graduated from Oberlin College in 2008, where she studied Creative Writing. Her first short film, Dealing, premiered at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival. Her first feature, Creative Nonfiction, premiered at SXSW 2009 and enjoyed a theatrical premiere at Anthology Film Archives. She has made two webseries, Tight Shots and Delusional Downtown Divas. In 2009, she was commissioned to make ten more episodes of DDD to project at the Guggenheim’s first annual Art Awards, an event for which she also hosted and wrote the teleplay. In 2009, she was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film.” As an actress, she will appeared in Mildred Pierce, by Todd Haynes and The Innkeeper by Ti West. She writes about film and interesting characters for various publications, including Interview, The Onion A/V Club, HammertoNail.com, and she loves to tweet.
Movie | Music | Administrator on Phone with Zu | 2021-01-14 |
Series | Visible: Out On Television | Herself | 2020-02-14 |
Movie | Miranda July: Where it Began | Herself | 2020-04-28 |
Movie | The Stand In | Lisa | 2020-12-03 |
Movie | This Changes Everything | Herself | 2019-06-28 |
Movie | Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood | 'Gypsy' | 2019-07-24 |
Movie | Half the Picture | Herself | 2018-06-08 |
Movie | 100 Years | Narrator (voice) | 2017-01-17 |
Movie | Don't Think Twice | Herself | 2016-07-22 |
Series | Delusional Downtown Divas | Unknown | 2016 |
Movie | Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You | Unknown | 2016-01-21 |
Movie | My Art | Meryl | 2016-09-05 |
Movie | My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea | Mary (voice) | 2016-09-11 |
Series | Travel Man: 48 Hours in... | Unknown | 2015-03-30 |
Movie | It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise | Herself | 2015-01-24 |
Series | Thank You and Sorry | 2015-06-16 | |
Series | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Herself | 2015-03-23 |
Series | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | 2015-08-02 |
Movie | Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live | Self | 2015-12-20 |
Movie | 7 Days in Hell | Lanny Denver | 2015-07-11 |
Movie | Everything Is Copy | Unknown | 2015-09-29 |
Movie | Sky | Billie | 2015-09-16 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | This Is Comedy | Herself | 2014-04-18 |
Movie | Happy Christmas | Carson | 2014-06-26 |
Series | Girls | Hannah Horvath | 2012-04-15 |
Movie | Supporting Characters | Alexa | 2012-01-23 |
Movie | Side by Side | Self | 2012-08-19 |
Movie | This Is 40 | Cat | 2012-12-20 |
Series | Mildred Pierce | Nurse 1 | 2011-03-27 |
Movie | PressPausePlay | Herself | 2011-03-01 |
Series | American Horror Story | Valerie Solanas | 2011-10-05 |
Series | Billy on the Street | Herself | 2011-12-18 |
Movie | The Innkeepers | Barista | 2011-08-18 |
Movie | Gabi on the Roof in July | Colby | 2010-02-27 |
Movie | Tiny Furniture | Aura | 2010-11-12 |
Movie | Creative Nonfiction | Ella | 2009-02-18 |
Movie | The Viewer | The Voice | 2009-04-29 |
Movie | Family Tree | 2009-10-13 | |
Movie | Open the Door | 2007-01-01 | |
Movie | The Fountain | 2007-01-01 | |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Herself | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Hooker on Campus | Hooker | 2007-01-01 |
Movie | Pressure | 2006-01-01 | |
Movie | Dealing | Georgia | 2006-12-12 |
Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Herself | 1996-07-22 |
Series | The Simpsons | Candace (voice) | 1989-12-16 |