List of Famous people named Lena
Lena Headey
Lena Kathren Headey is a Bermudan-English actress. She gained international recognition for her acclaimed portrayal of Cersei Lannister on the HBO epic fantasy drama series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which she received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination.
Lena Meyer-Landrut
Lena Johanna Therese Meyer-Landrut, also known by the mononym Lena, is a German singer-songwriter. She rose to fame after representing Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, winning the contest with her song "Satellite". Both "Satellite" and her debut album My Cassette Player (2010) debuted at number one in Germany and became platinum sellers. With her three entries from the German national final Unser Star für Oslo, Meyer-Landrut set an all-time chart record in her home country by debuting with three songs in the top five of the German Singles Chart. She represented Germany for the second consecutive time in the Eurovision Song Contest at Düsseldorf in 2011 with the song "Taken by a Stranger", placing tenth.
Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham is an American actress, writer, director, and producer. She is known as the creator, writer, and star of the HBO television series Girls (2012–2017), for which she received several Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe Awards. Dunham also directed several episodes of Girls and became the first woman to win the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series. Prior to Girls, Dunham wrote, directed, and starred in the semi-autobiographical independent film Tiny Furniture (2010), for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.
Lena Gercke
Lena Johanna Gercke is a German fashion model and television host. She won the first cycle of Germany's Next Topmodel and was the host of Austria's Next Topmodel.
Lena Nilsson
Lena Nilsson is a Swedish actress. Nilsson's film credits include Magnetisøren's femte vinter and Videoman. Her television credits include Kaspar i Nudådalen, Glöm inte mamma!, and Morden i Sandhamn. She won the 2018 Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Videoman.
Lena Waithe
Lena Waithe is an American screenwriter, producer, and actress. She starred in the Netflix comedy-drama series Master of None (2015–2017). She became the first black woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 2017 for writing the show's "Thanksgiving" episode, which was loosely based on her personal experience of coming out to her mother.
Lena Dürr
Lena Dürr is a German World Cup alpine ski racer.
Lena Katina
Elena Sergeevna Katina, better known as Lena Katina, is a Russian singer and songwriter who is best known for her work with Russian duo t.A.T.u. She started her career at the age of eight, joining the Russian children's act Avenue, soon after that joining Neposedi. In 1999 producer Ivan Shapovalov chose Lena Katina for his project, t.A.T.u., as well as Julia Volkova. The duo would later become Russia's most successful pop music act. The group produced several hits including "All the Things She Said", "Not Gonna Get Us" and "All About Us". Their first single "All The Things She Said" peaked at number one in 19 countries including the UK, Russia and Australia.
Lena Valaitis
Lena Valaitis is a Lithuanian–German schlager singer who had her greatest success during the 1970s and 1980s. She finished second at the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest.
Lena Fujii
Lena Fujii is a Japanese commercial fashion model, singer and actress. She is managed by Stellar Entertainment Agency and sometimes goes by the name "Lena". Fujii was scouted in Harajuku and is best known for her work for Japanese fashion magazine ViVi.