has questioned what motherhood will look like for her, after previously undergoing a total hysterectomy.
The actress, 36, reflected on her recent role in comedy-drama Sharp Stick, in which she play’s a pregnant woman, adding that she is at a time in her life where there are ‘babies everywhere.’
Lena underwent a total hysterectomy in 2018 to remove her uterus and cervix after enduring years of endometriosis-related pain.
Candid: Lena Dunham, 36, has questioned what motherhood will look like for her on Wednesday, after previously undergoing a total hysterectomy
Complicated: The actress reflected on her role in Sharp Stick, in which she play’s a pregnant woman, adding that she is at a time in her life where there are ‘babies everywhere’
In an interview with , she detailed how the film helped her explore the meaning of motherhood.
Lena said: ‘I think the movie was a lot about motherhood and the different shapes motherhood could take and the questions I was asking myself about that.
‘What is motherhood going to look like for me?What are my feelings about what motherhood’s supposed to look like versus what motherhood actually looks like?’
The star, who married musician Luis Felber in 2021, continued: ‘I’m firmly in that moment in my life where there are babies, babies everywhere.
‘So it was an exciting chance to ask myself some of those questions, while also having the kind of distance that comes from asking them through characters.’
Lena’s latest feature film Sharp Stick sees her play a pregnant wife whose husband is tangled in an affair with a ‘naive’ younger woman.
Questions: Lena said: смотреть фильмы бесплатно (zfilm.kinowar-film.site) ‘What is motherhood going to look like for me?What are my feelings about what motherhood’s supposed to look like versus what motherhood actually looks like?’
According to the official synopsis for , the film follows ‘a naïve 26-year-old’ named Sarah Jo (played by The Society’s Kristine Froseth) who ‘longs to be seen’ as she lives life ‘on the fringes of Hollywood with her mother and sister.’
Sarah Jo’s world is tu, the actress opened up about her desire to have a child within the next two years, being body shamed by women, and plans for a Girls reboot.
Couple: The star, who married musician Luis Felber in 2021, continued: ‘I’m firmly in that moment in my life where there are babies, babies everywhere’ (pictured together last month)
Tough: Lena previously said to Vogue , that her decision to have a hysterectomy came after ‘years of complex surgeries measuring in the double digits’
‘I’ll be 36 this year,’ she told the publication. ‘I don’t feel like turning 38 without a child.’
She had her uterus, cervix, and an ovary removed but attempted IVF after learning her ‘one remaining ovary was still producing eggs,’ she previously recalled in a piece for .
The bid ended up being unsuccessful as none of the eggs ended up being viable.
‘There is a lot you can correct in life—you can end a relationship, get sober, get serious, say sorry—but you can’t force the universe to give you a baby that your body has told you all along was an impossibility,’ she said in the Harper’s article.