"Girls" wunderkind Lena Dunham has won her first Golden Globe for playing the flailing, frustrated, financially-unstable 20something memoirist Hannah Horvath.

It's a stellar year for Dunham, 26, who created, produces, directs and writes for the show, which earned a quick second-season reup from HBO (the show returns tonight). She also scored a $3.7 million book deal for a book of essays that Random House purports will be in the vein of Helen Gurley Brown, David Sedaris, and Nora Ephron. (A 26-year-old first-time author with a $3.7 book deal? Speaking of veins ...)

Dunham's competition included Zooey Deshanel of "New Girl," Tina Fey of "30 Rock," Amy Poehler of "Parks and Recreation" and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who won the Emmy in September for "Veep." (Last year's Globe winner Laura Dern was not nominated; the second season of "Enlightened" also premieres tonight on HBO.)

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