When “Girls” premiered, there was no other character like Hannah Horvath on TV. Created by multi-hyphenate Lena Dunham, only 26 at the time, Hannah was shamelessly self-absorbed, but also charming and ambitious. Predictably, Dunham took much of the flak for Hannah’s indiscretions; as the daughter of artist Carroll Dunham and photographer Laurie Simmons, she was saddled with accusations of nepotism that threatened to overshadow her talent. Nevertheless, “Girls” dominated 2010s culture, updating the “Sex and the City” template for a much more downwardly mobile set of New York City strivers: Hannah; her college BFF, uptight gallerist Marnie
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