--- description: Lashaway, 28, was killed in a car crash on May 8. title: Lena Dunham Posts Tribute to Late Girls Actor, Nick Lashaway image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Lena Dunham Pays Tribute to Late _Girls_ Actor, Nick Lashaway  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 12, 2016 12:05 PM CUT  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 12, 2016 12:05 PM CUT Actor Nick Lashaway, 28, [died in a car accident](http://www.people.com/article/lena-dunham-girls-costar-dies "undefined") on May 8, and Lena Dunham mourned his death on Instagram Wednesday evening. Lashaway joined the cast of _Girls_ for a 2013 episode, in which he played Frank. The actor had appeared in a number of [films](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1731478/?ref%5F=tt%5Fcl%5Ft7 "undefined"), including _The 40-Year-Old Virgin_ and _In Time._ “Just heard the incredibly sad news that Nick Lashaway was killed in a car accident on May 8th. Nick was such a talented, funny and kind person and we were so lucky to have him as a part of the _Girls_ family,” Dunham wrote. “We will always remember the week we shared with him, his playful smile, his easy instincts, how much he made us laugh even when we had to stay up all night in the woods.” Lashaway was killed in a [three-car crash](http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20160509/NEWS/160506529 "undefined") in Massachusetts. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4327504/nick-lashaway-lena-dunham-girls/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4327504/nick-lashaway-lena-dunham-girls/"},"headline":"Lena Dunham Pays Tribute to Late Girls Actor, Nick Lashaway","datePublished":"2016-05-12T12:05:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:21.160Z","description":"Lashaway, 28, was killed in a car crash on May 8","url":"https://time.com/4327504/nick-lashaway-lena-dunham-girls/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4327504/nick-lashaway-lena-dunham-girls/","name":"Lena Dunham Pays Tribute to Late Girls Actor, Nick Lashaway"}}]}] ```