Girls cast - How they've changed since Season 1 | Gallery

By Wonderwall.com Editors 6:56am PST, Feb 18, 2016

It's hard to believe that it's been almost five years since "Girls," the dramedy that follows the lives of four young women living and loving in New York City, debuted on HBO in April 2012. Ahead of the final season premiere on Feb. 12, 2017, Wonderwall.com is taking a look at how its stars' lives and looks have changed. Keep reading for more…

Lena Dunham, who also created the acclaimed HBO show, stars as aspiring writer Hannah Helene Horvath (seen here on Season 1 in 2012). The premise of "Girls" and aspects of her character were drawn from Lena's own life.

Since the early days of "Girls," Lena Dunham has also become a successful author. She signed a $3.5 million deal with Random House to publish her first book in 2012. Two years later in September 2014, she published an essay collection, "Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's Learned," which went to No. 2 on the New York Times Best Sellers list. She's been a member of Taylor Swift's squad and has also made an appearance on one of her favorite television shows, "Scandal." As for her personal life, Lena has been dating musician and producer Jack Antonoff since 2012. When the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in June 2015, she commented that marriage between herself and Jack was a "definite maybe." Most recently, she's been heavily involved in influencing political issues, especially since campaigning for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race.

Allison Williams is best known for playing Marnie Michaels on "Girls." The daughter of NBC newsman Brian Williams has starred on the show since its launch in 2012.

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A year after her debut on "Girls," Allison Williams played Jillian on "The Mindy Project" for a few episodes. In 2014, she showed off her vocal chops as the titular boy who didn't want to grow up in the television musical "Peter Pan Live!" In her personal life, she married longtime love Ricky Van Veen at Brush Creek Ranch in Saratoga, Wyoming, on Sept. 19, 2015.

Adam Driver got to keep his first name on "Girls." He's been playing the role of Adam Sackler, Hannah's main love interest, since 2012.

Adam Driver landed the role of a lifetime after appearing on "Girls." In 2015, he starred as villain Kylo Ren in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and will be appearing in its sequel, "Star Wars: Episode VIII." Adam also became a married man after making his "Girls" debut: He and longtime love Joanne Tucker wed on June 22, 2013.

Zosia Mamet has starred as Shoshanna Shapiro on "Girls" since the pilot episode aired in 2012.

In May 2013, Zosia Mamet and her sister Clara — as music group "The Cabin Sisters" — listed a project on Kickstarter requesting $32,000 to make a music video for their song "Bleak Love." They were criticized for asking for so much money, and after 11 days had raised less than $3,000. In 2013, Zosia appeared in "High School USA" and in 2016 made an appearance on "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt." In October 2016, she married her longtime love, "X-Men: Days of Future Past" actor Evan Jonigkeit.

While attending Saint Ann's School in New York City, Jemima Kirke became friends with Lena Dunham — and the rest is history. Jemima has been playing the role of Jessa Johansson on "Girls" since the show began in 2012.

After her character Jessa considered having an abortion, Jemima Kirke spoke publicly about how she had an abortion while in college in 2007. In April 2015, she was in a PSA for the Center for Reproductive Rights and spoke candidly about her experience. "We do have free choice and we are able to do what we want, but then there are these hoops we have to jump through to get [abortions]," she said. In January 2017, it was revealed that Jemima, who welcomed her second child, son Memphis, the same year "Girls" debuted, is divorcing her husband of seven years, former lawyer Michael Mosberg.