Who Is Luis Felber? All About Lena Dunham's Musician Husband

Cosmopolitan

10-07-2025

Head's up: Lena Dunham's new rom-com series, Too Much, has finally landed on Netflix—and just like HBO's Girls, the show has been described as semi-autobiographical. Which, of course, begs the question: How much of Too Much is based on a true story?
During a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, Lena confirmed that at least a 'germ' of the series is based on her own real-life romance. 'A girl moves to England. She meets a musician. They fall in love. That was the exoskeleton,' she said. And who is that musician, you ask? That would be Lena's husband, Luis Felber, who she married back in 2021. Oh, and fun fact: Luis actually helped create Too Much alongside Lena.
In case you missed it: Following her 2017 breakup with Jack Antonoff, Lena moved to London in January 2021. A month later, she met Luis, and by September of that year, the two were married. Looove that for them.
For more on the talented musician (and his whirlwind relationship with Lena), keep on scrolling.
Also known by his stage name, Attawalpa (which is his middle name), Luis toured with various bands before going solo in 2020. He's since released two EPs and a full-length album as Attawalpa and—when asked by The New York Times to describe his sound—called his musical style 'between Prince and Nirvana.'
He also worked on the soundtracks for the films Sharp Stick and Catherine Called Birdy, (both of which Lena wrote and directed), as well as her new series, Too Much.
Though born in England to a British father and Peruvian mother, per The New York Times, Luis spent part of his childhood living in Peru and Chile before moving back to England.
In January 2024, Luis and Lena visited Peru together.
A month after Lena moved to England, she and Luis were set up on a date by a mutual friend. According to the musician, he and Lena 'didn't stop talking for, like, eight hours,' and apparently, things escalated quickly from there.
Lena and Luis got engaged just four months later, and in an interview with Vogue, Lena explained how he proposed with an 'Incan Peruvian ring from the early 1700s' that belonged to his grandmother.
Lu and Lena tied the knot in September 2021 at a members-only space in London called Union Club, where only about 60 guests (including Taylor Swift, nbd) were present. And from the sound of it, the two made the day very much their own.
'Our vows were a big part of our wedding day,' Luis told The Times. 'I wrote that Lena and I are like two raccoons in the trashcan of life. We've always got our hands full and at the end of the day we nuzzle up to each other.'
He went on to add, 'Our first dance was to 'This Will Be Our Year' by the Zombies and it was easily the best day of my life.'
According to Luis, he'd never heard Lena Dunham before their first date. 'I had to Google her,' he confessed to The Times. 'I was aware of her show Girls because my mother and sister were fans.'
In Lena, however, he quickly recognized a 'soulmate.' As he explained during his interview with The New York Times, 'I think when you know, you know...and I think—I'm going to sound cheesy—but when you find your soulmate, you just know.'