Lena Dunham has marked the end of an era with an adorable Instagram post.

The actress and writer posted a picture of herself on the set of Girls' sixth and final season yesterday (September 16).

"Today on set I said the words 'I've got my fake nipples on and I'm ready to party!' Gonna miss this job…" she wrote.

Her fellow star Alison Williams also shared a throwback picture on her account to mark the occasion.

"#TBT. Feeling very sentimental - 2 weeks left of shooting with this one. I don't want to go back to dancing on my own. Dancing with you is way more fun, @lenadunham," she captioned.

The sweet pictures come after a rather controversial month or so for Dunham on social media, following some rather tone-deaf comments made about American football star Odell Beckham Jr.

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Recalling meeting the star, she told friend Amy Schumer: "It was so amazing because it was like he looked at me and he determined I was not the shape of a woman by his standards. He was like, 'That's a marshmallow. That's a child. That's a dog.' It wasn't mean — he just seemed confused.

"The vibe was very much like, 'Do I want to f**k it? Is it wearing a … yep, it's wearing a tuxedo. I'm going to go back to my cell phone.'

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"It was like we were forced to be together, and he literally was scrolling Instagram rather than have to look at a woman in a bow tie. I was like, 'This should be called the Metropolitan Museum of Getting Rejected by Athletes.'"

The star was slammed on social media over the comments, and later apologised for perpetuating racial stereotypes.

However, the controversy did not stop there as old tweets by Dunham were later dug up, which many accused of being racist to Asians, African Americans, and female victims of sexual abuse by Asians.

Girls season six is set to premiere on HBO in 2017.

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