Lena Dunham's celibacy vow

Lena Dunham made a celibacy vow when she was nine years old. Photo / AP

Emmy-winning actress Lena Dunham made a celibacy vow when she was just nine-years-old and pledged to remain a virgin until she graduated from high school.

The 26-year-old Girls creator and star has penned a chapter in her new autobiography, Not That Kind of Girl, about losing her virginity.

During a recent chat with Ellen DeGeneres, Dunham discussed the important moment in her life and about her celibacy vow she made while still in primary school.

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"I was nine years old and decided to be celibate until after high school. I wrote out a contract and ate the piece of paper, because I thought that's how you officially sealed contracts.

"I wanted my mum to sign it to make it official, but she was like, 'You just never know what's going to happen. I don't want you to sign a contract you cant keep and then feel guilty about it, so no, I'm not going to sign the contract', which I thought was very enlightened of her," Dunham said on the Ellen Show on Monday.

Dunham added: "And it turns out I didn't need a contract ... I think I thought that it was going to be pretty easy to find a guy who would be interested in divesting in this, but it turned out to be a real wild goose chase.

"And when it finally happened, I was comparing it to Donna and David (from Beverly Hills, 90210), with flower petals and candles. I did not have a Donna and David moment."

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