Jenny Slate, the comedian and actress, has paid tribute to Lena Dunham, the creator of Girls, but criticised Ivanka Trump as a "fake feminist."

The American, who is currently on the big screen in Gifted, told the Observer. "Without a doubt. I think we’ll look back on Lena Dunham as one of our most important innovators. Lena’s work is inquisitive, thoughtful, joyful. She makes us want to be ourselves and that’s not something that’s necessarily encouraged in young women. She set a new standard."

However, Slate, who has also had success with Zootopia and the Secret Life of Pets, was far less complimentary about Ms Trump saying: "I think that Ivanka Trump is a fake feminist who will go down in history as someone who really betrayed human beings and who should be ashamed of herself. I’m ashamed of her. I think she’s really gross and her husband [Jared Kushner] as well."