Lena Waithe
Acteur, Schrijver, Producer
17 mei 1984 (41 years)
Lena Waithe (/weɪθ/; born May 17, 1984) is an American actress, producer, and screenwriter. She is the creator of the Showtime drama series The Chi (2018–present) and the BET comedy series Boomerang (2019–20) and Twenties (2020–21). She also wrote and produced the crime film Queen & Slim (2019) and is the executive producer of the horror anthology series Them (2021–present).
Waithe gained recognition for her role in the Netflix comedy-drama series Master of None (2015–2021) and became the first African-American woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 2017 for writing the show's "Thanksgiving" episode, which was loosely based on her personal experience of coming out to her mother. She has also appeared in Steven Spielberg's 2018 adventure film Ready Player One and the HBO series Westworld. In 2023, she was nominated for Best Play at the 76th Tony Awards, her production work on the sketch-comedy play Ain't No Mo'.
Waithe was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018 and was included on Fast Company's Queer 50 list in 2021 and 2022.
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Waithe gained recognition for her role in the Netflix comedy-drama series Master of None (2015–2021) and became the first African-American woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 2017 for writing the show's "Thanksgiving" episode, which was loosely based on her personal experience of coming out to her mother. She has also appeared in Steven Spielberg's 2018 adventure film Ready Player One and the HBO series Westworld. In 2023, she was nominated for Best Play at the 76th Tony Awards, her production work on the sketch-comedy play Ain't No Mo'.
Waithe was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018 and was included on Fast Company's Queer 50 list in 2021 and 2022.
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Known For
Cinematografie
| 2026 | Hey A.J.! · as Tanisha |
| 2023 | The 2010s · as ProducerOp Plex |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder · as College Maya (voice) |
| 2021 | Tab Time · as Cast |
| 2020 | Bad Hair · as Brook-Lynne |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Onward · as Officer Spector (voice) |
| 2020 | The Healing Powers of Dude · as Lord Dingwall |
| 2019 | The L Word: Generation Q · as Eddie |
| 2019 | A Black Lady Sketch Show · as Office Employee |
| 2018 | Ready Player One · as Aech / Helen |
| 2018 | The Chi · as Camille Hallaway |
| 2018 | Truth to Power · as Guest |
| 2017 | Big Mouth · as Lena (voice) |
| 2017 | Dear White People · as P. Ninny |
| 2016 | Westworld · as Ash |
| 2016 | This Is Us · as Animal Shelter Clerk |
| 2016 | Better Things · as Eli |
| 2015 | Master of None · as Denise Watkins |
| 2014 | Transparent · as Jane |
| 2005 | The Comeback · as Summer |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy · as Evynn Moore |
| 2022 | |
| 2019 | Queen & Slim · as Screenplay |
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| 2015 | |
| 2005 |
| 2025 | Move Ya Body: The Birth of House · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Kokomo City · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Order for Pickup · as Executive Producer |
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| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Huella · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Twenties After-Show with B. Scott · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | The One and Only Dick Gregory · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Coche Bomba · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Soft Sounds of Peeling Fruit · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Only the Moon Stands Still · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Soñadora · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | The Beauty President · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Them · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | You Ain't Got These · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Twenties · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Boomerang (2019) · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | The Chi · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Master of None · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 |
| 2020 | Twenties · as Created By |
| 2019 | Boomerang (2019) · as Developed By |
| 2012 | How to Rock · as Written By |
| 2010 | I Will Follow · as Production Coordinator |