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Lena Waithe

Actor, Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
Born May 17, 1984 (40 years)
Lena Waithe is an American actress, producer, and screenwriter, best known for her role as Denise on the 2015 Netflix series Master of None and as the creator of the Showtime original series The Chi.
Known For
  • Ready Player One
  • Master of None
  • Queen & Slim
  • Onward
  • Them
  • The Chi
  • Dear White People
  • Step Sisters
  • Bones
  • A Thousand and One
  • The Forty-Year-Old Version
  • Chang Can Dunk
  • Bad Hair
  • Being Mary Tyler Moore
  • I Will Follow

Filmography

2023
The 2010s (TV Series) · as Producer
2022
2022
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (TV Series) · as College Maya (voice)
2021
Tab Time (TV Series) · as Cast
2020
Bad Hair · as Brook-Lynne
2020
2020
The Healing Powers of Dude (TV Series) · as Lord Dingwall
2020
Onward · as Officer Spector (voice)
2019
The L Word: Generation Q (TV Series) · as Eddie
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show (TV Series) · as Office Employee
2018
Ready Player One · as Aech / Helen
2018
The Chi (TV Series) · as Camille Hallaway
2018
Truth to Power (TV Series) · as Guest
2017
Big Mouth (TV Series) · as Lena (voice)
2017
Dear White People (TV Series) · as P. Ninny
2016
Westworld (TV Series) · as Ash
2016
This Is Us (TV Series) · as Animal Shelter Clerk
2016
Better Things (TV Series) · as Eli
2015
Master of None (TV Series) · as Denise Watkins
2014
Transparent (TV Series) · as Jane
2005
The Comeback (TV Series) · as Summer

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