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Lena Waithe

Actor, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn 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
  • Onward
  • Queen & Slim
  • Dear White People
  • Them
  • The Chi
  • Step Sisters
  • Bones
  • A Thousand and One
  • The Forty-Year-Old Version
  • Chang Can Dunk
  • Bad Hair
  • I Will Follow
  • Beauty

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    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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