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Lena Waithe
Actor, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn May 17, 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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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 | You Ain't Got These (TV Series) |
| 2020 | Onward · as Officer Spector (voice) |
| 2020 | The Healing Powers of Dude (TV Series) · as Lord Dingwall |
| 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 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Evynn Moore |