Lena Waithe

Skådespelare, Författare, Producent

17 maj 1984 (41 år)
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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Filmer och Serier på Plex

  • The 2010s
    The 2010s4 episodes

Känd för

  • Ready Player One
    Ready Player One2018
  • Master of None
    Master of None3 seasons
  • Queen & Slim
    Queen & Slim2019
  • THEM: Covenant
    THEM: Covenant2 seasons
  • Framåt
    Framåt2020
  • The Chi
    The Chi7 seasons
  • Dear White People
    Dear White People2014
  • Step Sisters
    Step Sisters2018
  • A Thousand and One
    A Thousand and One2023
  • Bones
    Bones12 seasons
  • The Forty-Year-Old Version
    The Forty-Year-Old Version2020
  • Chang Can Dunk
    Chang Can Dunk2023
  • Bad Hair
    Bad Hair2020
  • Being Mary Tyler Moore
    Being Mary Tyler Moore2023
  • I Will Follow
    I Will Follow2010
  • Beauty
    Beauty2022

Filmography

2026
Hey A.J.! · as Tanisha
2023
The 2010s · as ProducerPå 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
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

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