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Lena Waithe
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Lena Waithe
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1984-05-17,Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lena Waithe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

7

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021-11-20

Being Mary Tyler Moore

6.6

Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023-03-13

Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration

4.769

Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022-06-09

Ready Player One

7.585

Ready Player One
2018-03-28

5.8

Bad Hair
2021-05-05

7.653

Onward
2020-02-29

Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020

8.6

Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020-05-16

The One and Only Dick Gregory

7.8

The One and Only Dick Gregory
2021-06-19

5.6

House Party
2023-01-12

0

Place To Be

0

It's Dorothy!
2025-06-07

Reclaim the Flag

10

Reclaim the Flag
2025-07-17

Untitled Friendship Breakup Film

0

Untitled Friendship Breakup Film

6.4

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

Twenties After-Show With B. Scott

1

Twenties After-Show With B. Scott
2021-10-13

6.961

The Oscars
1953-03-19

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

5.6

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022-02-23

6.345

Transparent
2014-09-26

7.3

The Comeback
2005-06-05

8.2

This Is Us
2016-09-20

3.045

Sherri
2022-09-12

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

6.184

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5.056

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16

A Black Lady Sketch Show

7

A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019-08-02

RuPaul's Drag Race

7.5

RuPaul's Drag Race
2009-02-02

4.9

The Shop
2018-08-28

Dear White People

5.981

Dear White People
2017-04-28

6.4

#blackAF
2020-04-17

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

5.9

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
2019-10-23

Amend: The Fight for America

7.1

Amend: The Fight for America
2021-02-17

You Ain't Got These

0

You Ain't Got These
2020-04-06

Visible: Out on Television

6.8

Visible: Out on Television
2020-02-14

8.029

Westworld
2016-10-02

7.648

Big Mouth
2017-09-29

7.397

Master of None
2015-11-06

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

9.7

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020-04-08

7.8

The Chi
2018-01-07

8.212

Grey's Anatomy
2005-03-27

7.648

Big Mouth
2017-09-29

8.6

The Grammys
1959-11-29

Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television

2.8

Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025-09-09