Lena Waithe
Acting
Born 1984-05-17
Chicago, Illinois, USA
89 credits
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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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Filmography
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Acting
41 credits
Grey's Anatomy
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Daily Show
Sherri
RuPaul's Drag Race
The View
Westworld
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
This Is Us
Big Mouth
The Chi
Ready Player One
Steve
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
Mating Season
The Oscars
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Transparent
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
The Comeback
Onward
Master of None
A Black Lady Sketch Show
The Shop
Dear White People
Visible: Out on Television
Hollywood Black
Amend: The Fight for America
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
#blackAF
House Party
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Bad Hair
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
The One and Only Dick Gregory
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
Twenties After-Show With B. Scott
Ladylike
Place to Be
Reclaim the Flag
Producing
20 credits
The Chi
Them
Master of None
Queen & Slim
Chang Can Dunk
A Thousand and One
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Corpse Fishing
Dear White People
Artistic
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Step Sisters
FREYR
Honey Bare
Beauty
The One and Only Dick Gregory
Grand Rising
Kokomo City
Such a Fun Age
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
Writing
7 credits
Other credits
1 credit
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