Known For
Acting
Born
May 17, 1984
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits
89 titles
Lena Waithe
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.
Known For
Filmography
Mating Season
Alex (voice)
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
Self
Reclaim the Flag
Self
Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart
Executive Producer
Window Cleaners
Executive Music Producer
It's Dorothy!
Self
Honey Bare
Executive Producer
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
Executive Producer
Corpse Fishing
Executive Producer
Tender Thoughts
Executive Producer
Hollywood Black
Self
Play Hard
Executive Producer
Meal Ticket
Executive Producer
Bitter Leaf
Executive Producer
Sarajin
Executive Producer
Kokomo City
Executive Producer
My Nights Glow Yellow
Executive Producer
Last Days of the Lab
Executive Producer
Order for Pickup
Executive Producer
Sorry Grandpa Hsiao
Executive Producer
A Thousand and One
Producer
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Self (voice)
Chang Can Dunk
Producer
House Party
Self
The 25th Filial Exemplar
Executive Producer
Sherri
Self - Guest
Beauty
Producer
100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu
Executive Producer
Crooked Trees Gon Give Me Wings
Executive Producer
Beast
Executive Producer
Black Santa
Executive Producer
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
College Maya (voice)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
Twenties After-Show With B. Scott
Self - Guest
Artistic
Executive Producer
The One and Only Dick Gregory
Self
Only the Moon Stands Still
Executive Producer
Soñadora
Executive Producer
Shoebox
Executive Producer
Bad Hair
Brook-Lynne
Them
Executive Producer
The Beauty President
Executive Producer
Amend: The Fight for America
Self
You Love Me
Screenplay
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Producer
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
Self
#blackAF
Lena Waithe
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Self - Contestant
You Ain't Got These