Lena Waithe
Acting
1984-05-17 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
TheatersPlace to Be
2026 · Movie
Mating Season
2026 · Series
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025 · Series
Reclaim the Flag
2025 · Movie
Window Cleaners
2025 · Movie
Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart
2025 · Movie
It's Dorothy!
2025 · Movie
Honey Bare
2025 · Movie
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025 · Series
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
2025 · Movie
Corpse Fishing
2024 · Movie
Tender Thoughts
2024 · Movie
Hollywood Black
2024 · Series
Meal Ticket
2024 · Movie
Play Hard
2024 · Movie
Bitter Leaf
2024 · Movie
Sarajin
2023 · Movie
Kokomo City
2023 · Movie
My Nights Glow Yellow
2023 · Movie
Last Days of the Lab
2023 · Movie
Order for Pickup
2023 · Movie
Sorry Grandpa Hsiao
2023 · Movie
A Thousand and One
2023 · Movie
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023 · Movie
Chang Can Dunk
2023 · Movie
House Party
2023 · Movie
The 25th Filial Exemplar
2022 · Movie
Sherri
2022 · Series
Beauty
2022 · Movie
100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu
2022 · Movie
Beast
2022 · Movie
Crooked Trees Gon Give Me Wings
2022 · Movie
Black Santa
2022 · Movie
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022 · Movie
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022 · Series
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021 · Movie
Twenties After-Show With B. Scott
2021 · Series
Artistic
2021 · Movie
The One and Only Dick Gregory
2021 · Movie
Only the Moon Stands Still
2021 · Movie
Soñadora
2021 · Movie
Shoebox
2021 · Movie
Bad Hair
2021 · Movie
Them
2021 · Series
The Beauty President
2021 · Movie
Amend: The Fight for America
2021 · Series
You Love Me
2020 · Movie
The Forty-Year-Old Version
2020 · Movie
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020 · Movie
#blackAF
2020 · Series
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020 · Series
You Ain't Got These
2020 · Series
Onward
2020 · Movie
Visible: Out on Television
2020 · Series
Queen & Slim
2019 · Movie
Fragile.com
2019 · Movie
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
2019 · Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 · Series
Boomerang
2019 · Series
Rising
2018 · Movie
The Shop
2018 · Series
Ready Player One
2018 · Movie
Step Sisters
2018 · Movie
The Chi
2018 · Series
Big Mouth
2017 · Series
Steve
2017 · Series
Dear White People
2017 · Series
Westworld
2016 · Series
This Is Us
2016 · Series
Master of None
2015 · Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Series
Ladylike
2014 · Movie
Dear White People
2014 · Movie
Transparent
2014 · Series
I Will Follow
2010 · Movie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Series
Bones
2005 · Series
The Comeback
2005 · Series
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
The View
1997 · Series
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
The Grammys
1959 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Grand Rising
Movie
FREYR
Movie
Such a Fun Age
Movie
Talent Show
Movie
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
Movie