Lena Waithe
Known for: Acting
Born: May 17, 1984
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
54 movies · 36 TV shows, newest first
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Place to Be
2026
8.1
Mating Season
2026
2.1
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025
5.5
Reclaim the Flag
2025
5.0
Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart
2025
NR
Window Cleaners
2025
4.0
It's Dorothy!
2025
NR
Honey Bare
2025
10.0
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025
6.0
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
2025
NR
Corpse Fishing
2024
10.0
Tender Thoughts
2024
3.0
Hollywood Black
2024
8.0
Meal Ticket
2024
8.0
Play Hard
2024
6.0
Bitter Leaf
2024
8.5
Sarajin
2023
6.7
Kokomo City
2023
NR
Order for Pickup
2023
7.0
Last Days of the Lab
2023
8.0
My Nights Glow Yellow
2023
7.0
Sorry Grandpa Hsiao
2023
6.6
A Thousand and One
2023
6.7
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023
6.7
Chang Can Dunk
2023
5.6
House Party
2023
10.0
The 25th Filial Exemplar
2022
2.6
Sherri
2022
4.8
Beauty
2022
9.0
100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu
2022
7.0
Beast
2022
9.0
Crooked Trees Gon Give Me Wings
2022
NR
Black Santa
2022
4.4
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022
5.3
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022
4.0
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
1.0
Twenties After-Show With B. Scott
2021
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Artistic
2021
7.9
The One and Only Dick Gregory
2021
7.0
Soñadora
2021
8.0
Shoebox
2021
9.0
Only the Moon Stands Still
2021
5.6
Bad Hair
2021
7.6
Them
2021
6.0
The Beauty President
2021
7.1
Amend: The Fight for America
2021
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You Love Me
2020
6.7
The Forty-Year-Old Version
2020
8.6
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020
5.9
#blackAF
2020
9.9
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020
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You Ain't Got These
2020
7.6
Onward
2020
6.7
Visible: Out on Television
2020
7.1
Queen & Slim
2019
4.1
Fragile.com
2019
6.2
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
2019
7.1
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
7.8
Boomerang
2019
3.0
Rising
2018
5.3
The Shop
2018
7.6
Ready Player One
2018
6.4
Step Sisters
2018
7.8
The Chi
2018
7.6
Big Mouth
2017
6.0
Steve
2017
5.9
Dear White People
2017
8.0
Westworld
2016
8.2
This Is Us
2016
7.4
Master of None
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
NR
Ladylike
2014
6.1
Dear White People
2014
6.4
Transparent
2014
4.8
I Will Follow
2010
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
8.2
Bones
2005
7.3
The Comeback
2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
4.3
The View
1997
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
8.6
The Grammys
1959
7.0
The Oscars
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Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
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Such a Fun Age
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Talent Show
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FREYR
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Grand Rising
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