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.
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Filmography
all 62
Movies 32
TV Shows 30
Producer 23
self 19
Voice 3
Writer 3
Screenplay 1
Creator 1
In The Fold (2024)
Meal Ticket (2024)
Kokomo City (2023)
Order for Pickup (2023)
Last Days of the Lab (2023)
A Thousand and One (2023)
Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023)
Chang Can Dunk (2023)
House Party (2023)
Sherri (2022)
Black Santa (2022)
Beauty (2022)
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2022)
Tab Time (2021)
Twenties After-Show With B. Scott (2021)
The One and Only Dick Gregory (2021)
Shoebox (2021)
Soñadora (2021)
Bad Hair (2021)
Them (2021)
The Beauty President (2021)
You Love Me (2020)
#blackAF (2020)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2020)
Twenties (2020)
Onward (2020)
Visible: Out on Television (2020)
Queen & Slim (2019)
Fragile.com (2019)
A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019)
Boomerang (2019)
Rising (2018)
The Shop (2018)
Ready Player One (2018)
Step Sisters (2018)
The Chi (2018)
Big Mouth (2017)
Dear White People (2017)
This Is Us (2016)
Master of None (2015)
Ladylike (2014)
Dear White People (2014)
I Will Follow (2010)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
Bones (2005)
The Comeback (2005)
The Oscars (1953)
Such a Fun Age
Talent Show
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Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1984-05-17 (41 years old)
Birth Place
Chicago, United States
Citizenships
United States
Also Known As
Lena D. Waithe, 麗娜·維特
Awards
Primetime Emmy Award, Time 100, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
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