Lena Waithe
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
Credits
- 2023 · Being Mary Tyler Moore as Self (voice)
- 2023 · House Party as Lena Waithe
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration as
- 2022 · The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder as College Maya (voice)
- 2021 · 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- 2021 · Twenties After-Show With B. Scott as Self - Guest
- 2021 · The One and Only Dick Gregory as Self
- 2021 · Bad Hair as Brook-Lynne
- 2021 · Amend: The Fight for America as Self
- 2020 · Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 as Self
- 2020 · #blackAF as Lena Waithe
- 2020 · Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as Self - Contestant
- 2020 · You Ain't Got These as
- 2020 · Onward as Officer Spector (voice)
- 2020 · Visible: Out on Television as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner as Self
- 2019 · A Black Lady Sketch Show as Office Employee
- 2018 · The Shop as Self
- 2018 · Ready Player One as Aech / Helen
- 2018 · The Chi as Camille Hallaway
- 2017 · Big Mouth as Lena (voice)
- 2017 · Dear White People as P. Ninny
- 2016 · Westworld as Ash
- 2016 · This Is Us as Animal Shelter Clerk
- 2015 · Master of None as Denise Watkins
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2014 · Transparent as Jane
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- 2005 · The Comeback as Summer
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Evynn Moore
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Place To Be as