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.
Acted in 20
2020s
- 2026
Place to Be
Shy
- 2025
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
You Ain't Got These
TV
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
Produced 40
2020s
- 2025
Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart
Executive Producer
Honey Bare
Executive Producer
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
Executive Producer
- 2024
Corpse Fishing
Executive Producer
Tender Thoughts
Executive Producer
Meal Ticket
Executive Producer
Play Hard
Executive Producer
Bitter Leaf
Executive Producer
- 2023
Sarajin
Executive Producer
Order for Pickup
Executive Producer
Last Days of the Lab
Executive Producer
My Nights Glow Yellow
Executive Producer
Sorry Grandpa Hsiao
Executive Producer
- 2022
The 25th Filial Exemplar
Executive Producer
100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu
Executive Producer
Beast
Executive Producer
Crooked Trees Gon Give Me Wings
Executive Producer
Black Santa
Executive Producer
- 2021
Artistic
Executive Producer
The One and Only Dick Gregory
Executive Producer
Soñadora
Executive Producer
Shoebox
Executive Producer
Only the Moon Stands Still
Executive Producer
The Beauty President
Executive Producer
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
Fragile.com
Executive Producer
- 2018
- 2015
- 2014
Ladylike
Consulting Producer
- 2010
I Will Follow
Production Coordinator
No release date
FREYR
Executive Producer
Wrote 7
2020s
- 2022
- 2020
You Love Me
Screenplay
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Rising
Writer
- 2015
2000s
- 2005
Other crew 2
2020s
- 2025
Window Cleaners
Executive Music Producer
2010s
- 2018
Created 2
2010s
- 2019
Boomerang
Creator
- 2018
Appearances25
2020s
- 2025
Reclaim the Flag
Self
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
Twenties After-Show With B. Scott
Self - Guest · 1 episode
The One and Only Dick Gregory
Self
- 2020
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
Self
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
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- 2015
2000s
- 2009
- 2003
1990s
- 1997
- 1996
1950s
- 1959
The Grammys
Self · 1 episode
- 1953
