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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 17, 1984
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Lena D. Waithe
- 麗娜·維特
Lena Waithe
1.8 Popularity
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.
Known For
2.5
Self
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025
10.0
Self
Reclaim the Flag
2025
0.0
Self
It's Dorothy!
2025
6.6
Self (voice)
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023
5.6
Lena Waithe
House Party
2023
3.0
Self - Guest
Sherri
2022
4.8
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022
5.6
College Maya (voice)
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022
7.0
Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
1.0
Self - Guest
Twenties After-Show With B. Scott
2021
Credits
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
as Self
2025
2.5
Reclaim the Flag
as Self
2025
10.0
It's Dorothy!
as Self
2025
0.0
Being Mary Tyler Moore
as Self (voice)
2023
6.6
House Party
as Lena Waithe
2023
5.6
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022
4.8
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
as College Maya (voice)
2022
5.6
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2021
7.0
Twenties After-Show With B. Scott
as Self - Guest
2021
1.0
The One and Only Dick Gregory
as Self
2021
7.8
Bad Hair
as Brook-Lynne
2021
5.8
Amend: The Fight for America
as Self
2021
7.1
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
as Self
2020
8.6
#blackAF
as Lena Waithe
2020
6.4
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
as Self - Contestant
2020
9.8
You Ain't Got These
2020
0.0
Onward
as Officer Spector (voice)
2020
7.6
Visible: Out on Television
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
6.8
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
as Self
2019
5.8
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Office Employee
2019
7.0
The Shop
as Self
2018
4.9
Ready Player One
as Aech / Helen
2018
7.6
The Chi
as Camille Hallaway
2018
7.8
Big Mouth
as Lena (voice)
2017
7.6
Big Mouth
2017
7.6
Dear White People
as P. Ninny
2017
5.9
Westworld
as Ash
2016
8.0
This Is Us
as Animal Shelter Clerk
2016
8.2
Master of None
as Denise Watkins
2015
7.4
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
6.2
Transparent
as Jane
2014
6.3
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
7.5
The Comeback
as Summer
2005
7.3
Grey's Anatomy
as Evynn Moore
2005
8.2
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
The Grammys
as Self
1959
8.6
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
🎬
Place To Be
as Shy
N/A
0.0
🎬
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
N/A
0.0