Lena Waithe is an American actress, producer, and screenwriter, best known for her role as Denise on the 2015 Netflix series Master of None and as the creator of the Showtime original series The Chi.
House Party
(Lena Waithe)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
(Self)
Being Mary Tyler Moore
(Self (voice))
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
Ready Player One
(Aech / Helen)
Bad Hair
(Brook-Lynne)
Onward
(Officer Spector (voice))
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
(Self)
The One and Only Dick Gregory
(Self)
The Daily Show
(Self)
Twenties After-Show With B. Scott
(Self - Guest)
The Oscars
(Self)
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
(College Maya (voice))
Transparent
(Jane)
The Comeback
(Summer)
This Is Us
(Animal Shelter Clerk)
Sherri
(Self - Guest)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
A Black Lady Sketch Show
(Office Employee)
RuPaul's Drag Race
(Self - Guest Judge)
The Shop
(Self)
Dear White People
(P. Ninny)
#blackAF
(Lena Waithe)
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
(Self)
Amend: The Fight for America
(Self)
You Ain't Got These
Visible: Out on Television
(Self - Narrator (voice))
Westworld
(Ash)
Big Mouth
(Lena (voice))
Master of None
(Denise Watkins)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
(Self - Contestant)
The One and Only Dick Gregory
(Executive Producer)
Soñadora
(Executive Producer)
Dear White People
(Producer)
Shoebox
(Executive Producer)
Fragile.com
(Executive Producer)
Black Santa
(Executive Producer)
Chang Can Dunk
(Producer)
The Beauty President
(Executive Producer)
A Thousand and One
(Producer)
Order for Pickup
(Executive Producer)
Kokomo City
(Executive Producer)
Being Mary Tyler Moore
(Producer)
Ladylike
(Consulting Producer)
Meal Ticket
(Executive Producer)
Last Days of the Lab
(Executive Producer)
Step Sisters
(Producer)
I Will Follow
(Production Coordinator)
Such a Fun Age
(Producer)
Beauty
(Producer)
Queen & Slim
(Screenplay)
Queen & Slim
(Story)
Rising
(Writer)
Queen & Slim
(Producer)
The Forty-Year-Old Version
(Producer)
Beauty
(Writer)
Talent Show
(Executive Producer)
Talent Show
(Screenplay)
You Love Me
(Screenplay)
The Chi
(Writer)
Master of None
(Writer)
The Chi
(Executive Producer)
Bones
(Writer)
Them
(Executive Producer)
Master of None
(Executive Producer)
The Chi
(Creator)
Boomerang
(Creator)