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.
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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Being Mary Tyler Moore
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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
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The One and Only Dick Gregory
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House Party
(Lena Waithe)
Place To Be
(Shy)
It's Dorothy!
(Self)
Reclaim the Flag
(Self)
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
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
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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 Chi
(Camille Hallaway)
Grey's Anatomy
(Evynn Moore)
Big Mouth
The Grammys
(Self)
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
(Self)
The One and Only Dick Gregory
(Executive Producer)
Soñadora
(Executive Producer)
Dear White People
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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)
I Will Follow
(Production Coordinator)
Step Sisters
(Producer)
Such a Fun Age
(Producer)
Beauty
(Producer)
Queen & Slim
(Screenplay)
Queen & Slim
(Story)
Rising
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Queen & Slim
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The Forty-Year-Old Version
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Beauty
(Writer)
Talent Show
(Screenplay)
Talent Show
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You Love Me
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Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart
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Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
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Only the Moon Stands Still
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Window Cleaners
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Bitter Leaf
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Play Hard
(Executive Producer)
Tender Thoughts
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My Nights Glow Yellow
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Sarajin
(Executive Producer)
Beast
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Crooked Trees Gon Give Me Wings
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100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu
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The 25th Filial Exemplar
(Executive Producer)
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
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Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
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FREYR
(Executive Producer)
Sorry Grandpa Hsiao
(Executive Producer)
The Chi
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Master of None
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The Chi
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Bones
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Them
(Executive Producer)
Master of None
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The Chi
(Creator)
Boomerang
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