Lena Waithe
Age: N/A | From: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Lena D. Waithe , 麗娜·維特
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 33
TV Involvements: 19
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Bones
(2005) Writer
The Chi
(2018) Creator
Them
(2021) Executive Producer
Master of None
(2015) Executive Producer
Queen & Slim
(2019) Producer
Boomerang
(2019) Creator
A Thousand and One
(2023) Producer
Step Sisters
(2018) ProducerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Self (voice) | |
| Lena Waithe | ||
| 2022 | Self - Guest | |
| N/A | ||
| College Maya (voice) | ||
| 2021 | Self | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| Brook-Lynne | ||
| Self | ||
| 2020 | Self | |
| Lena Waithe | ||
| Self - Contestant | ||
| N/A | ||
| Officer Spector (voice) | ||
| Self - Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2019 | Self | |
| Office Employee | ||
| 2018 | Self | |
| Aech / Helen | ||
| Camille Hallaway | ||
| 2017 | Lena (voice) | |
| P. Ninny | ||
| 2016 | Ash | |
| Animal Shelter Clerk | ||
| 2015 | Denise Watkins | |
| Self | ||
| 2014 | Jane | |
| 2009 | Self - Guest | |
| Self - Guest Judge | ||
| 2005 | Summer | |
| Evynn Moore | ||
| 1996 | Self | |
| 1953 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2024 | Executive Producer | |
| 2023 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2022 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 2021 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2020 | Producer | |
| 2019 | Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| 2018 | Producer | |
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| 2015 | Executive Producer | |
| 2014 | Consulting Producer | |
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| 2010 | Production Coordinator | |
| Producer | ||
| Executive Producer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Writer | |
| 2020 | Screenplay | |
| 2019 | Screenplay | |
| Story | ||
| 2018 | Writer | |
| Writer | ||
| 2015 | Writer | |
| 2005 | Writer | |
| Screenplay | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Creator | |
| 2018 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
