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Lena Waithe

Actor / Film Producer / Screenwriter / Showrunner | * 05/17/1984 (39) | Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
Lena Waithe (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. S... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results. ...

Queen & Slim

FSK: 12+ years

2019 | 3.6/5 | 2h 11min
Drama, Romance / Love, Crime
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When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune. ...

Ready Player One

FSK: 12+ years

2018 | 3.8/5 | 2h 20min
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
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A relevant, timely and distinctive coming-of-age story following a half dozen interrelated characters in the South Side of Chicago. The story centers on Brandon, an ambitious and confident young man w ...

The Chi

FSK: 16+ years

2018- | 4.1/5
Drama
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30-year-old New York actor Dev takes on such pillars of maturity as the first big job, a serious relationship, and busting sex offenders on the subway. ...

Master of None

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2015 | 3.8/5
Comedy, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Lena Waithe

Primetime Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Time 100
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Movies with Lena Waithe as Actress(9)

as herself2023 House Party
as Self (voice)2023 Being Mary Tyler Moore
2022 Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
as Brook-Lynne2021 Bad Hair
as herself2021 The One and Only Dick Gregory
as herself2021 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Officer Spector (voice)2020 Onward
as herself2020 Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
as Helen Harris / Aech2018 Ready Player One

TV Shows/Series with Lena Waithe as Actress(18)

as College Maya (voice)2022 The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2021 Amend: The Fight for America
as Self - Guest2021 Twenties After-Show With B. Scott
2020 You Ain't Got These
as Narrator (voice)2020 Visible: Out On Television
as herself2019 Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
as Office Employee2019 A Black Lady Sketch Show
as herself2018 The Shop
as P. Ninny2017 Dear White People
as Lena (voice)2017 Big Mouth
as Animal Shelter Clerk2016 This Is Us
as Ash2016 Westworld
as herself2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Denise2015 Master of None
as Jane2014 Transparent
as Herself - Judge2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as Summer2005 The Comeback
as herself1996 The Daily Show

Movies with Lena Waithe as Crew(22)

Production/Producer2023 Chang Can Dunk
Production/Executive Producer2023 Last Days of the Lab
Production/Producer2023 A Thousand and One
Production/Producer2023 Being Mary Tyler Moore
Production/Executive Producer2023 Kokomo City
Production/Executive Producer2023 Talent Show
Writing/Screenplay2023 Talent Show
Writing/Writer2022 Beauty
Production/Executive Producer2021 Shoebox
Production/Executive Producer2021 The One and Only Dick Gregory
Production/Executive Producer2021 The Beauty President
Production/Executive Producer2021 Soñadora
Production/Producer2020 The Forty-Year-Old Version
Production/Producer2019 Queen & Slim
Writing/Story2019 Queen & Slim
Writing/Screenplay2019 Queen & Slim
Production/Executive Producer2019 Fragile.com
Production/Producer2018 Step Sisters
Writing/Writer2018 Rising
Production/Consulting Producer2014 Ladylike
Production/Producer2014 Dear White People
Production/Production Coordinator2010 I Will Follow

TV Shows/Series with Lena Waithe as Crew(8)

Production/Executive Producer2021 Them
Creator/Creator2019 Boomerang
Writing/Writer2018 The Chi
Production/Executive Producer2018 The Chi
Creator/Creator2018 The Chi
Writing/Writer2015 Master of None
Production/Executive Producer2015 Master of None
Writing/Writer2005 Bones

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Full Name: Lena Waithe
Born: Thursday, 05/17 1984 (May) in Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 39 years + 337 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Columbia College Chicago, Evanston Township High School
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Other names for Lena Waithe (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Lena D. Waithe"
Lena Waithe frequently works together with these people:
Joe Wengert (14x, Cast)
Isabella Rose Landau (11x, Actress)
Neil Casey (10x, Actor)
Wanda Sykes (8x, Actress)
Gil Ozeri (8x, Cast)
Jonathan Nolan (7x, Crew)
Aziz Ansari (7x, Actor)
Lisa Joy (7x, Crew)
Justin Simien (7x, Crew)
Issa Rae (7x, Actress)
Bob the Drag Queen (7x, Actor)
Rishi Rajani (7x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:111684, Added: 06/27/2018, Last updated: 03/21/2024