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Lena Waithe

Actor, Producer, Writer

Born May 17, 1984 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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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.

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Filmography

Actor

113

Type

Year

56th NAACP Image Awards Poster

56th NAACP Image Awards TV Special2025Self - Audience Member

Move Ya Body: The Birth of House Poster

Move Ya Body: The Birth of House Feature Film2025Self

Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television Poster

Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television Mini-Series2025

The Makings of Curtis Mayfield Poster

The Makings of Curtis Mayfield Feature Film2025Self

Wicked Red Carpet Video2024Self

Being Mary Tyler Moore Poster

Being Mary Tyler Moore Feature Film2023Self

House Party Poster

House Party Feature Film2023Lena Waithe

Macro's 5th Annual Pre-Oscars Party Poster

Macro's 5th Annual Pre-Oscars Party Video2023Self

The 2010s Poster

The 2010s Mini-Series2023Producer

Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration Poster

Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration TV Special2022Self

The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards TV Special2022Self - Audience Member

The Oscars Poster

The Oscars TV Special2022Self

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Poster

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder TV Series2022College Maya

2021 Billboard Music Awards Poster

2021 Billboard Music Awards TV Special2021Self - Presenter

A Tiny Ripple of Hope Poster

A Tiny Ripple of Hope Feature Film2021Self

Amend: The Fight for America Poster

Amend: The Fight for America Mini-Series2021Self

BET Awards 2021 Poster

BET Awards 2021 TV Special2021Self - Presenter

Love in Action: A Telethon to Support the Los Angeles LGBT Center TV Special2021

Reunion Road Trip Poster

Reunion Road Trip Mini-Series2021Self

Tab Time Poster

Tab Time TV Series2021

The 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Poster

The 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony TV Special2021Self

The One and Only Dick Gregory Poster

The One and Only Dick Gregory Documentary2021Self

Twenties After-Show with B. Scott Poster

Twenties After-Show with B. Scott TV Series2021Self - Guest

#BlackAF Poster

#BlackAF TV Series2020Lena Waithe

30th Annual DIVAS Simply Singing! Concert & Telethon Poster

30th Annual DIVAS Simply Singing! Concert & Telethon TV Special2020Self - Guest

51st NAACP Image Awards Poster

51st NAACP Image Awards TV Special2020Self - Presenter

ABFF Honors Poster

ABFF Honors Video2020Self

Bad Hair Poster

Bad Hair Feature Film2020Brook-Lynne

BET Awards 2020 Poster

BET Awards 2020 TV Special2020Self - Presenter

Canada Goose Presents: Sundance 2020 Short Film2020

Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 Poster

Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 TV Special2020Self

Onward Feature Film2020Officer Spector

The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards Poster

The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards TV Special2020Self

The Golden Girls: Reimagined Short Film2020Self - Host

The Healing Powers of Dude Poster

The Healing Powers of Dude TV Series2020Lord Dingwall

Visible: Out on Television Poster

Visible: Out on Television Mini-Series2020Self

You Ain't Got These Poster

You Ain't Got These TV Series2020Self - Host

50th NAACP Image Awards Poster

50th NAACP Image Awards TV Special2019Self - Presenter & Nominee

A Black Lady Sketch Show Poster

A Black Lady Sketch Show TV Series2019Office Employee

BET Awards 2019 Poster

BET Awards 2019 TV Special2019Self - Presenter

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Poster

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner TV Series2019Self

Hey Guys, It's 3 A.M. Feature Film2019Inre

The 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2019 Poster

The 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2019 TV Special2019Self - Presenter

The D.L. Hughley Show Poster

The D.L. Hughley Show TV Series2019Self - Guest

The L Word: Generation Q Poster

The L Word: Generation Q TV Series2019Eddie

TV's Black Renaissance: Reggie Yates in Hollywood Poster

TV's Black Renaissance: Reggie Yates in Hollywood TV Movie2019Self

2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards Poster

2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards TV Special2018Self

33rd Film Independent Spirit Awards TV Special2018Self - Presenter

49th NAACP Image Awards Poster

49th NAACP Image Awards TV Special2018Self

75th Golden Globe Awards Poster

75th Golden Globe Awards TV Special2018Self - Audience Member

Black Girls Rock! Poster

Black Girls Rock! TV Special2018Self - Honoree

Complex Con(versations) Mini-Series2018Self

Essence 11th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards Poster

Essence 11th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards TV Special2018Self - Honoree

Hollywood Insider Poster

Hollywood Insider TV Series2018Self

IMDb on the Scene - Interviews Poster

IMDb on the Scene - Interviews TV Series2018Self - Guest

Open Late with Peter Rosenberg Poster

Open Late with Peter Rosenberg TV Series2018Self - Guest

Ready Player One Poster

Ready Player One Feature Film2018Aech

Ready Player One LIVE at SXSW Poster

Ready Player One LIVE at SXSW TV Series2018Self

Red Table Talk Poster

Red Table Talk TV Series2018Self

The Chi TV Series2018Camille Hallaway

The Shop Poster

The Shop TV Series2018Self

Truth to Power Poster

Truth to Power TV Series2018Guest

Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 Poster

Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 Documentary2018Self

Big Mouth Poster

Big Mouth TV Series2017Lena

Complex x Fuse Poster

Complex x Fuse TV Series2017Self

Dear White People Poster

Dear White People TV Series2017P. Ninny

Pop Life Poster

Pop Life Mini-Series2017Self - Guest

Steve TV Series2017Self

The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards Poster

The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards TV Special2017Self - Winner

The IMDb Show Poster

The IMDb Show TV Series2017Self - Guest

Better Things Poster

Better Things TV Series2016Eli

Complex Conversations Poster

Complex Conversations TV Series2016Self - Panelist

Refinery 29: Love Me Poster

Refinery 29: Love Me Mini-Series2016Self

Sunday Today with Willie Geist Poster

Sunday Today with Willie Geist TV Series2016Self - Guest

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso TV Series2016Self

This Is Us Poster

This Is Us TV Series2016Animal Shelter Clerk

Westworld Poster

Westworld TV Series2016Ash

Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter Poster

Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter TV Series2015Self

Master of None Poster

Master of None TV Series2015Denise

The Late Late Show with James Corden Poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden TV Series2015Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV Series2015Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers Poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers TV Series2014Self

Q with Tom Power TV Series2014Self - Guest

Transparent Poster

Transparent TV Series2014Jane

Celebrity Page Poster

Celebrity Page TV Series2013Self

TakePart Live Poster

TakePart Live TV Series2013Self - Guest

The Real Poster

The Real TV Series2013Self

CBS This Morning Poster

CBS This Morning TV Series2012Self

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Poster

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. TV Series2012Self

Larry King Now Poster

Larry King Now TV Series2012Self - Guest

Dish Nation Poster

Dish Nation TV Series2011Self

GGN: Snoop Dogg's Double G News Network Poster

GGN: Snoop Dogg's Double G News Network TV Series2011Self

The Talk Poster

The Talk TV Series2010Self

Red Carpet Report Poster

Red Carpet Report TV Series2009Self

RuPaul's Drag Race Poster

RuPaul's Drag Race TV Series2009Self - Guest Judge

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen TV Series2009Self

The Wendy Williams Show Poster

The Wendy Williams Show TV Series2008Self

Made in Hollywood Poster

Made in Hollywood TV Series2005Self

The Comeback Poster

The Comeback TV Series2005Summer

Jimmy Kimmel Live! Poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV Series2003Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV Series2003Self

eTalk Daily Poster

eTalk Daily TV Series2002Self

Last Call with Carson Daly Poster

Last Call with Carson Daly TV Series2002Self - Guest

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Poster

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire TV Series2002Self - Contestant

The View Poster

The View TV Series1997Self

Access Hollywood Poster

Access Hollywood TV Series1996Self

The Daily Show Poster

The Daily Show TV Series1996Self

Extra TV Series1994Self

WGN Morning News Poster

WGN Morning News TV Series1994Self

American Masters Poster

American Masters TV Series1985Self

Entertainment Tonight Poster

Entertainment Tonight TV Series1981Self

Good Morning America Poster

Good Morning America TV Series1975Self - Guest

Today TV Series1952Self - Guest

Producer

55

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Year

Back Home Poster

Back Home Short Film2024

Bitter Leaf Poster

Bitter Leaf Short Film2024

Endling Short Film2024

Fireline Poster

Fireline Short Film2024

In the Fold Poster

In the Fold Short Film2024

Technicians Poster

Technicians Short Film2024

Tender Thoughts Poster

Tender Thoughts Short Film2024

A Thousand and One Poster

A Thousand and One Feature Film2023

Being Mary Tyler Moore Poster

Being Mary Tyler Moore Feature Film2023

Chang Can Dunk Poster

Chang Can Dunk Feature Film2023

In Your Light, Do We See Light Poster

In Your Light, Do We See Light Short Film2023

Kokomo City Poster

Kokomo City Feature Film2023

Last Days of the Lab Poster

Last Days of the Lab Short Film2023

My Nights Glow Yellow Poster

My Nights Glow Yellow Short Film2023

Order for Pickup Poster

Order for Pickup Short Film2023

Rocky Road on Channel Three Poster

Rocky Road on Channel Three Short Film2023

Sarajin Short Film2023

The Ballad of Tita and the Machines Poster

The Ballad of Tita and the Machines Short Film2023

The Gag Short Film2023

100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu Poster

100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu Short Film2022

Amina Short Film2022

Beauty Feature Film2022

Before Dawn, Kabul Time Poster

Before Dawn, Kabul Time Short Film2022

Being Mary Feature Film2022

Crooked Trees Gon Give Me Wings Short Film2022

Huella Short Film2022

The 25th Filial Exemplar Poster

The 25th Filial Exemplar Short Film2022

Cinephile Poster

Cinephile Short Film2021

Coche Bomba Poster

Coche Bomba Short Film2021

Grace: Love in 3 Acts Short Film2021

Only the Moon Stands Still Poster

Only the Moon Stands Still Short Film2021

Shoebox Short Film2021

Showtime Presents: Sounds from the Chi Concert Film TV Special2021

Soft Sounds of Peeling Fruit Poster

Soft Sounds of Peeling Fruit Short Film2021

Soñadora Poster

Soñadora Short Film2021

The Beauty President Poster

The Beauty President Short Film2021

The One and Only Dick Gregory Poster

The One and Only Dick Gregory Documentary2021

Them TV Series2021

Twenties After-Show with B. Scott Poster

Twenties After-Show with B. Scott TV Series2021

Girls Room Poster

Girls Room TV Series2020

How to Make Love to a Black Woman TV Series2020

The Forty-Year-Old Version Poster

The Forty-Year-Old Version Feature Film2020

Twenties Poster

Twenties TV Series2020

You Ain't Got These Poster

You Ain't Got These TV Series2020

1 Out of 30 Poster

1 Out of 30 Short Film2019

Adeline, the Great Poster

Adeline, the Great Short Film2019

Boomerang Poster

Boomerang TV Series2019

Fragile.com Poster

Fragile.com Short Film2019

Queen & Slim Poster

Queen & Slim Feature Film2019

Spilt Milk Poster

Spilt Milk Short Film2019

Step Sisters Poster

Step Sisters Feature Film2018

The Chi TV Series2018

Master of None Poster

Master of None TV Series2015

Dear White People Poster

Dear White People Feature Film2014

Ladylike Poster

Ladylike Short Film2014

Writer

14

Type

Year

Beauty Feature Film2022

Girls Room Poster

Girls Room TV Series2020

Twenties Poster

Twenties TV Series2020

Boomerang Poster

Boomerang TV Series2019

Queen & Slim Poster

Queen & Slim Feature Film2019

Rising Short Film2018

The Chi TV Series2018

Untitled Lena Waithe Project TV Movie2016

Master of None Poster

Master of None TV Series2015

Hello Cupid Poster

Hello Cupid TV Series2013

How to Rock Poster

How to Rock TV Series2012

M.O. Diaries Poster

M.O. Diaries TV Series2012

Save Me Short Film2011

Bones TV Series2005

Other Crew

6

Type

Year

I Will Follow Poster

I Will Follow Feature Film2010

In the Motherhood Poster

In the Motherhood TV Series2009

Notorious Poster

Notorious Feature Film2009

The Secret Life of Bees Poster

The Secret Life of Bees Feature Film2008

Girlfriends Poster

Girlfriends TV Series2000

E! Live from the Red Carpet Poster

E! Live from the Red Carpet TV Series1995

Thanks

3

Type

Year

A Wrinkle in Time Poster

A Wrinkle in Time Feature Film2018

Alchemy Short Film2013

Cocoa Love Poster

Cocoa Love Short Film2010

Director

1

Save Me Short Film2011

Editorial Department

1

The Real World Awards Bash TV Special2008

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