Lena Waithe
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1984-05-17 (41 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known As
Lena D. Waithe
麗娜·維特
Lena Waithe
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" epis...
Acting
2023
as Self (voice)
2018
as Aech / Helen
2021
as Brook-Lynne
2020
as Officer Spector (voice)
2021
2023
as Lena Waithe
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as Shy
2025
as Self
2025
as Self
Production
2021
as Executive Producer
2021
as Executive Producer
2014
as Producer
2021
as Executive Producer
2019
as Executive Producer
2022
as Executive Producer
2023
as Producer
2021
as Executive Producer
2023
as Producer
2023
as Executive Producer
2023
as Executive Producer
2023
as Producer
2014
as Consulting Producer
2024
as Executive Producer
2023
as Executive Producer
2018
as Producer
2010
as Production Coordinator
-
as Producer
2022
as Producer
2019
as Screenplay
2019
as Story
2018
as Writer
2019
as Producer
2020
as Producer
2022
as Writer
-
as Screenplay
-
as Executive Producer
2020
as Screenplay
2025
as Executive Producer
2025
as Executive Producer
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