
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" 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.
TV Shows(30)

Mating Season
Alex (voice)

Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
Self

Hollywood Black
Self

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
College Maya (voice)

Sherri
Self - Guest

Twenties After-Show With B. Scott
Self - Guest

Amend: The Fight for America
Self

#blackAF
Lena Waithe

You Ain't Got These

Visible: Out on Television
Self - Narrator (voice)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Self - Contestant

A Black Lady Sketch Show
Office Employee

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Self

The Shop
Self

The Chi
Camille Hallaway

Dear White People
P. Ninny

Big Mouth
Lena (voice)

Big Mouth

Steve
Self

This Is Us
Animal Shelter Clerk