
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.
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Acting (11 movies)

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021

Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023

Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022

Ready Player One
2018

Bad Hair
2021

Onward
2020

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

The One and Only Dick Gregory
2021

House Party
2023

It's Dorothy!
2025

Reclaim the Flag
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Dear White People | 2014 | Producer |
| Step Sisters | 2018 | Producer |
| Rising | 2018 | Writer |
| Fragile.com | 2019 | Executive Producer |
| Queen & Slim | 2019 | Screenplay |
| Queen & Slim | 2019 | Producer |
| The Forty-Year-Old Version | 2020 | Producer |
| You Love Me | 2020 | Screenplay |
| The Beauty President | 2021 | Executive Producer |
| Soñadora | 2021 | Executive Producer |
| Shoebox | 2021 | Executive Producer |
| Only the Moon Stands Still | 2021 | Executive Producer |
| The One and Only Dick Gregory | 2021 | Executive Producer |
| Black Santa | 2022 | Executive Producer |
| Beast | 2022 | Executive Producer |
| Crooked Trees Gon Give Me Wings | 2022 | Executive Producer |
| 100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu | 2022 | Executive Producer |
| Beauty | 2022 | Producer |
| Beauty | 2022 | Writer |
| The 25th Filial Exemplar | 2022 | Executive Producer |
| Chang Can Dunk | 2023 | Producer |
| Being Mary Tyler Moore | 2023 | Producer |
| A Thousand and One | 2023 | Producer |
| Order for Pickup | 2023 | Executive Producer |
| Last Days of the Lab | 2023 | Executive Producer |
| My Nights Glow Yellow | 2023 | Executive Producer |
| Kokomo City | 2023 | Executive Producer |
| Sarajin | 2023 | Executive Producer |
| Bitter Leaf | 2024 | Executive Producer |
| Meal Ticket | 2024 | Executive Producer |
| Play Hard | 2024 | Executive Producer |
| Tender Thoughts | 2024 | Executive Producer |
| Move Ya Body: The Birth of House | 2025 | Executive Producer |
| Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart | 2025 | Executive Producer |