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Lena Waithe
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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 come…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lena Waithe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
Place to Be
Movie Shy
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2026
Mating Season
TV show Alex (voice)
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2025
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
TV show Self
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2025
Reclaim the Flag
Movie Self
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2025
Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Window Cleaners
Movie Executive Music Producer
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2025
It's Dorothy!
Movie Self
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2025
Honey Bare
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
TV show
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2025
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Corpse Fishing
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Tender Thoughts
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Hollywood Black
TV show Self
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2024
Meal Ticket
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Play Hard
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Bitter Leaf
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
Sarajin
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
Kokomo City
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
My Nights Glow Yellow
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
Last Days of the Lab
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
Order for Pickup
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
Sorry Grandpa Hsiao
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
A Thousand and One
Movie Producer
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2023
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Movie Self (voice)
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2023
Chang Can Dunk
Movie Producer
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2023
House Party
Movie Self
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2022
The 25th Filial Exemplar
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2022
Beauty
Movie Producer
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2022
100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
Crooked Trees Gon Give Me Wings
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
Beast
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
Black Santa
Movie Executive Producer
- 2022
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2022
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
TV show College Maya (voice)
- 2021
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2021
Twenties After-Show With B. Scott
TV show Self - Guest
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2021
Artistic
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
The One and Only Dick Gregory
Movie Self
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2021
Soñadora
Movie Executive Producer
