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Lena Waithe

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1984Born, Chicago
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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…

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Grey's AnatomyEvynn Moore
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WestworldAshBonesWriter

Filmography

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2026Place to BeShyMovie
2026Mating SeasonAlex (voice) · 2 episodesShow
2025Long's Long Lost & Mini MartExecutive ProducerMovie
2025Window CleanersExecutive Music ProducerMovie
2025Honey BareExecutive ProducerMovie
2025Move Ya Body: The Birth of HouseExecutive ProducerMovie
2024Corpse FishingExecutive ProducerMovie
2024Tender ThoughtsExecutive ProducerMovie
2024Meal TicketExecutive ProducerMovie
2024Play HardExecutive ProducerMovie
2024Bitter LeafExecutive ProducerMovie
2023SarajinExecutive ProducerMovie
2023Kokomo CityExecutive ProducerMovie
2023Order for PickupExecutive ProducerMovie
2023Last Days of the LabExecutive ProducerMovie
2023My Nights Glow YellowExecutive ProducerMovie
2023Sorry Grandpa HsiaoExecutive ProducerMovie
2023A Thousand and OneProducerMovie
2023Being Mary Tyler MooreProducerMovie
2023Chang Can DunkProducerMovie
2022The 25th Filial ExemplarExecutive ProducerMovie
2022BeautyProducer · WriterMovie
2022100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade TofuExecutive ProducerMovie
2022BeastExecutive ProducerMovie
2022Crooked Trees Gon Give Me WingsExecutive ProducerMovie
2022Black SantaExecutive ProducerMovie
2022Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ CelebrationMovie
2022The Proud Family: Louder and ProuderCollege Maya (voice) · 1 episodeShow
2021ArtisticExecutive ProducerMovie
2021The One and Only Dick GregoryExecutive ProducerMovie
2021SoñadoraExecutive ProducerMovie
2021ShoeboxExecutive ProducerMovie
2021Only the Moon Stands StillExecutive ProducerMovie
2021Bad HairBrook-LynneMovie
2021ThemExecutive Producer · 18 episodesShow
2021The Beauty PresidentExecutive ProducerMovie
2020You Love MeScreenplayMovie
2020The Forty-Year-Old VersionProducerMovie
2020#blackAFLena Waithe · 1 episodeShow
2020You Ain't Got These1 episodeShow
2020OnwardOfficer Spector (voice)Movie
2019Queen & SlimScreenplay, Story · ProducerMovie
2019Fragile.comExecutive ProducerMovie
2019A Black Lady Sketch ShowOffice Employee · 1 episodeShow
2019BoomerangCreatorShow
2018RisingWriterMovie
2018Ready Player OneAech / HelenMovie
2018Step SistersProducerMovie
2018The ChiCamille Hallaway · 3 episodes · Writer · 5 episodes · Executive Producer · 7 episodes · Creator · 2 episodes · CreatorShow
2017Big MouthLena (voice) · 3 episodesShow
2017Dear White PeopleP. Ninny · 2 episodesShow
2016WestworldAsh · 4 episodesShow
2016This Is UsAnimal Shelter Clerk · 1 episodeShow
2015Master of NoneDenise Watkins · 15 episodes · Writer · 6 episodes · Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer · 5 episodesShow
2014LadylikeConsulting ProducerMovie
2014Dear White PeopleProducerMovie
2014TransparentJane · 1 episodeShow
2010I Will FollowProduction CoordinatorMovie
2005BonesWriter · 1 episodeShow
2005The ComebackSummer · 1 episodeShow
2005Grey's AnatomyEvynn Moore · 2 episodesShow

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