Acting credits
39
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Lena Waithe
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.3
Moderate attention
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Movies: 48Series: 31Crew credits: 44
TMDB ID: 1059572
IMDb ID: nm2913119
Known for: Acting
Born: May 17, 1984
Age: 41
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2025
Years active: 73
Average TMDB rating: 6.77
Wikidata: Q21872808
Also known as
Lena D. Waithe • 麗娜·維特
Other jobs
Executive Producer (26)Producer (8)Writer (4)Screenplay (2)Consulting Producer (1)Creator (1)Executive Music Producer (1)Production Coordinator (1)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Lena Waithe.
5.5
Reclaim the Flag
as Self
2025 Movie
Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
Window Cleaners
Executive Music Producer
2025 Movie
1.0
It's Dorothy!
as Self
2025 Movie
Honey Bare
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
6.0
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
10.0
Tender Thoughts
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
8.0
Meal Ticket
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
8.0
Play Hard
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
6.0
Bitter Leaf
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
8.5
Sarajin
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
6.7
Kokomo City
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
7.0
Last Days of the Lab
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
8.0
My Nights Glow Yellow
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
Order for Pickup
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
7.0
Sorry Grandpa Hsiao
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
6.6
A Thousand and One
Producer
2023 Movie
6.6
Being Mary Tyler Moore
as Self (voice)
2023 Movie
6.7
Chang Can Dunk
Producer
2023 Movie
5.6
House Party
as Self
2023 Movie
10.0
The 25th Filial Exemplar
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
4.8
Beauty
Producer
2022 Movie
9.0
100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
9.0
Crooked Trees Gon Give Me Wings
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Lena Waithe.
2.3
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
as Self • 2 eps
2025 Series
2.7
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2022 Series
5.6
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
as College Maya (voice) • 1 eps
2022 Series
1.0
Twenties After-Show With B. Scott
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.6
Them
Executive Producer • 18 eps
2021 Series
7.1
Amend: The Fight for America
as Self • 3 eps
2021 Series
5.8
#blackAF
as Lena Waithe • 1 eps
2020 Series
9.8
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2020 Series
You Ain't Got These
1 eps
2020 Series
6.9
Visible: Out on Television
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 5 eps
2020 Series
6.1
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.0
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Office Employee • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.6
Boomerang
Creator
2019 Series
4.9
The Shop
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.9
The Chi
as Camille Hallaway • 3 eps
2018 Series
7.6
Big Mouth
as Lena (voice) • 2 eps
2017 Series
5.9
Dear White People
as P. Ninny • 2 eps
2017 Series
8.0
Westworld
as Ash • 4 eps
2016 Series
8.2
This Is Us
as Animal Shelter Clerk • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.4
Master of None
as Denise Watkins • 15 eps
2015 Series
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.3
Transparent
as Jane • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2009 Series
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge • 1 eps
2009 Series