Lena Waithe

Lena Waithe

Acting

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…

Filmography

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Mating Season ★ 8.0 Mating Season 2026 Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart 2025 Window Cleaners Window Cleaners 2025 Honey Bare Honey Bare 2025 Move Ya Body: The Birth of House ★ 6.0 Move Ya Body: The Birth of House 2025 Corpse Fishing Corpse Fishing 2024 Tender Thoughts ★ 10.0 Tender Thoughts 2024 Meal Ticket ★ 8.0 Meal Ticket 2024 Play Hard ★ 8.0 Play Hard 2024 Bitter Leaf ★ 6.0 Bitter Leaf 2024 Sarajin ★ 8.5 Sarajin 2023 Kokomo City ★ 6.7 Kokomo City 2023 Order for Pickup Order for Pickup 2023 Last Days of the Lab ★ 7.0 Last Days of the Lab 2023 My Nights Glow Yellow ★ 8.0 My Nights Glow Yellow 2023 Sorry Grandpa Hsiao ★ 7.0 Sorry Grandpa Hsiao 2023 A Thousand and One ★ 6.6 A Thousand and One 2023 Being Mary Tyler Moore ★ 6.6 Being Mary Tyler Moore 2023 Chang Can Dunk ★ 6.7 Chang Can Dunk 2023 The 25th Filial Exemplar ★ 10.0 The 25th Filial Exemplar 2022 Beauty ★ 4.8 Beauty 2022 100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu ★ 9.0 100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu 2022 Beast ★ 7.0 Beast 2022 Crooked Trees Gon Give Me Wings ★ 9.0 Crooked Trees Gon Give Me Wings 2022 Black Santa Black Santa 2022 Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration ★ 4.4 Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration 2022 The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder ★ 5.4 The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder 2022 Artistic Artistic 2021 The One and Only Dick Gregory ★ 7.6 The One and Only Dick Gregory 2021 Soñadora ★ 7.0 Soñadora 2021 Shoebox ★ 8.0 Shoebox 2021 Only the Moon Stands Still ★ 9.0 Only the Moon Stands Still 2021 Bad Hair ★ 5.7 Bad Hair 2021 Them ★ 7.6 Them 2021 The Beauty President ★ 6.0 The Beauty President 2021 You Love Me You Love Me 2020 The Forty-Year-Old Version ★ 6.7 The Forty-Year-Old Version 2020 #blackAF ★ 5.9 #blackAF 2020 You Ain't Got These You Ain't Got These 2020 Onward ★ 7.6 Onward 2020 Queen & Slim ★ 7.1 Queen & Slim 2019 Fragile.com ★ 4.0 Fragile.com 2019 A Black Lady Sketch Show ★ 7.0 A Black Lady Sketch Show 2019 Boomerang ★ 7.8 Boomerang 2019 Rising ★ 3.0 Rising 2018 Ready Player One ★ 7.6 Ready Player One 2018 Step Sisters ★ 6.4 Step Sisters 2018 The Chi ★ 7.9 The Chi 2018 Big Mouth ★ 7.6 Big Mouth 2017 Dear White People ★ 6.0 Dear White People 2017 Westworld ★ 8.0 Westworld 2016 This Is Us ★ 8.2 This Is Us 2016 Master of None ★ 7.4 Master of None 2015 Ladylike Ladylike 2014 Dear White People ★ 6.1 Dear White People 2014 Transparent ★ 6.4 Transparent 2014 I Will Follow ★ 5.1 I Will Follow 2010 Bones ★ 8.2 Bones 2005 The Comeback ★ 7.4 The Comeback 2005 Grey's Anatomy ★ 8.2 Grey's Anatomy 2005 Such a Fun Age Such a Fun Age Talent Show Talent Show Untitled Friendship Breakup Film Untitled Friendship Breakup Film FREYR FREYR Grand Rising Grand Rising Place to Be Place to Be