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Lena Waithe (b. 1984)

Alias:
Lena D. Waithe
麗娜·維特

Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Born:
May 17, 1984

Biography from TheMovieDB

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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Film Performances

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Film Production

Consulting Producer:
2014  Ladylike

Executive Producer:
2014  Ladylike
2019  Fragile.com
2021  Shoebox
2021  Soñadora
2021  The Beauty President
2021  The One and Only Dick Gregory
2022  Black Santa
2023  Kokomo City
2023  Last Days of the Lab
2023  Order for Pickup
2024  Meal Ticket
????  Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart
????  Talent Show

Producer:
2014  Dear White People
2014  Ladylike
2018  Step Sisters
2019  Fragile.com
2019  Queen & Slim
2020  The Forty-Year-Old Version
2021  Shoebox
2021  Soñadora
2021  The Beauty President
2021  The One and Only Dick Gregory
2022  Beauty
2022  Black Santa
2023  A Thousand and One
2023  Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023  Chang Can Dunk
2023  Kokomo City
2023  Last Days of the Lab
2023  Order for Pickup
2024  Meal Ticket
????  Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart
????  Such a Fun Age
????  Talent Show

Production Coordinator:
2010  I Will Follow
2014  Dear White People
2014  Ladylike
2018  Step Sisters
2019  Fragile.com
2019  Queen & Slim
2020  The Forty-Year-Old Version
2021  Shoebox
2021  Soñadora
2021  The Beauty President
2021  The One and Only Dick Gregory
2022  Beauty
2022  Black Santa
2023  A Thousand and One
2023  Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023  Chang Can Dunk
2023  Kokomo City
2023  Last Days of the Lab
2023  Order for Pickup
2024  Meal Ticket
????  Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart
????  Such a Fun Age
????  Talent Show

Screenplay:
2010  I Will Follow
2014  Dear White People
2014  Ladylike
2018  Step Sisters
2019  Fragile.com
2019  Queen & Slim
2020  The Forty-Year-Old Version
2020  You Love Me
2021  Shoebox
2021  Soñadora
2021  The Beauty President
2021  The One and Only Dick Gregory
2022  Beauty
2022  Black Santa
2023  A Thousand and One
2023  Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023  Chang Can Dunk
2023  Kokomo City
2023  Last Days of the Lab
2023  Order for Pickup
2024  Meal Ticket
????  Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart
????  Such a Fun Age
????  Talent Show

Story:
2010  I Will Follow
2014  Dear White People
2014  Ladylike
2018  Step Sisters
2019  Fragile.com
2019  Queen & Slim
2020  The Forty-Year-Old Version
2020  You Love Me
2021  Shoebox
2021  Soñadora
2021  The Beauty President
2021  The One and Only Dick Gregory
2022  Beauty
2022  Black Santa
2023  A Thousand and One
2023  Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023  Chang Can Dunk
2023  Kokomo City
2023  Last Days of the Lab
2023  Order for Pickup
2024  Meal Ticket
????  Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart
????  Such a Fun Age
????  Talent Show

Writer:
2010  I Will Follow
2014  Dear White People
2014  Ladylike
2018  Rising
2018  Step Sisters
2019  Fragile.com
2019  Queen & Slim
2020  The Forty-Year-Old Version
2020  You Love Me
2021  Shoebox
2021  Soñadora
2021  The Beauty President
2021  The One and Only Dick Gregory
2022  Beauty
2022  Black Santa
2023  A Thousand and One
2023  Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023  Chang Can Dunk
2023  Kokomo City
2023  Last Days of the Lab
2023  Order for Pickup
2024  Meal Ticket
????  Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart
????  Such a Fun Age
????  Talent Show

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Creator:
2018  The Chi
2019  Boomerang

Executive Producer:
2015  Master of None
2018  The Chi
2019  Boomerang
2021  Them

Writer:
2005  Bones
2015  Master of None
2018  The Chi
2019  Boomerang
2021  Them

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