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Lena D. Waithe, 麗娜·維特
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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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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1984-05-17
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 1.1
- info Birth Place Chicago, Illinois, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Lena Waithe
7
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021-11-20
6.8
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023-03-13
5.1
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022-06-09
7.6
Ready Player One
2018-03-28
5.8
Bad Hair
2021-05-05
7.7
Onward
2020-02-29
8.6
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020-05-16
7.8
The One and Only Dick Gregory
2021-06-19
5.6
House Party
2023-01-12
0
Place To Be
0
It's Dorothy!
2025-06-07
6.4
The Daily Show
1996-07-22
1
Twenties After-Show With B. Scott
2021-10-13
7
The Oscars
1953-03-19
6.1
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022-02-23
7.4
The Comeback
2005-06-05
6.4
Transparent
2014-09-26
8.3
This Is Us
2016-09-20
4.2
Sherri
2022-09-12
5.7
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02
5.1
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16
7.2
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019-08-02
7.6
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009-02-02
4.9
The Shop
2018-08-28
6.2
Dear White People
2017-04-28
6.7
#blackAF
2020-04-17
5.9
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
2019-10-23
7.1
Amend: The Fight for America
2021-02-17
0
You Ain't Got These
2020-04-06
7.2
Visible: Out on Television
2020-02-14
8.1
Westworld
2016-10-02
7.7
Big Mouth
2017-09-29
7.5
Master of None
2015-11-06
9.7
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020-04-08
7.9
The Chi
2018-01-07
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005-03-27
7.7
Big Mouth
2017-09-29
8.7
The Grammys
1959-11-29
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8.7
The One and Only Dick Gregory
2021-06-19
8.7
Soñadora
2021-06-16
8.7
Dear White People
2014-10-17
8.7
Shoebox
2021-06-16
8.7
Fragile.com
2019-11-08
8.7
Black Santa
2022-06-14
8.7
Chang Can Dunk
2023-03-09
8.7
The Beauty President
2021-03-20
8.7
A Thousand and One
2023-03-31
8.7
Order for Pickup
2023-06-12
8.7
Kokomo City
2023-07-28
8.7
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023-03-13
8.7
Ladylike
2014-11-15
8.7
Meal Ticket
2024-06-10
8.7
Last Days of the Lab
2023-06-12
8.7
I Will Follow
2010-09-18
8.7
Step Sisters
2018-01-19
8.7
Such a Fun Age
8.7
Beauty
2022-06-11
8.7
Queen & Slim
2019-11-27
8.7
Queen & Slim
2019-11-27
8.7
Rising
2018-09-21
8.7
Queen & Slim
2019-11-27
8.7
The Forty-Year-Old Version
2020-10-02
8.7
Beauty
2022-06-11
8.7
Talent Show
8.7
Talent Show
8.7
You Love Me
2020-12-12
8.7
Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart
8.7
The Chi
2018-01-07
8.7
Bones
2005-09-13
8.7
The Chi
2018-01-07
8.7
Master of None
2015-11-06
8.7
Them
2021-04-09
8.7
Master of None
2015-11-06
8.7
The Chi
2018-01-07
8.7
Boomerang
2019-02-12