# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lena-waithe
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:57:03.712Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lena-waithe"
name: "Lena Waithe"
slug: "lena-waithe"
description: "Lena Waithe 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)."
tagline: "American actress, producer, and screenwriter (born 1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lena_Waithe_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1984-05-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.998616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/LenaWaithe"
    handle:    "LenaWaithe"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/lenawaithe/"
    handle:    "lenawaithe"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2913119/"
    handle:    "nm2913119"
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    title: "Lena Waithe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lena Waithe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lena Waithe"
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    title: "Уэйт, Лина"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lena Waithe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21872808"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Lena Waithe"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump