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Lena Waithe

American actress, producer, and screenwriter · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1984 · age 42

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).

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2026Mating SeasonSeries, Alex (voice)2025It's Dorothy!FilmReclaim the FlagFilm, 20252024Bitter LeafFilm, Producer2023A Thousand and OneFilm, ProducerSarajinFilm, 2023Producer2022100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade TofuFilm, ProducerStand Out: An LGBTQ+ CelebrationFilm, 20222021Amend: The Fight for AmericaSeries2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyFilm, 2021SoñadoraFilm, 2021Producer2020Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020Film2019A Black Lady Sketch ShowSeries, Office EmployeeFragile.comFilm, 2019Producer2018“I'm a person that documents the lives of people of color…So that way, when we're gone, no one will forget we were here.”In their wordsOn the aim of her work in “Don't Forget About Me: Lena Waithe On Reflection And Representation In Hollywood” in NPR (2018 Nov 21)

Time 100AwardReady Player OneFilm, 2018Aech / HelenRisingFilm, 2018Writer2017Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy SeriesAwardBig MouthSeries, 2017Lena (voice)2016This Is UsSeries, Animal Shelter Clerk2014TransparentSeries, JaneDear White PeopleFilm, 2014Producer2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSeries2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series1997The ViewSeries1984Born17 May 1984

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  • Onward 2020
  • Ready Player One 2018
  • Queen & Slim 2019
  • Chang Can Dunk 2023
  • The Forty-Year-Old Version 2020

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Filmography 40

107 credits on file

Television 24

Media & music

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One statement

  1. Stop giving a s - what other people think of you.

    On how women should embrace their true selves in “Lena Waithe's Message to Women: 'Stop Giving a S--- What Other People Think'” in Variety, Own words

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Awards

Time 1002018
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series2017

About this person

She also wrote and produced the crime film Queen & Slim (2019) and is the executive producer of the horror anthology series Them (2021-present).

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Dates
Born 1984 · age 42

In the same film or series as Lena

D SmokeAlso in Play Hard (2024)Young M.AAlso in The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)Chelsea ClintonAlso in Move Ya Body: The Birth of House (2025)John RatzenbergerAlso in Onward (2020)Vanessa WilliamsAlso in Bad Hair (2021)