Lena Waithe

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1984-05-17 (40 years old)

Place of Birth Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As Lena D. Waithe, 麗娜·維特

Lena Waithe

Biography

Lena Waithe is an American actress, producer, and screenwriter, best known for her role as Denise on the 2015 Netflix series Master of None and as the creator of the Showtime original series The Chi.

Known For

Actor

2023
Being Mary Tyler Moore

as Self (voice)

2023
House Party

as Self

2022
Sherri

as Self - Guest

2022
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

as College Maya (voice)

2021
Bad Hair

as Brook-Lynne

2020
Onward

as Officer Spector (voice)

2020
#blackAF

as Lena Waithe

2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

as Self - Contestant

2020
Visible: Out on Television

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show

as Office Employee

2018
Ready Player One

as Aech / Helen

2018
The Shop

as Self

2018
The Chi

as Camille Hallaway

2017
Big Mouth

as Lena (voice)

2017
Dear White People

as P. Ninny

2016
Westworld

as Ash

2016
This Is Us

as Animal Shelter Clerk

2015
Master of None

as Denise Watkins

2014
Transparent

as Jane

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

2005
The Comeback

as Summer

1996
1953
The Oscars

as Self

Producer

Talent Show

as Executive Producer

Such a Fun Age

as Producer

2024
Meal Ticket

as Executive Producer

2023
Chang Can Dunk

as Producer

2023
A Thousand and One

as Producer

2023
Order for Pickup

as Executive Producer

2023
Kokomo City

as Executive Producer

2023
2023
Last Days of the Lab

as Executive Producer

2022
Black Santa

as Executive Producer

2022
Beauty

as Producer

2021
The One and Only Dick Gregory

as Executive Producer

2021
Soñadora

as Executive Producer

2021
Shoebox

as Executive Producer

2021
The Beauty President

as Executive Producer

2021
Them

as Executive Producer

2019
Fragile.com

as Executive Producer

2019
Queen & Slim

as Producer

2018
Step Sisters

as Producer

2018
The Chi

as Executive Producer

2015
Master of None

as Executive Producer

2014
Dear White People

as Producer

2014
Ladylike

as Consulting Producer

2010
I Will Follow

as Production Coordinator

Writer

Talent Show

as Screenplay

2022
Beauty

as Writer

2020
You Love Me

as Screenplay

2019
Queen & Slim

as Screenplay

2019
Queen & Slim

as Story

2018
Rising

as Writer

2018
The Chi

as Writer

2015
Master of None

as Writer

2005
Bones

as Writer

Creator

2019
Boomerang

as Creator

2018
The Chi

as Creator