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Lena Waithe
Lena Waithe’s screen credits include Officer Spector (voice) in Onward and Aech / Helen in Ready Player One.
Born May 17, 1984 Chicago, Illinois, USA2 movies on MoviHero
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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'. …
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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.
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- 2026Place to BeShy
- 2025Reclaim the FlagSelf
- 2025Long's Long Lost & Mini MartProducer
- 2025Window CleanersProducer
- 2025It's Dorothy!Self
- 2025Honey BareProducer
- 2025Move Ya Body: The Birth of HouseProducer
- 2024Corpse FishingProducer
- 2024Tender ThoughtsProducer
- 2024Meal TicketProducer
- 2024Play HardProducer
- 2024Bitter LeafProducer
- 2023SarajinProducer
- 2023Kokomo CityProducer
- 2023Last Days of the LabProducer
- 2023My Nights Glow YellowProducer
- 2023Order for PickupProducer
- 2023Sorry Grandpa HsiaoProducer
- 2023A Thousand and OneProducer
- 2023Being Mary Tyler MooreProducer · Self (voice)
- 2023Chang Can DunkProducer
- 2023House PartySelf
- 2022The 25th Filial ExemplarProducer
- 2022BeautyProducer · Writer
- 2022100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade TofuProducer
- 2022BeastProducer
- 2022Crooked Trees Gon Give Me WingsProducer
- 2022Black SantaProducer
- 2022Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ CelebrationActor
- 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf
- 2021ArtisticProducer
- 2021The One and Only Dick GregoryProducer · Self
- 2021Only the Moon Stands StillProducer
- 2021ShoeboxProducer
- 2021SoñadoraProducer
- 2021Bad HairBrook-Lynne
- 2021The Beauty PresidentProducer
- 2020You Love MeWriter
- 2020The Forty-Year-Old VersionProducer
- 2020Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020Self
- 2019Queen & SlimWriter · Producer
- 2019Fragile.comProducer
- 2018RisingWriter
- 2018Step SistersProducer
- 2014LadylikeProducer
- 2014Dear White PeopleProducer
- FREYRProducer
- Grand RisingWriter · Producer
- Such a Fun AgeProducer
- Talent ShowWriter · Producer
- Untitled Friendship Breakup FilmActor · Writer · Producer
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Ready Player One
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