Person Details

Birthday: 1984-05-17 09:07:04

Aliases: Lena D. Waithe

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Movie Involvements: 33

TV Involvements: 16


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Bones
Average
8

Bones

(2005) Writer
Master of None
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7

Master of None

(2015) Executive Producer
The Chi
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8

The Chi

(2018) Creator
Them
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8

Them

(2021) Executive Producer
Queen & Slim
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7

Queen & Slim

(2019) Producer
Dear White People
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6

Dear White People

(2014) Producer
Chang Can Dunk
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7

Chang Can Dunk

(2023) Producer
The Forty-Year-Old Version
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7

The Forty-Year-Old Version

(2020) Producer

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Self (voice)
Lena Waithe
2022 Self - Guest
N/A
College Maya (voice)
2021 Self
Self - Guest
Self
Brook-Lynne
Self
2020 Self
Lena Waithe
N/A
Officer Spector (voice)
Narrator (voice)
2019 Self
Office Employee
2018 Self
Aech / Helen
2017 Lena (voice)
P. Ninny
2016 Ash
Animal Shelter Clerk
2015 Denise Watkins
Self
2014 Jane
2009 Self - Guest
Herself - Judge
2005 Summer
1996 Self
1953 Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Writing

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
2019 Creator
2018 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

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