Lena Waithe

PersonBorn May 17, 1984 (age 42)Chicago, Illinois, USA

American actress, producer, and screenwriter (born 1984)

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Lena Waithe

Lena Waithe (born May 17, 1984) is an American actress, producer, and screenwriter. She gained recognition for her role in the Netflix series Master of None and became the first African-American woman to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Waithe is the creator of the Showtime series The Chi and the BET series Boomerang and Twenties. She has also written and produced the crime film Queen & Slim and is the executive producer of the horror anthology series Them. Waithe has appeared in Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One and the HBO series Westworld. In 2023, she received a Tony Award nomination for her production work on the play Ain't No Mo'.

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Buzz Score1.1
Daily update · May 21, 2026

Lena Waithe ranks #5,389 most popular person with a Buzz Score of 1.1. Lena Waithe peaked at #1,268 of all time (Nov 23 - Dec 22, 2024). Lena Waithe ranks #1,476 over the past 365 days.

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