Lena Waithe
Acting • AGE 42
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 (...
Acting
Mating Season
Alex (voice)
2026
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
Self
2025
Reclaim the Flag
Self
2025
Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart
Executive Producer
2025
Window Cleaners
Executive Music Producer
2025
It's Dorothy!
Self
2025
Honey Bare
Executive Producer
2025
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
Executive Producer
2025
Corpse Fishing
Executive Producer
2024
Tender Thoughts
Executive Producer
2024
Hollywood Black
Self
2024
Meal Ticket
Executive Producer
2024
Play Hard
Executive Producer
2024
Bitter Leaf
Executive Producer
2024
Sarajin
Executive Producer
2023
Kokomo City
Executive Producer
2023
Order for Pickup
Executive Producer
2023
Last Days of the Lab
Executive Producer
2023
My Nights Glow Yellow
Executive Producer
2023
Sorry Grandpa Hsiao
Executive Producer
2023
A Thousand and One
Producer
2023
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Self (voice)
2023
Chang Can Dunk
Producer
2023
House Party
Self
2023
The 25th Filial Exemplar
Executive Producer
2022
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Beauty
Producer
2022
100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu
Executive Producer
2022
Beast
Executive Producer
2022
Crooked Trees Gon Give Me Wings
Executive Producer
2022
Black Santa
Executive Producer
2022
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
College Maya (voice)
2022
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
2021
Twenties After-Show With B. Scott
Self - Guest
2021
Artistic
Executive Producer
2021
The One and Only Dick Gregory
Self
2021
Soñadora
Executive Producer
2021
Shoebox
Executive Producer
2021
Only the Moon Stands Still
Executive Producer
2021
Bad Hair
Brook-Lynne
2021
Them
Executive Producer
2021
The Beauty President
Executive Producer
2021
Amend: The Fight for America
Self
2021
You Love Me
Screenplay
2020
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Producer
2020
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
Self
2020
#blackAF
Lena Waithe
2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Self - Contestant
2020
You Ain't Got These
2020
Onward
Officer Spector (voice)
2020
Visible: Out on Television
Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
Queen & Slim
Screenplay
2019
Fragile.com
Executive Producer
2019
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Self
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Office Employee
2019
Boomerang
Creator
2019
Rising
Writer
2018
The Shop
Self
2018
Ready Player One
Aech / Helen
2018
Step Sisters
Producer
2018
The Chi
Camille Hallaway
2018
Big Mouth
Lena (voice)
2017
Steve
Self
2017
Dear White People
P. Ninny
2017
Westworld
Ash
2016
This Is Us
Animal Shelter Clerk
2016
Master of None
Denise Watkins
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Ladylike
Consulting Producer
2014
Dear White People
Producer
2014
Transparent
Jane
2014
I Will Follow
Production Coordinator
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
2009
Bones
Writer
2005
The Comeback
Summer
2005
Grey's Anatomy
Evynn Moore
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
The View
Self
1997
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Grammys
Self
1959
The Oscars
Self
1953
FREYR
Executive Producer