Lena Waithe

Lena Waithe

b. 1984 (age 42) Chicago, Illinois, USA
Actress Writer

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

Ready Player One
🎞️
★ 7.4
Ready Player One
2018
Master of None
📺
★ 8.2
Master of None
2015
The Chi
📺
★ 7.5
The Chi
2018
Queen & Slim
🎞️
★ 7.1
Queen & Slim
2019

Filmography

Hey A.J.!
📺
★ 7.7
Hey A.J.!
2026 Actress
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.5
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025 Self
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
🎞️
★ 7.5
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
2025 Self
Hollywood Black
📺
★ 7.4
Hollywood Black
2024 Self
Beauty
🎞️
★ 4.2
Beauty
2022 Writer
Amend: The Fight for America
📺
★ 7.9
Amend: The Fight for America
2021 Self
The One and Only Dick Gregory
🎞️
★ 7.9
The One and Only Dick Gregory
2021 Self
Tab Time
📺
★ 8.8
Tab Time
2021 Actress
🎬
🎞️
★ 5.6
2021 Billboard Music Awards
2021 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 4.2
BET Awards 2021
2021 Self
🎬
📺
★ 7.3
Twenties After-Show with B. Scott
2021 Self
Onward
🎞️
★ 7.4
Onward
2020 Actress
Bad Hair
🎞️
★ 5.6
Bad Hair
2020 Actress
Visible: Out on Television
📺
★ 8.3
Visible: Out on Television
2020 Self
Twenties
📺
★ 6.9
Twenties
2020 Writer
🎬
🎞️
★ 4.4
BET Awards 2020
2020 Self
You Ain't Got These
📺
★ 6.0
You Ain't Got These
2020 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 3.0
The Golden Girls: Reimagined
2020 Self
🎬
📺
★ 6.9
Girls Room
2020 Writer
🎬
🎞️
Canada Goose Presents: Sundance 2020
2020 Actress
Queen & Slim
🎞️
★ 7.1
Queen & Slim
2019 Writer
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
📺
★ 6.7
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
2019 Self
Boomerang
📺
★ 5.8
Boomerang
2019 Writer
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.3
TV's Black Renaissance: Reggie Yates in Hollywood
2019 Self
🎬
🎞️
Hey Guys, It's 3 A.M.
2019 Actress
Ready Player One
🎞️
★ 7.4
Ready Player One
2018 Actress
The Chi
📺
★ 7.5
The Chi
2018 Writer
The Shop
📺
★ 6.8
The Shop
2018 Self
Ready Player One LIVE at SXSW
📺
★ 6.9
Ready Player One LIVE at SXSW
2018 Self
Rising
🎞️
★ 8.1
Rising
2018 Writer
🎬
🎞️
★ 2.1
Essence 11th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards
2018 Self
🎬
📺
Complex Con(versations)
2018 Self
🎬
📺
Truth to Power
2018 Actress
🎬
📺
★ 2.9
Complex x Fuse
2017 Self
🎬
🎞️
I am
2017 Self
🎬
📺
Refinery 29: Love Me
2016 Self
Master of None
📺
★ 8.2
Master of None
2015 Actress Writer
🎬
📺
★ 7.9
Hello Cupid
2013 Writer
How to Rock
📺
★ 5.4
How to Rock
2012 Writer
🎬
📺
★ 4.0
M.O. Diaries
2012 Writer
🎬
🎞️
★ 5.7
Save Me
2011 Director Writer
Bones
📺
★ 7.8
Bones
2005 Writer
🎬
🎞️
Untitled Friendship Breakup Movie
Actress Writer
🎬
🎞️
Grand Rising
Writer
🎬
🎞️
Untitled Lena Waithe Project
Writer
🎬
🎞️
Place to Be
Actress
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