Lena Waithe, geboren am 17. Mai 1984 in Chicago, Illinois, ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin, Drehbuchautorin und Filmproduzentin. Bekannt wurde sie mit ihrer Rolle in der Netflixserie „Master of None“. Für die Folge „Thanksgiving“ der zweiten Staffel gewann sie 2017 gemeinsam mit Aziz Ansari einen Primetime Emmy für das beste Drehbuch einer Comedyepisode. Waithe studierte am Columbia College Chicago und besuchte die Evanston Township High School. Sie ist auch unter den Namen Lena D. Waithe und „麗娜·維特“ bekannt.
Filmografie
Filme
2026 – Place to Be
2025 – Reclaim the Flag
2025 – Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart
2025 – Window Cleaners
2025 – It's Dorothy!
2025 – Honey Bare
2025 – Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
2024 – Corpse Fishing
2024 – Tender Thoughts
2024 – Meal Ticket
2024 – Play Hard
2024 – Bitter Leaf
2023 – Sarajin
2023 – Kokomo City
2023 – Last Days of the Lab
2023 – My Nights Glow Yellow
2023 – Order for Pickup
2023 – Sorry Grandpa Hsiao
2023 – A Thousand and One
2023 – Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023 – Chang Can Dunk
2023 – House Party - Fake it till you make it
2022 – The 25th Filial Exemplar
2022 – Beauty
2022 – 100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu
2022 – Beast
2022 – Crooked Trees Gon Give Me Wings
2022 – Black Santa
2022 – Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2021 – 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021 – Artistic
2021 – The One and Only Dick Gregory
2021 – Only the Moon Stands Still
2021 – Shoebox
2021 – Soñadora
2021 – Bad Hair - Waschen. Schneiden. Töten.
2021 – The Beauty President
2020 – Mein 40-jähriges Ich
2020 – Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020 – Onward: Keine halben Sachen
2019 – Queen & Slim
2019 – Fragile.com
2018 – Ready Player One
2018 – Step Sisters
2014 – Ladylike
2014 – Dear White People
FREYR
Grand Rising
Such a Fun Age
Talent Show
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film Serien
2026 – Mating Season
2025 – Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025 – Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2024 – Hollywood Black
2022 – Sherri
2022 – Die Prouds: Lauter und trauter
2021 – Twenties After-Show With B. Scott
2021 – THEM
2021 – Amend: The Fight for America
2020 – #blackAF
2020 – Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020 – You Ain't Got These
2020 – Visible: LGBTQ on Television
2019 – Frühstück, Mittag- und Abendessen
2019 – A Black Lady Sketch Show
2018 – The Shop
2018 – The Chi
2017 – Big Mouth
2017 – Steve
2017 – Dear White People
2016 – Westworld
2016 – This Is Us – Das ist Leben
2015 – Master of None
2015 – Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2014 – Transparent
2009 – Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 – RuPaul's Drag Race
2005 – The Comeback
2005 – Grey’s Anatomy
2003 – Jimmy Kimmel Live!
1997 – The View
1996 – The Daily Show
1959 – The Grammys
1953 – Oscar Verleihung
Filme
2026 – Place to Be
2025 – Reclaim the Flag
2025 – Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart
2025 – Window Cleaners
2025 – It's Dorothy!
2025 – Honey Bare
2025 – Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
2024 – Corpse Fishing
2024 – Tender Thoughts
2024 – Meal Ticket
2024 – Play Hard
2024 – Bitter Leaf
2023 – Sarajin
2023 – Kokomo City
2023 – Last Days of the Lab
2023 – My Nights Glow Yellow
2023 – Order for Pickup
2023 – Sorry Grandpa Hsiao
2023 – A Thousand and One
2023 – Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023 – Chang Can Dunk
2023 – House Party - Fake it till you make it
2022 – The 25th Filial Exemplar
2022 – Beauty
2022 – 100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu
2022 – Beast
2022 – Crooked Trees Gon Give Me Wings
2022 – Black Santa
2022 – Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2021 – 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021 – Artistic
2021 – The One and Only Dick Gregory
2021 – Only the Moon Stands Still
2021 – Shoebox
2021 – Soñadora
2021 – Bad Hair - Waschen. Schneiden. Töten.
2021 – The Beauty President
2020 – Mein 40-jähriges Ich
2020 – Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020 – Onward: Keine halben Sachen
2019 – Queen & Slim
2019 – Fragile.com
2018 – Ready Player One
2018 – Step Sisters
2014 – Ladylike
2014 – Dear White People
FREYR
Grand Rising
Such a Fun Age
Talent Show
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film Serien
2026 – Mating Season
2025 – Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025 – Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2024 – Hollywood Black
2022 – Sherri
2022 – Die Prouds: Lauter und trauter
2021 – Twenties After-Show With B. Scott
2021 – THEM
2021 – Amend: The Fight for America
2020 – #blackAF
2020 – Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020 – You Ain't Got These
2020 – Visible: LGBTQ on Television
2019 – Frühstück, Mittag- und Abendessen
2019 – A Black Lady Sketch Show
2018 – The Shop
2018 – The Chi
2017 – Big Mouth
2017 – Steve
2017 – Dear White People
2016 – Westworld
2016 – This Is Us – Das ist Leben
2015 – Master of None
2015 – Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2014 – Transparent
2009 – Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 – RuPaul's Drag Race
2005 – The Comeback
2005 – Grey’s Anatomy
2003 – Jimmy Kimmel Live!
1997 – The View
1996 – The Daily Show
1959 – The Grammys
1953 – Oscar Verleihung
