Biography
Lena Waithe is an American actress, producer and screenwriter. She was born on 17 May 1984 in Chicago, Illinois.
She gained recognition for her role as Denise Watkins and as a writer on the Netflix series Master of None (2015–2021). In 2017 she became the first African-American woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, for the episode "Thanksgiving". Waithe created the Showtime drama series The Chi (2018–present) and wrote and produced the film Queen & Slim (2019). She has also appeared in Ready Player One (2018) and the series Westworld (2016).
