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Lena Waithe

1984 - Today

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Lena Waithe (; 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 (2019–20) and Twenties (2020–21). She also wrote and produced the crime film Queen & Slim (2019) and is the executive producer of the horror anthology series Them (2021–present). Waithe gained recognition for her role in the Netflix comedy-drama series Master of None (2015–2021), and became the first African-American woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 2017 for writing the show's "Thanksgiving" episode, which was loosely based on her personal experience of coming out to her mother. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lena Waithe is the 2,014th most popular film director (up from 2,016th in 2019), the 18,521st most popular biography from United States (up from 18,660th in 2019) and the 623rd most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lena Waithe ranks 2,014 out of 2,041. Before her are Zoya Akhtar, Trent Opaloch, Ketan Mehta, Hossein Rajabian, Drew Pearce, and Nicholas Stoller. After her are Amanda Kernell, Rohit Shetty, Lucky McKee, Josh Trank, Benh Zeitlin, and Kabir Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Lena Waithe ranks 1,109. Before her are Michał Przysiężny, Germaine de Randamie, Asmir Kolašinac, Aleksejs Višņakovs, Hannu Patronen, and Jaroslav Bába. After her are Heiko Schaffartzik, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Nuno Morais, Erika Araki, Hamed Namouchi, and Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lena Waithe ranks 18,529 out of 20,380. Before her are Jonny Weston (1988), Tycho (1977), Trey Thompkins (1990), Isaác Brizuela (1990), Andre Berto (1983), and Angelica Moser (1997). After her are Desmond Mason (1977), Scott Lipsky (1981), Dennis Smith Jr. (1997), Darvis Patton (1977), Jordan Hinson (1991), and Whitney Cummings (1982).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Lena Waithe ranks 623. Before her are Loren Bouchard (1969), Reginald Hudlin (1961), Akiva Schaffer (1977), Lynn Shelton (1965), Jamie Babbit (1970), and Jay Duplass (1973). After her are Lucky McKee (1975), Josh Trank (1984), Benh Zeitlin (1982), Jordan Vogt-Roberts (1984), Dee Rees (1977), and Robert Lorenz (2000).

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