Lena Waithe is an American actress, producer and screenwriter. She stars in Westworld Season Three, portraying Ash James.
Other Roles[]
Film[]
- Save Me - Director and writer (short film)
- Dear White People - Producer
- Ladylike - Co-producer
- Step Sisters - Producer
- Rising - Short film
- Aech/Helen in Ready Player One
- Queen & Slim - Screenwriter, Co-story writer and Co-producer
Television[]
- Girlfriends - Assistant to executive producer (2 episodes)
- M.O. Diaries - Writer
- How to Rock - Writer (2 episodes)
- Hello Cupid - Writer (7 episodes)
- Bones - Staff writer (15 episodes)
- Summer in The Comeback
- Jane in Transparent
- Co-writer and Denise in Master of None
- The Chi - Creator and writer
- Animal Shelter Clerk in 'This is Us
- P. Ninny Dear White People
Notes[]
- She became the first black woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 2017 for writing Master of None's "Thanksgiving" episode, which was loosely based on her personal experience of coming out to her mother.