Portrait of Lena Waithe

Acting

Lena Waithe

Career

Active from 2005 to 2026, busiest in 2018 and 2020 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Master of None
Master of None
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lena Waithe Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.8
  • Violence
    3.2, average 4.1
  • Historical
    1.7, average 2.6
  • Warfare
    0.3, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Immersive World-Building 2
  • Contemporary Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

63
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

5 titles
Talent Show
Talent Show

Screenplay, Executive Producer

Grand Rising
Grand Rising

Producer, Writer

FREYR
FREYR

Executive Producer

Such a Fun Age
Such a Fun Age

Producer

Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film

Writer, Producer

2020s

40 titles ยท average score 64
Mating Season
Mating Season (2026)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Alex (voice)

A Thousand and One
A Thousand and One (2023)
GoodWatch score 80

Producer

Chang Can Dunk
Chang Can Dunk (2023)
GoodWatch score 74

Producer

Being Mary Tyler Moore
Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023)
GoodWatch score 77

Producer

Kokomo City
Kokomo City (2023)
GoodWatch score 78

Executive Producer

Beauty
Beauty (2022)
GoodWatch score 29

Writer, Producer

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2022)
GoodWatch score 30

TV show ยท as College Maya (voice)

Bad Hair
Bad Hair (2021)
GoodWatch score 56

as Brook-Lynne

The One and Only Dick Gregory
The One and Only Dick Gregory (2021)
GoodWatch score 71

Executive Producer

Onward
Onward (2020)
GoodWatch score 75

as Officer Spector (voice)

You Ain't Got These
You Ain't Got These (2020)

TV show

The Forty-Year-Old Version
The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
GoodWatch score 79

Producer

2010s

16 titles ยท average score 70
Queen & Slim
Queen & Slim (2019)
GoodWatch score 75

Story, Screenplay

The Chi
The Chi (2018)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Camille Hallaway

Ready Player One
Ready Player One (2018)
GoodWatch score 70

as Aech / Helen

Rising
Rising (2018)

Writer

Step Sisters
Step Sisters (2018)
GoodWatch score 39

Producer

Big Mouth
Big Mouth (2017)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Lena (voice)

Dear White People
Dear White People (2017)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as P. Ninny

Westworld
Westworld (2016)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Ash

This Is Us
This Is Us (2016)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Animal Shelter Clerk

Master of None
Master of None (2015)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Denise Watkins

Dear White People
Dear White People (2014)
GoodWatch score 70

Producer

Transparent
Transparent (2014)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Jane

2000s

2 titles ยท average score 76
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Evynn Moore

The Comeback
The Comeback (2005)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Summer