Lena Waithe
Year Award Category Work Result
2015 Independent Spirit Awards Best First Feature Dear White People Nominated
2015 Gotham Awards Audience Award Dear White People Nominated
2015 Black Reel Outstanding Motion Picture Dear White People Nominated
2017 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Writing - Comedy Series Thanksgiving , Master of None Won
2018 Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Trailblazer Award N/A Nominated
2018 Writers Guild of America Comedy Series Master of None Nominated
2018 NAACP Image Awards Writing - Comedy Series Master of None Nominated
2018 MTV Movie Award Best on Screen Team Ready Player One Nominated
2019 St. Louis Film Critics Association Best Original Screenplay Queen & Slim Nominated
2019 Black Film Critics Circle Awards Best Original Screenplay Queen & Slim Won
Awards and nominations
Lena Waithe (born May 17, 1984) is an American screenwriter, producer, and actress. She starred in the Netflix comedy-drama series Master of None (2015-2017). She became the first black 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. Waithe is also the creator of the 2018 Showtime drama series The Chi, has appeared in the 2018 adventure film Ready Player One and wrote and produced the 2019 road trip/crime film Queen & Slim.