Lena Waithe

Lena Waithe (born May 17, 1984) is an American actress, producer, and screenwriter. She is known for co-writing and acting in the Netflix series Master of None. Waithe made history at the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards when she won Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for her work on Master of None, becoming the first black woman to do so. The "Thanksgiving" episode for which she won the Emmy was partially based on her personal experience coming out to her mother. She is the creator of the Showtime series The Chi.\n', '

Waithe was born in Chicago, Illinois. Though acting was not originally among Waithe\'s ambitions, she knew from the age of seven that she wanted to be a television writer, and received strong family support for her writing from her single mother and grandmother: her parents had divorced when she was three. Waithe\'s father died when she was fourteen. Waithe and he…