Lena Waithe is an American actress, producer, and screenwriter. Waithe was a writer on the TV series Bones and penned two episodes of the kids' musical comedy How to Rock. She has appeared in films such as Ready Player One alongside Simon Pegg, Bad Hair with Usher, and the documentary A Tiny Ripple of Hope. Waithe received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for her work on Master of None and also appeared in the series Dear White People. She has been a producer for series such as Them and Boomerang.