Lena Waithe

IN CONVERSATION

Luke James Tells Lena Waithe About His Year of Theater and Transformation

November 10, 2021

The musician and actor talks to his friend about pushing his limits in the new Broadway play, “Thoughts of a Colored Man.”

Rorschach Test

Alan Yang on Group Chats, Pitch Meetings, and Procrastination

May 28, 2021

The “Master of None” co-creator offers his takes on 11 topics chosen at semi-random.

“If Drake and India Arie Had a Baby, It Would Be Kehlani.” Lena Waithe Interviews the R&B Renegade

May 15, 2020

A conversation about toxic relationships, make-up sex, and hating the club.

Jonica T. Gibbs Is Reliving Lena Waithe’s Twenties

March 2, 2020

When it came time to cast the lead in her new BET series loosely based on her own experiences, Waithe found the perfect avatar.

Queen & Slim Star Jodie Turner-Smith Tells Colin Farrell Where Home Is

August 20, 2019

Meet the British actor who made the American Dream her bitch.

The New ‘Westworld’ Star Lena Waithe Isn’t Afraid of Robots, Or Much of Anything

June 14, 2019

Ahead of her “Westworld” debut, Waithe talks sex robots, Twitter bots, and other realities of our dystopian present. 

Why people are still reeling over the death of The Chi’s Coogie

April 3, 2018

After the death of Jahking Guillory’s character in the show’s first episode, fans took to social media to collectively mourn. They still haven’t gotten over it.

The future of TV is female

March 2, 2018

The difficult men who have largely defined the new golden age of television have been replaced by a glorious group of complicated, flawed, and heroic women.