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Lena Waithe

Awards

Lena Waithe

10 wins & 26 nominations

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Mary Tyler Moore in Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023)
    2023 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
    • Being Mary Tyler Moore
    Shared with: Ben Selkow · James Adolphus · Rishi Rajani · Debra Martin Chase · Andrew C. Coles · Laura Gardner
  • Aziz Ansari in Master of None (2015)
    2017 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
    • Master of None
    For Thanksgiving (2017)
    Shared with: Aziz Ansari

Satellite Awards

  • Aziz Ansari in Master of None (2015)
    2022 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical
    • Master of None

Gotham Awards

  • Aaron Kingsley Adetola and Teyana Taylor in A Thousand and One (2023)
    2023 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Feature
    • A Thousand and One
    Shared with: A.V. Rockwell · Julia Lebedev · Rishi Rajani · Eddie Vaisman · Brad Weston
  • The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
    2021 Nominee Audience Award
    • The Forty-Year-Old Version
    Shared with: Radha Blank · Jordan Fudge · Inuka Bacote-Capiga · Jennifer Semler · Rishi Rajani
  • Tyler James Williams in Dear White People (2014)
    2014 Nominee Audience Award
    • Dear White People
    Shared with: Justin Simien · Angel R Lopez · Ann Le · Effie Brown · Julia Lebedev

Image Awards (NAACP)

  • Aziz Ansari in Master of None (2015)
    2018 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
    • Master of None
    Episode: "Thanksgiving (2017)"
    Shared with: Aziz Ansari

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Aaron Kingsley Adetola and Teyana Taylor in A Thousand and One (2023)
    2024 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best First Feature
    • A Thousand and One
    Shared with: A.V. Rockwell · Julia Lebedev · Rishi Rajani · Eddie Vaisman · Brad Weston
  • The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
    2021 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best First Feature
    • The Forty-Year-Old Version
    Shared with: Radha Blank · Inuka Bacote-Capiga · Jordan Fudge · Rishi Rajani · Jennifer Semler
  • Tyler James Williams in Dear White People (2014)
    2015 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best First Feature
    • Dear White People
    Shared with: Justin Simien · Effie Brown · Ann Le · Julia Lebedev · Angel R Lopez

MTV Movie + TV Awards

  • Steven Spielberg, Ben Mendelsohn, George Michael, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance, Perdita Weeks, Kamara Benjamin Barnett, Mandy June Turpin, T.J. Miller, Lena Waithe, Stephen Mitchell, Neet Mohan, Win Morisaki, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Kae Alexander, Sarah Sharman, Robert Gilbert, Raed Abbas, Letitia Wright, Tye Sheridan, Asan N'Jie, Hannah John-Kamen, Cara Theobold, Olivia Cooke, Alphonso Austin, Amy Clare Beales, Jane Leaney, Kathryn Wilder, and Philip Zhao in Ready Player One (2018)
    2018 Nominee MTV Movie + TV Award
    • Best On-Screen Team
    • Ready Player One
    Shared with: Tye Sheridan · Olivia Cooke · Philip Zhao · Win Morisaki

NAMIC Vision Awards

  • Aziz Ansari in Master of None (2015)
    2018 Nominee Vision Award
    • Best Performance - Comedy
    • Master of None

PGA Awards

  • Mary Tyler Moore in Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023)
    2024 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
    • Being Mary Tyler Moore
    Shared with: Michael Bernstein · Robert Levine · Laura Gardner · Andrew C. Coles · Debra Martin Chase · Rishi Rajani · James Adolphus · Ben Selkow

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Aziz Ansari in Master of None (2015)
    2018 Nominee WGA Award (TV)
    • Comedy Series
    • Master of None
    Shared with: Aziz Ansari · Andy Blitz · Zoe Jarman · Cord Jefferson · Sarah Peters · Sarah Schneider · Michael Schur · Leila Strachan · Gene Stupnitsky · Lakshmi Sundaram · Jason Woliner · Alan Yang

Tribeca Film Festival

  • Kylee Russell, Kayla Maisonet, Anjelika Washington, Yindra Zayas, and Gi'onna Kamille in Girls Room (2020)
    2020 Winner Tribeca X Award
    • Best Episodic Short Series
    • Girls Room
    Shared with: Tiffany Johnson

Black Reel Awards

  • Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith in Queen & Slim (2019)
    2020 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Screenplay
    • Queen & Slim
  • Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith in Queen & Slim (2019)
    2020 Winner Black Reel
    • Outstanding First Screenplay
    • Queen & Slim
  • Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith in Queen & Slim (2019)
    2020 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Motion Picture
    • Queen & Slim
    Shared with: Pamela Abdy · Andrew C. Coles · James Frey · Michelle Knudsen · Melina Matsoukas · Brad Weston
  • Tyler James Williams in Dear White People (2014)
    2015 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Motion Picture
    • Dear White People
    Shared with: Justin Simien · Angel R Lopez · Ann Le · Effie Brown · Julia Lebedev

Gracie Allen Awards

  • The Chi (2018)
    2021 Winner Gracie
    • Writer Scripted - Drama
    • The Chi

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith in Queen & Slim (2019)
    2019 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Queen & Slim
    Shared with: James Frey

Telly Awards

  • Dontavius Jawon Williams and Deion Smith in Flames (2021)
    2022 Winner Silver Telly
    • Online Video - Drama
    • Flames
    Shared with: Deondray Gossfield · Quincy LeNear Gossfield · Krystal Marie · Bristie A. Caruthers · Constanza Castro · Domenica Castro · Rishi Rajani · Calmatic · Natasha Wellesley · Nate Eggers · Khrisana Edwards · Bartley Taylor · Travis Ing · Sylvia Carrasco · Rocio Malera · Deion Smith · Dontavius Jawon Williams

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith in Queen & Slim (2019)
    2019 Nominee WFCC Award
    • Best Woman Storyteller
    • Queen & Slim

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Aziz Ansari in Master of None (2015)
    2017 Winner INOCA TV
    • Best Writing for a Comedy Series
    • Master of None
    Episode: "Thanksgiving"
    Shared with: Aziz Ansari

Black Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith in Queen & Slim (2019)
    2019 Winner BFCC Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Queen & Slim

Gold Derby Awards

  • Aziz Ansari in Master of None (2015)
    2019 Nominee Gold Derby TV Award
    • Comedy Episode of the Decade
    • Master of None
    For "Thanksgiving"
    Shared with: Aziz Ansari · Melina Matsoukas
  • Aziz Ansari in Master of None (2015)
    2017 Winner Gold Derby TV Award
    • Comedy Episode of the Year
    • Master of None
    for "Thanksgiving"
    Shared with: Melina Matsoukas · Aziz Ansari

The Queerties

  • Lena Waithe
    2021 Nominee Queerty
    • Badass
  • Lena Waithe
    2019 Nominee Queerty
    • Badass

Black Reel Awards for Television

  • The Chi (2018)
    2018 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Writing, Drama Series
    • The Chi
    Episode: "Pilot (2018)"
  • Dear White People (2017)
    2018 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Guest Actress, Comedy Series
    • Dear White People
  • The Chi (2018)
    2018 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Drama Series
    • The Chi
    Shared with: Barry M. Berg · Common · Derek Dudley · Rick Famuyiwa · Aaron Kaplan · Erin Mitchell · Elwood Reid · Shelby Stone
  • Aziz Ansari in Master of None (2015)
    2017 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Writing, Comedy Series
    • Master of None
    Episode: "Thanksgiving (2017)"
    Shared with: Aziz Ansari

Essence Black Women in Hollywood

  • Lena Waithe
    2018 Winner Honoree

Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC)

  • Lena Waithe
    2020 Nominee Trailblazer Award

Children's & Family Emmy Awards

  • Chang Can Dunk (2023)
    2023 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Fiction Special
    • Chang Can Dunk
    Shared with: Elizabeth Niles · Pamela Thur · Rishi Rajani · Brad Weston

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