Lena Waithe is the recipient of the 2018 Shot Caller Award at Black Girls Rock! tonight on BET. The 34-year-old is being honored for her trailblazing role in raising awareness of diversity in media and helping bring new voices into the mainstream. Waithe, a producer and screenwriter as well as an actress, has already had a hugely impressive career despite her young age. She was the first black woman to be honored with an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Writing, which she won for Netflix series Master of None in 2017. She won the award for the show’s episode Thanksgiving, which was semi-autobiographical […]
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