Lena Waithe To Guest on "This Is Us"

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"This Is Us" Recruits Lena Waithe for Guest Spot
by Dan Snierson
January 17, 2018


On next week’s installment of "This Is Us", Kate will decide to adopt a pet. With whom will she cross paths while on this mission? Waithe for it — it’s a familiar face.

Lena Waithe will guest star on the NBC family drama, EW has learned exclusively.




The creator of The Chi and Master of None standout will play an animal shelter worker who advises Kate (Chrissy Metz).

“They’re a very fun duo together,” says "This Is Us" executive producer Isaac Aptaker. “She’s a super cool East Side L.A. woman who loves dogs and cats — and finding them homes.”




How exactly did Waithe come into the "This Is Us" orbit?

“She’s friendly with one of our writers, Kay Oyegun,” says Aptaker. “We wrote the part and she said, ‘Oh, I think we should give it to Lena,’ and we were like, ‘Oh yeah, of course we should give this to Lena. Because that would make this the coolest story ever.’ Luckily she was able to do it.”

http://ew.com/tv/2018/01/17/this-is-us-lena-waithe/