--- title: Lena Waithe Wants to Work With Donald Glover on Atlanta description: Actress and writer Lena Waithe attended the TIME 100 Gala in New York on Tuesday night after being named to the 2018 TIME 100 list. canonical: https://time.com/5251485/lena-waithe-on-donald-glover-atlanta/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-24T23:41:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:24.791Z og:title: Lena Waithe Wants to Work With Donald Glover on Atlanta og:description: The actress and writer is one of the 2018 TIME 100 og:url: https://time.com/5251485/lena-waithe-on-donald-glover-atlanta/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd89de82f07a5eb23/69892e907cdbac8e31d5cae5/time-100-most-influential-gala-2018-red-carpet-011.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Time 100 Gala 2018 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lena Waithe Wants to Work With Donald Glover on Atlanta twitter:description: The actress and writer is one of the 2018 TIME 100 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd89de82f07a5eb23/69892e907cdbac8e31d5cae5/time-100-most-influential-gala-2018-red-carpet-011.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lena Waithe Really, Really Wants to Work on _Atlanta_: 'Donald Glover Is Setting a New Bar.'  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 24, 2018 11:41 PM UTC  Lena Waithe at the Time 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 24, 2018 in New York City. Lena Waithe at the Time 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 24, 2018 in New York City.Landon Nordeman for TIME  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 24, 2018 11:41 PM UTC Your move, Donald Glover. Lena Waithe is ready to work on the critically acclaimed dramedy, [_Atlanta_](http://time.com/collection-post/4465184/donald-glover-atlanta-childish-gambino/). It’s [Lena Waithe](http://time.com/collection-post/5238194/lena-waithe/)‘s year — we’re just living in it. The actor and writer, who has been recognized recently for her Emmy-wining work on [_Master of None_](http://time.com/4945661/lena-waithe-emmys-speech-master-of-none/), had a major supporting role in Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster _Ready Player One_ and was a groundbreaking _Vanity Fair_ cover star, came by the [TIME 100 Gala](http://time.com/5246023/time-100-2018-jennifer-lopez-shawn-mendes/) at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Tuesday night to celebrate her place as one of the [2018 TIME 100](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/?). She didn’t skip a beat when TIME asked her what TV show she’d like to work on next. “_Atlanta_, _Atlanta_, _Atlanta_,” she told TIME. “It’s the best show on TV. It doesn’t give a f-ck. It’s black as hell. It’s courageous. Donald is setting a new bar — you have to go to where he is to meet him.” In fact, in California Senator Kamala Harris’s [TIME 100 writeup on Waithe](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5238194/lena-waithe/), she praised her voice as an important part of the movement to expand the types of characters — and role models — we see in pop culture. “Thanks to Waithe, diverse communities can turn on the TV and see vivid, funny, deeply real portrayals of people like themselves,” Sen. 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