Awkwafina
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 2, 1988 (age 38)
- Birthplace
- Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA
Biography
Nora Lum (born June 2, 1988), known professionally as Awkwafina (/ˌɔːkwəˈfiːnə/), is an American actress, comedian and rapper. She rose to prominence in 2012 when her rap song "My Vag" became popular on YouTube. She then released her debut album, Yellow Ranger (2014), and appeared on the MTV comedy series Girl Code (2014–2015). She expanded to films with supporting roles in the comedies Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), Ocean's 8 (2018), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019). She won a Golden Globe Award for her starring role as a grieving young woman in The Farewell (2019). Since 2020, Awkwafina has been a co-creator, writer, and executive producer of the Comedy Central series Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens, where she also plays a fictionalized version of herself. In 2021, she portrayed Katy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. She has also performed voice roles in the animated films Storks (2016), The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019), Raya and the Last Dragon (2021), The Bad Guys (2022), The Little Mermaid, Migration (both 2023), Kung Fu Panda 4, and IF (both 2024). For starring and producing the TV movie Quiz Lady (2023), she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie. Description above from the Wikipedia article Awkwafina, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
The Baccarat Machine
Movie · as Cheung Yin 'Kelly' Sun
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Movie
Kate Might Die
Movie · as Kate
The Bad Guys 3
Movie · as Tarantula (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 5
Movie · as Zhen (voice)
Wildwood
Movie · as Septima (voice)
The Man with the Bag
Movie · as Nadia Nyce
Jumanji: Open World
Movie · as Ming
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland
Movie · as Chessy the Cat (voice)
Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook
TV · as Self · 8 eps
30 Questions
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Bad Guys 2
Movie · as Tarantula (voice)
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
Movie · as Tarantula (voice)
Lisa Lu Plays Herself
Movie · as Self
Marvel Zombies
TV · as Katy Chen (voice) · 4 eps
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Jackpot!
Movie · as Katie Kim
Kung Fu Panda 4
Movie · as Zhen (voice)
IF
Movie · as Bubble (voice)
Fly Hard
Movie · as Chump (voice)
Dueling Dumplings
Movie · as Zhen (voice)
A Real Bug's Life
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
Character Conversations
TV · 1 ep
Renfield
Movie · as Rebecca
Migration
Movie · as Chump (voice)
Once Upon a Studio
Movie · as Sisu (voice)
The Little Mermaid
Movie · as Scuttle (voice)
Quiz Lady
Movie · as Anne Yum
Poker Face
TV · as Maddy Saint Marie · 1 ep
Maraschino Ruby
Movie · as Tarantula (voice)
The Bad Guys
Movie · as Tarantula (voice)
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
Movie · as Self
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
TV · as Sky / Areola / Turd (voice) · 1 ep
Top Chef VIP
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Breaking News in Yuba County
Movie · as Mina
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Movie · as Katy
Raya and the Last Dragon
Movie · as Sisu (voice)
Swan Song
Movie · as Kate
Marvel Studios Assembled
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Movie · as Otto (voice)
Call Your Mother
Movie
One World: Together at Home
Movie · as Self
The Drew Barrymore Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
TV · as Nora Lin · 27 eps
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep
Paradise Hills
Movie · as Yu
The Angry Birds Movie 2
Movie · as Courtney (voice)
The Farewell
Movie · as Billi
Jumanji: The Next Level
Movie · as Ming
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Movie · as Awkwafina
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Weird City
TV · as Charlotta · 1 ep
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
TV · as skekLach (The Collector) (voice) · 7 eps
Reimagining The Met Gala
Movie · as Self
Ocean's Team 3.0
Movie · as Self
Dude
Movie · as Rebecca Voller
Ocean's Eight
Movie · as Constance
Crazy Rich Asians
Movie · as Peik Lin Goh
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy
Movie · as Self
Future Man
TV · as Woman at Video Game Store · 3 eps
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Movie · as Christine
Bad Rap
Movie · as Self
Storks
Movie · as Quail (voice)
Animals.
TV · as Annie (voice) · 1 ep
Mary + Jane
TV · as Gina · 1 ep
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
IMDb on the Scene
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Tawk with Awkwafina
TV · as Self – Host · 40 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Black Mirror
TV · as Kimmy · 1 ep
Regular Show
TV · as Apple / Waitress #1 (voice) · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Made in Hollywood
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Big Brother
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
The Simpsons
TV · as Carmen (voice) · 2 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
MTV Video Music Awards
TV · as Self - Preshow Host · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
The Emmy Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep