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Awkwafina

Acting

Born June 2, 1988 · Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA

Also known as Nora Lum

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Golden Globe AwardBest Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy · 2020
  • Libera AwardBest Hip-Hop/Rap Record

Filmography50+ titles

Regular Show

2010as Apple / Waitress #1 (voice)

Once Upon a Studio

2023as Sisu (voice)

Black Mirror

2011as Kimmy

The Simpsons

1989as Carmen (voice)

Raya and the Last Dragon

2021as Sisu (voice)

Call Your Mother

2020

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

2019as skekLach (The Collector) (voice)

MTV Video Music Awards

as Self - Preshow Host

The Bad Guys 2

2025as Tarantula (voice)

Poker Face

2023as Maddy Saint Marie

The Bad Guys

2022as Tarantula (voice)

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

2021as Katy

Migration

2023as Chump (voice)

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

2020as Otto (voice)

The Farewell

2019as Billi

Marvel Zombies

2025as Katy Chen (voice)

A Real Bug's Life

2024as Self - Narrator (voice)

Diabolical

2022as Sky / Areola / Turd (voice)

Marvel Studios Assembled

as Self

Swan Song

2021as Kate

The Angry Birds Movie 2

2019as Courtney (voice)

Crazy Rich Asians

2018as Peik Lin Goh

Future Man

2017as Woman at Video Game Store

Hot Ones

2015as Self

IF

2024as Bubble (voice)

Kung Fu Panda 4

2024as Zhen (voice)

Ocean's Eight

2018as Constance

Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

2020as Nora Lin

Jumanji: The Next Level

2019as Ming

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

Top Chef VIP

as Self

Quiz Lady

2023as Anne Yum

Storks

2016as Quail (voice)

Jackpot!

2024as Katie Kim

Renfield

2023as Rebecca

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

The Daily Show

1996as Self

The Little Mermaid

2023as Scuttle (voice)

Animals.

2016as Annie (voice)

Bad Rap

2016as Self

Weird City

2019as Charlotta

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self - Guest

Breaking News in Yuba County

2021as Mina

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

2019as Awkwafina

Paradise Hills

2019as Yu

The Drew Barrymore Show

2020as Self

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

2016as Christine

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003as Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988as Self - Guest

Dude

2018as Rebecca Voller