Awkwafina
Acting
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.
Born: June 2, 1988
Place of Birth: Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Katy Chen (voice)
as Tarantula (voice)
as Self
as Tarantula (voice)
as Katie Kim
as Bubble (voice)
as Zhen (voice)
as Zhen (voice)
as Chump (voice)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Chump (voice)
as Sisu (voice)
as Anne Yum
as Scuttle (voice)
as Rebecca
as Maddy Saint Marie
as Awkwafina - Invitada
as Tarantula (voice)
as Tarantula (voice)
as Sky / Areola / Turd (voice)
as Kate
as Self
as Sisu (voice)
as Mina
as Self
as Otto (voice)
as Self
as Nora Lin
as Ming
as Awkwafina
as Self
as skekLach (The Collector) (voice)
as Yu
as Courtney (voice)
as Billi
as Charlotta
as Self
as Peik Lin Goh
as Constance
as Rebecca Voller
as Woman at Video Game Store
as Quail (voice)
as Gina
as Christine
as Self
as Annie (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Kimmy
as Apple / Waitress #1 (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Carmen (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Self - Preshow Host
as Self - Host
as Self - Presenter
as (voice)