Awkwafina
Acting
- Born:
- 1988-06-02
- Place of birth:
- 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
Filmography
Jumanji: Open World
The Man with the Bag
Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook
Wildwood
30 Questions
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland
Marvel Zombies
The Bad Guys 2
Lisa Lu Plays Herself
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
Jackpot!
Character Conversations
IF
Dueling Dumplings
Kung Fu Panda 4
Fly Hard
A Real Bug's Life
Migration
Once Upon a Studio
Quiz Lady
The Little Mermaid
Renfield
Poker Face
Top Chef VIP
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
Maraschino Ruby
The Bad Guys
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Swan Song
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Marvel Studios Assembled
Raya and the Last Dragon
Breaking News in Yuba County
The Drew Barrymore Show
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
One World: Together at Home
Call Your Mother
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Jumanji: The Next Level
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Paradise Hills
The Angry Birds Movie 2
The Farewell
Weird City
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy
Reimagining The Met Gala
Ocean's Team 3.0
Crazy Rich Asians
Ocean's Eight
Dude
Future Man
Storks
Mary + Jane
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Bad Rap
Animals.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
IMDb on the Scene
Hot Ones
Tawk with Awkwafina
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Black Mirror
Regular Show
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Made in Hollywood
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Big Brother
The Daily Show
MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Simpsons
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
MTV Video Music Awards
Saturday Night Live
The Emmy Awards
Golden Globe Awards
The Baccarat Machine
Thumb
The Bad Guys 3
Kung Fu Panda 5
Kaet Might Die