Awkwafina

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1988-06-02

Place of Birth

Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA

Awkwafina

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.

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Acting History

2026
Jumanji 3 as Ming
2025
Marvel Zombies as Katy Chen (voice)
2025
The Bad Guys 2 as Tarantula (voice)
2025
Lisa Lu Plays Herself as Self
2025
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski as Self
2025
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis as Tarantula (voice)
2024
Jackpot! as Katie Kim
2024
IF as Bubble (voice)
2024
Dueling Dumplings as Zhen (voice)
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4 as Zhen (voice)
2024
Fly Hard as Chump (voice)
2024
A Real Bug's Life as Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Migration as Chump (voice)
2023
Once Upon a Studio as Sisu (voice)
2023
Quiz Lady as Anne Yum
2023
The Little Mermaid as Scuttle (voice)
2023
Renfield as Rebecca
2023
Poker Face as Maddy Saint Marie
2022
Top Chef VIP as Self
2022
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys' as Self
2022
Maraschino Ruby as Tarantula (voice)
2022
The Bad Guys as Tarantula (voice)
2022
The Boys Presents: Diabolical as Sky / Areola / Turd (voice)
2021
Swan Song as Kate
2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Katy
2021
Marvel Studios Assembled as Self
2021
Raya and the Last Dragon as Sisu (voice)
2021
Breaking News in Yuba County as Mina
2020
The Drew Barrymore Show as Self
2020
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run as Otto (voice)
2020
One World: Together at Home as Self
2020
Call Your Mother
2020
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens as Nora Lin
2019
Jumanji: The Next Level as Ming
2019
Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Awkwafina
2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance as skekLach (The Collector) (voice)
2019
Paradise Hills as Yu
2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2 as Courtney (voice)
2019
The Farewell as Billi
2019
Weird City as Charlotta
2018
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy as Self
2018
Ocean's Team 3.0 as Self
2018
Reimagining The Met Gala as Self
2018
Crazy Rich Asians as Peik Lin Goh
2018
Ocean's Eight as Constance
2018
Dude as Rebecca Voller
2017
Future Man as Woman at Video Game Store
2016
Storks as Quail (voice)
2016
Mary + Jane as Gina
2016
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising as Christine
2016
Bad Rap as Self
2016
Animals. as Annie (voice)
2015
IMDb on the Scene as Self
2015
Hot Ones as Self
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2011
Black Mirror as Kimmy
2010
Regular Show as Apple / Waitress #1 (voice)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2005
Made in Hollywood as Self
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
2000
Big Brother as Self - Guest
1996
The Daily Show as Self
1989
The Simpsons as Carmen (voice)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1984
MTV Video Music Awards as Self - Preshow Host
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
The Last Adventure of Constance Verity as Constance Verity
The Man with the Bag
Wildwood as (voice)
The Bad Guys 3 as Tarantula (voice)
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The Unlikely Cook with Awkwafina as Self
The Baccarat Machine as Cheung Yin 'Kelly' Sun