
Lori Tan Chinn
Biography
Lori Tan Chinn (born 1948 or 1949) is an American actress and comedian. She played a recurring character in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black and Awkwafina's grandmother on Comedy Central (2020–2023). Chinn began acting on Broadway, playing Miss Higa Jiga in Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen (1970). She was also a notable member of the Katherine Dunham Company and performed African dance with Syvilla Fort.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Lori Tan Chinn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Gallery


Known For
Acting History
2026
Sleepwalker as Bai Zhao
202531 Candles as Jaya
2024Jentry Chau vs the Underworld as Gugu (voice)
2024A Man on the Inside as Susan Yang
2024Late Bloomers as Inez
2024Kung Fu Panda 4 as Granny Boar (voice)
2023Strange Planet as Guide (voice)
2023Joy Ride as Nai Nai Chen
2022Ghosts of Christmas Always as Arlene
2022Turning Red as Auntie Chen (voice)
2021Teenage Euthanasia
2020Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens as Grandma
2015Chloe and Theo as Landlady
2013Final Recipe as Mrs. Wang
2013Orange Is the New Black as Mei Chang (voice)
2013Orange Is the New Black as Mei Chang
2012Miss D as Mrs. Ling
2005Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Mrs. Park
2004From Other Worlds as Mrs. Kim
2001South Pacific as Bloody Mary
1999Mickey Blue Eyes as Chinese Restaurant Owner
1996Spin City as Samaritan Nun
1995Living in Oblivion as Costume Designer
1994It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice as Nerissa
1992Glengarry Glen Ross as Coat Check Girl
1991What About Bob? as Bus Driver
1990Law & Order as SEC Investigator
1990Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
1989She-Devil as Vesta Rose Woman
1982Author! Author! as Mrs. Woo








