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Awkwafina

Acting

Awkwafina

EN cinema · 45 credits

Born

2 June 1988 (age 38)

Birthplace

Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA

Also known as Nora Lum

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

The Baccarat Machine

The Baccarat Machine

ENNot rated

as Cheung Yin 'Kelly' Sun

Thumb

Thumb

ENNot rated

Actor

Kung Fu Panda 5

Kung Fu Panda 5

ENNot rated

as Zhen (voice)

Kaet Might Die

Kaet Might Die

ENNot rated

as Kaet

Wildwood poster

Wildwood

EN · 20268.6

as Septima (voice)

The Man with the Bag poster

The Man with the Bag

EN · 2026Not rated

Actor

Jumanji: Open World poster

Jumanji: Open World

EN · 2026Not rated

as Ming

Descendants: Wicked Wonderland poster

Descendants: Wicked Wonderland

EN · 20267.5

as Chessy the Cat (voice)

The Bad Guys 2 poster

The Bad Guys 2

EN · 20257.6

as Tarantula (voice)

The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis poster

The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis

EN · 20256.8

as Tarantula (voice)

Lisa Lu Plays Herself poster

Lisa Lu Plays Herself

EN · 2025Not rated

as Self

Jackpot! poster

Jackpot!

EN · 20246.4

as Katie Kim

Kung Fu Panda 4 poster

Kung Fu Panda 4

EN · 20247.0

as Zhen (voice)

IF poster

IF

EN · 20246.9

as Bubble (voice)

Fly Hard poster

Fly Hard

EN · 20248.0

as Chump (voice)

Dueling Dumplings poster

Dueling Dumplings

EN · 20245.2

as Zhen (voice)

Renfield poster

Renfield

EN · 20236.4

as Rebecca

Migration poster

Migration

EN · 20237.3

as Chump (voice)

Once Upon a Studio poster

Once Upon a Studio

EN · 20238.3

as Sisu (voice)

The Little Mermaid poster

The Little Mermaid

EN · 20236.3

as Scuttle (voice)

Quiz Lady poster

Quiz Lady

EN · 20236.7

as Anne Yum, Producer

Maraschino Ruby poster

Maraschino Ruby

EN · 20227.3

as Tarantula (voice)

The Bad Guys poster

The Bad Guys

EN · 20227.5

as Tarantula (voice)

Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys' poster

Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

EN · 2022Not rated

as Self

Breaking News in Yuba County poster

Breaking News in Yuba County

EN · 20215.9

as Mina

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings poster

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

EN · 20217.5

as Katy

Raya and the Last Dragon poster

Raya and the Last Dragon

EN · 20217.8

as Sisu (voice)

Swan Song poster

Swan Song

EN · 20217.1

as Kate

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run poster

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

EN · 20207.4

as Otto (voice)

Call Your Mother poster

Call Your Mother

EN · 20207.8

Actor

One World: Together at Home poster

One World: Together at Home

EN · 20207.1

as Self

Paradise Hills poster

Paradise Hills

EN · 20195.9

as Yu

The Angry Birds Movie 2 poster

The Angry Birds Movie 2

EN · 20197.0

as Courtney (voice)

The Farewell poster

The Farewell

EN · 20197.4

as Billi

Jumanji: The Next Level poster

Jumanji: The Next Level

EN · 20196.9

as Ming

Between Two Ferns: The Movie poster

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

EN · 20195.9

as Awkwafina

Reimagining The Met Gala

2018

Reimagining The Met Gala

EN · 20188.0

as Self

Ocean's Team 3.0 poster

Ocean's Team 3.0

EN · 20188.0

as Self

Dude poster

Dude

EN · 20185.5

as Rebecca Voller

Ocean's Eight poster

Ocean's Eight

EN · 20186.9

as Constance

Crazy Rich Asians poster

Crazy Rich Asians

EN · 20187.0

as Peik Lin Goh

A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy poster

A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy

EN · 20187.3

as Self

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising poster

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

EN · 20165.8

as Christine

Bad Rap poster

Bad Rap

EN · 20166.3

as Self

Storks poster

Storks

EN · 20166.7

as Quail (voice)