
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
as Cheung Yin 'Kelly' Sun
Kung Fu Panda 5
Kung Fu Panda 5
as Zhen (voice)

Wildwood
as Septima (voice)

Descendants: Wicked Wonderland
as Chessy the Cat (voice)

The Bad Guys 2
as Tarantula (voice)

The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
as Tarantula (voice)

Jackpot!
as Katie Kim

Kung Fu Panda 4
as Zhen (voice)

IF
as Bubble (voice)

Fly Hard
as Chump (voice)

Dueling Dumplings
as Zhen (voice)

Renfield
as Rebecca

Migration
as Chump (voice)

Once Upon a Studio
as Sisu (voice)

The Little Mermaid
as Scuttle (voice)

Quiz Lady
as Anne Yum, Producer

Maraschino Ruby
as Tarantula (voice)

The Bad Guys
as Tarantula (voice)

Raya and the Last Dragon
as Sisu (voice)

Swan Song
as Kate

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
as Otto (voice)

The Angry Birds Movie 2
as Courtney (voice)

The Farewell
as Billi

Between Two Ferns: The Movie
as Awkwafina

Ocean's Team 3.0
as Self

Dude
as Rebecca Voller

Ocean's Eight
as Constance

Crazy Rich Asians
as Peik Lin Goh

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
as Christine

Bad Rap
as Self

Storks
as Quail (voice)












