Awkwafina

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

81

Gender

Female

Birthday

1988-06-02 (37 years old)

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.

Known For

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Black Mirror

    Black Mirror

  • Regular Show

    Regular Show

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Big Brother

    Big Brother

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Hot Ones

    Hot Ones

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Bad Guys 2

    The Bad Guys 2

  • MTV Video Music Awards

    MTV Video Music Awards

  • MTV Movie & TV Awards

    MTV Movie & TV Awards

  • Kung Fu Panda 4

    Kung Fu Panda 4

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

  • Poker Face

    Poker Face

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • Migration

    Migration

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Drew Barrymore Show

    The Drew Barrymore Show

  • Marvel Zombies

    Marvel Zombies

  • Marvel Studios Assembled

    Marvel Studios Assembled

  • Jumanji: The Next Level

    Jumanji: The Next Level

  • The Little Mermaid

    The Little Mermaid

  • Future Man

    Future Man

  • Raya and the Last Dragon

    Raya and the Last Dragon

  • Ocean's Eight

    Ocean's Eight

  • A Little Late with Lilly Singh

    A Little Late with Lilly Singh

  • Jackpot!

    Jackpot!

  • The Bad Guys

    The Bad Guys

  • IF

    IF

  • Made in Hollywood

    Made in Hollywood

  • The Boys Presents: Diabolical

    The Boys Presents: Diabolical

  • Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

    Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

  • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

    The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

  • Wildwood

    Wildwood

  • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

    The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

  • Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

    Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

  • The Angry Birds Movie 2

    The Angry Birds Movie 2

  • Animals.

    Animals.

  • Crazy Rich Asians

    Crazy Rich Asians

  • No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski

    No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski

  • One World: Together at Home

    One World: Together at Home

  • Fly Hard

    Fly Hard

  • Storks

    Storks

  • Jumanji 3

    Jumanji 3

  • Dude

    Dude

  • Dueling Dumplings

    Dueling Dumplings

  • Renfield

    Renfield

  • Mary + Jane

    Mary + Jane

  • Once Upon a Studio

    Once Upon a Studio

  • Weird City

    Weird City

  • Top Chef VIP

    Top Chef VIP

  • A Real Bug's Life

    A Real Bug's Life

  • Thumb

    Thumb

  • The Farewell

    The Farewell

  • Swan Song

    Swan Song

  • Call Your Mother

    Call Your Mother

  • Breaking News in Yuba County

    Breaking News in Yuba County

  • The Baccarat Machine

    The Baccarat Machine

  • Quiz Lady

    Quiz Lady

  • Between Two Ferns: The Movie

    Between Two Ferns: The Movie

  • IMDb on the Scene

    IMDb on the Scene

  • Paradise Hills

    Paradise Hills

  • Lisa Lu Plays Herself

    Lisa Lu Plays Herself

  • The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis

    The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis

  • Ocean's Team 3.0

    Ocean's Team 3.0

  • Maraschino Ruby

    Maraschino Ruby

  • The Man with the Bag

    The Man with the Bag

  • The Bad Guys 3

    The Bad Guys 3

  • Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

    Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

  • The Unlikely Cook with Awkwafina

    The Unlikely Cook with Awkwafina

  • Bad Rap

    Bad Rap

  • A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy

    A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy

  • Reimagining The Met Gala

    Reimagining The Met Gala