Lori Tan Chinn

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

30

Gender

Female

Birthday

1948-07-07 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Seattle, Washington, USA

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.

Known For

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Orange Is the New Black

    Orange Is the New Black

  • Orange Is the New Black

    Orange Is the New Black

  • Kung Fu Panda 4

    Kung Fu Panda 4

  • Spin City

    Spin City

  • Turning Red

    Turning Red

  • A Man on the Inside

    A Man on the Inside

  • Law & Order: Trial by Jury

    Law & Order: Trial by Jury

  • Jentry Chau vs the Underworld

    Jentry Chau vs the Underworld

  • Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

    Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

  • Final Recipe

    Final Recipe

  • Glengarry Glen Ross

    Glengarry Glen Ross

  • Strange Planet

    Strange Planet

  • Teenage Euthanasia

    Teenage Euthanasia

  • She-Devil

    She-Devil

  • What About Bob?

    What About Bob?

  • Mickey Blue Eyes

    Mickey Blue Eyes

  • Joy Ride

    Joy Ride

  • Living in Oblivion

    Living in Oblivion

  • 31 Candles

    31 Candles

  • Miss D

    Miss D

  • Ghosts of Christmas Always

    Ghosts of Christmas Always

  • Chloe and Theo

    Chloe and Theo

  • South Pacific

    South Pacific

  • Sleepwalker

    Sleepwalker

  • From Other Worlds

    From Other Worlds

  • Late Bloomers

    Late Bloomers

  • Author! Author!

    Author! Author!

  • It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice

    It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice

  • Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler

    Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler