Name
Awkwafina
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1988-06-02 (38 years old)
Place of Birth
Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA
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.
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- 2024 Jackpot! as Katie Kim
- 2023 Renfield as Rebecca
- 2023 Migration as Chump (voice)
- 2024 Kung Fu Panda 4 as Zhen (voice)
- 2024 IF as Bubble (voice)
- 2022 Maraschino Ruby as Tarantula (voice)
- 2023 Once Upon a Studio as Sisu (voice)
- 2026 Wildwood as Septima (voice)
- 2018 Reimagining The Met Gala as Self
- 2018 Ocean's Team 3.0 as Self
- 2024 Fly Hard as Chump (voice)
- 2025 The Bad Guys 2 as Tarantula (voice)
- 2024 Dueling Dumplings as Zhen (voice)
- 2016 Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising as Christine
- 2018 Dude as Rebecca Voller
- 2016 Bad Rap as Self
- 2018 Ocean's Eight as Constance
- 2016 Storks as Quail (voice)
- 2018 Crazy Rich Asians as Peik Lin Goh
- 2019 Paradise Hills as Yu
- 2019 The Angry Birds Movie 2 as Courtney (voice)
- 2018 A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy as Self
- 2019 The Farewell as Billi
- 2019 Jumanji: The Next Level as Ming
- 2021 Breaking News in Yuba County as Mina
- 2023 The Little Mermaid as Scuttle (voice)
- 2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Katy
- 2021 Raya and the Last Dragon as Sisu (voice)
- 2019 Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Awkwafina
- 2020 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run as Otto (voice)
- Soon The Baccarat Machine as Cheung Yin 'Kelly' Sun
- 2020 Call Your Mother
- 2021 Swan Song as Kate
- 2022 The Bad Guys as Tarantula (voice)
- 2023 Quiz Lady as Anne Yum
- 2020 One World: Together at Home as Self
- 2025 The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis as Tarantula (voice)
- 2026 The Man with the Bag
- 2025 Lisa Lu Plays Herself as Self
- 2022 Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys' as Self
- 2026 Jumanji: Open World as Ming
- Soon Thumb
- Soon The Bad Guys 3 as Tarantula (voice)
- Soon Kung Fu Panda 5 as Zhen (voice)
- Soon Kaet Might Die as Kaet
- 2026 Descendants: Wicked Wonderland as Chessy the Cat (voice)
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 Hot Ones ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 A Little Late with Lilly Singh ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 Marvel Studios Assembled ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2016 Animals. ( 1 episode ) as Annie (voice)
- 2016 Mary + Jane ( 1 episode ) as Gina
- 2022 The Boys Presents: Diabolical ( 1 episode ) as Sky / Areola / Turd (voice)
- 1984 MTV Video Music Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Preshow Host
- 2020 The Drew Barrymore Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2024 A Real Bug's Life ( 10 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2017 Future Man ( 3 episodes ) as Woman at Video Game Store
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 2010 Regular Show ( 1 episode ) as Apple / Waitress #1 (voice)
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2020 Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens ( 27 episodes ) as Nora Lin
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 2 episodes ) as Carmen (voice)
- 2014 Off Camera with Sam Jones ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2005 Made in Hollywood ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 IMDb on the Scene ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 Weird City ( 1 episode ) as Charlotta
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2025 Marvel Zombies ( 4 episodes ) as Katy Chen (voice)
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2025 No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2011 Black Mirror ( 1 episode ) as Kimmy
- 2019 The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance ( 7 episodes ) as skekLach (The Collector) (voice)
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 2023 Poker Face ( 1 episode ) as Maddy Saint Marie
- 2022 Top Chef VIP ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2000 Big Brother ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2026 Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook ( 8 episodes ) as Self
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2015 Tawk with Awkwafina ( 40 episodes ) as Self – Host
- 2025 Good Hang with Amy Poehler ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2020 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Self - Contestant
- 2026 30 Questions ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1949 The Emmy Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2024 Character Conversations ( 1 episode )
