Awkwafina

Awkwafina

1988-06-02

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 Neighbours 2: Sorority Rising (2016), Ocean's 8 (2018), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019). For her starring role as a grieving young woman in The Farewell (2019), she won a Golden Globe Award. 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 fictionalised 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Awkwafina, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also appears in

Kung Fu Panda 4

Kung Fu Panda 4

7.1

IF

IF

7.3

Migration

Migration

7.4

Jackpot!

Jackpot!

6.4

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

7.5

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

6.3

Ocean’s Eight

Ocean’s Eight

7.0

Jumanji: The Next Level

Jumanji: The Next Level

6.9

Raya and the Last Dragon

Raya and the Last Dragon

7.8

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

7.5

The Bad Guys

The Bad Guys

7.6

The Angry Birds Movie 2

The Angry Birds Movie 2

7.1

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians

7.1

Once Upon a Studio

Once Upon a Studio

8.3

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

5.8

Renfield

Renfield

6.5

Storks

Storks

6.7

The Farewell

The Farewell

7.4

Quiz Lady

Quiz Lady

6.7

Swan Song

Swan Song

7.2