Awkwafina
Known For
Acting
Born
1988-06-02 in 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Awkwafina, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
The Simpsons
as Carmen (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Regular Show
as Apple / Waitress #1 (voice)
Black Mirror
as Kimmy
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Big Brother
as Self - Guest
Hot Ones
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
Poker Face
as Maddy Saint Marie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self - Presenter
The Drew Barrymore Show
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self