Awkwafina

Awkwafina

35 · Born: Jun 2, 1988

Personal Details

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Born Jun 2, 1988 Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA
Parents
  • Wally Lum
  • Tia

Biography

Nora Lum (born June 2, 1988), known professionally as Awkwafina, is an American actress, rapper, and comedian who 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). Her second album, In Fina We Trust, was released in 2018. She played supporting roles in the comedy films Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), Ocean's 8 (2018), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019). Awkwafina played a leading role in the comedy-drama film The Farewell (2019), for which she received critical acclaim and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, becoming the first woman of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe in any lead actress film category, and additionally won the Satellite Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress. Awkwafina is co-creator, writer, and executive producer of the Comedy Central series Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020–present), in which she stars as a fictionalized version of herself. She then appeared in Swan Song (2021), voiced Courtney in The Angry Birds Movie 2, Sisu in Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) and Ms. Tarantula in The Bad Guys (2022), and portrayed Katy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).

Career

2025
The Bad Guys 2
The Bad Guys 2 as Ms. Tarantula (voice)
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
Kung Fu Panda 4 as Zhen (voice)
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Fly Hard
Fly Hard as Chump (voice)
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2023
Migration
Migration as Chump (voice)
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Once Upon a Studio
Once Upon a Studio as Sisu
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Renfield
Renfield as Rebecca Quincy
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Quiz Lady
Quiz Lady as Anne
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The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid as Scuttle (voice)
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2022
The Bad Guys
The Bad Guys as Tarantula (voice)
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The Bad Guys in Maraschino Ruby
The Bad Guys in Maraschino Ruby as Tarantula (voice)
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The Boys Presents: Diabolical
The Boys Presents: Diabolical as Sky / Areola / Turd (voice)
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2021
Swan Song
Swan Song as Kate
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Raya and the Last Dragon
Raya and the Last Dragon as Sisu (voice)
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Breaking News in Yuba County
Breaking News in Yuba County as Mina
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2020
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Call Your Mother
Call Your Mother
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Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens as Nora Lin
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2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2
The Angry Birds Movie 2 as Courtney (voice)
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The Farewell
The Farewell as Billi
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Jumanji: The Next Level
Jumanji: The Next Level as Ming
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Paradise Hills
Paradise Hills as Yu
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Weird City
Weird City as Charlotta
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The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance as skekLach (The Collector) (voice)
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2018
Crazy Rich Asians
Crazy Rich Asians as Goh Peik Lin
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Dude
Dude as Rebecca Voller
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Ocean's Eight
Ocean's Eight as Constance
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Animals.
Animals. as Annie (voice)
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The Simpsons
The Simpsons as Carmen (voice)
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2017
Future Man
Future Man as Woman at Video Game Store
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2016
Mary + Jane
Mary + Jane as Gina
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2015
Regular Show
Regular Show as Apple / Waitress #1 (voice)
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2024
A Real Bug's Life
A Real Bug's Life
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2020
One World: Together at Home
2018
2016
Bad Rap
Bad Rap
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2020
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens as Creator
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