Actor
Awkwafina
Born 2 June 1988 · Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA
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.
Films and shows
- 2026
Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook1 seasonSelf - 2026
The Man with the Bag - 2026
Wildwood2h 12m(voice) - 2026
Jumanji: Open WorldMing - 2026
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland1h 38mChessy the Cat (voice) - 2025
Lisa Lu Plays Herself55mSelf - 2025
The Bad Guys 21h 44mTarantula (voice) - 2025
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis5mTarantula (voice) - 2025
Marvel Zombies1 seasonKaty Chen (voice) - 2024
A Real Bug's Life2 seasonsSelf - Narrator (voice) - 2024
Jackpot!1h 47mKatie Kim - 2024
Dueling Dumplings3mZhen (voice) - 2024
Kung Fu Panda 41h 34mZhen (voice) - 2024
Fly Hard3mChump (voice) - 2023
Quiz Lady1h 40mAnne Yum - 2023
Once Upon a Studio9mSisu (voice) - 2023
Renfield1h 33mRebecca - 2023
Migration1h 23mChump (voice) - 2023
The Little Mermaid2h 15mScuttle (voice) - 2022
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'7mSelf - 2022
The Bad Guys1h 40mTarantula (voice) - 2022
Maraschino Ruby4mTarantula (voice) - 2021
Raya and the Last Dragon1h 47mSisu (voice) - 2021
Swan Song1h 52mKate - 2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings2h 12mKaty - 2021
Breaking News in Yuba County1h 36mMina - 2020
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens3 seasonsNora Lin - 2020
Call Your Mother1h 13m - 2020
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run1h 35mOtto (voice) - 2019
The Farewell1h 40mBilli - 2019
Jumanji: The Next Level2h 3mMing - 2019
Paradise Hills1h 35mYu - 2019
The Angry Birds Movie 21h 37mCourtney (voice) - 2018Reimagining The Met Gala13mSelf
- 2018
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy43mSelf - 2018
Ocean's Team 3.0Self - 2018
Dude1h 30mRebecca Voller - 2018
Ocean's Eight1h 51mConstance - 2018
Crazy Rich Asians2h 1mPeik Lin Goh - 2016
Bad Rap1h 21mSelf - 2016
Storks1h 27mQuail (voice) - 2016
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising1h 32mChristine - 2015Tawk with Awkwafina3 seasonsSelf – Host
- Kaet Might DieKaet
- The Baccarat MachineCheung Yin 'Kelly' Sun
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- Kung Fu Panda 5Zhen (voice)
