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

  1. 2026Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook1 seasonSelf
  2. 2026The Man with the Bag
  3. 2026Wildwood2h 12m(voice)
  4. 2026Jumanji: Open WorldMing
  5. 2026Descendants: Wicked Wonderland1h 38mChessy the Cat (voice)
  6. 2025Lisa Lu Plays Herself55mSelf
  7. 2025The Bad Guys 21h 44mTarantula (voice)
  8. 2025The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis5mTarantula (voice)
  9. 2025Marvel Zombies1 seasonKaty Chen (voice)
  10. 2024A Real Bug's Life2 seasonsSelf - Narrator (voice)
  11. 2024Jackpot!1h 47mKatie Kim
  12. 2024Dueling Dumplings3mZhen (voice)
  13. 2024Kung Fu Panda 41h 34mZhen (voice)
  14. 2024Fly Hard3mChump (voice)
  15. 2023Quiz Lady1h 40mAnne Yum
  16. 2023Once Upon a Studio9mSisu (voice)
  17. 2023Renfield1h 33mRebecca
  18. 2023Migration1h 23mChump (voice)
  19. 2023The Little Mermaid2h 15mScuttle (voice)
  20. 2022Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'7mSelf
  21. 2022The Bad Guys1h 40mTarantula (voice)
  22. 2022Maraschino Ruby4mTarantula (voice)
  23. 2021Raya and the Last Dragon1h 47mSisu (voice)
  24. 2021Swan Song1h 52mKate
  25. 2021Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings2h 12mKaty
  26. 2021Breaking News in Yuba County1h 36mMina
  27. 2020Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens3 seasonsNora Lin
  28. 2020Call Your Mother1h 13m
  29. 2020The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run1h 35mOtto (voice)
  30. 2019The Farewell1h 40mBilli
  31. 2019Jumanji: The Next Level2h 3mMing
  32. 2019Paradise Hills1h 35mYu
  33. 2019The Angry Birds Movie 21h 37mCourtney (voice)
  34. 2018Reimagining The Met Gala13mSelf
  35. 2018A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy43mSelf
  36. 2018Ocean's Team 3.0Self
  37. 2018Dude1h 30mRebecca Voller
  38. 2018Ocean's Eight1h 51mConstance
  39. 2018Crazy Rich Asians2h 1mPeik Lin Goh
  40. 2016Bad Rap1h 21mSelf
  41. 2016Storks1h 27mQuail (voice)
  42. 2016Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising1h 32mChristine
  43. 2015Tawk with Awkwafina3 seasonsSelf – Host
  44. Kaet Might DieKaet
  45. The Baccarat MachineCheung Yin 'Kelly' Sun
  46. Thumb
  47. Kung Fu Panda 5Zhen (voice)