Awkwafina
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 2, 1988 (age 38)
- Place of birth
- Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA
- Credits
- 89
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.
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Known for
Filmography
Jumanji: Open World
2026Movie
Ming
The Man with the Bag
2026Movie
Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook
2026TV
Self
Wildwood
2026Movie
Septima (voice)
30 Questions
2026TV
Self - Guest
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland
2026Movie
Chessy the Cat (voice)
Marvel Zombies
2025TV
Katy Chen (voice)
The Bad Guys 2
2025Movie
Tarantula (voice)
Lisa Lu Plays Herself
2025Movie
Self
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025TV
Self - Guest
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
2025TV
Self
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
2025Movie
Tarantula (voice)
Jackpot!
2024Movie
Katie Kim
Character Conversations
2024TV
IF
2024Movie
Bubble (voice)
Dueling Dumplings
2024Movie
Zhen (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024Movie
Zhen (voice)
Fly Hard
2024Movie
Chump (voice)
A Real Bug's Life
2024TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Migration
2023Movie
Chump (voice)
Once Upon a Studio
2023Movie
Sisu (voice)
Quiz Lady
2023Movie
Anne Yum
The Little Mermaid
2023Movie
Scuttle (voice)
Renfield
2023Movie
Rebecca
Poker Face
2023TV
Maddy Saint Marie
Top Chef VIP
2022TV
Self
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
2022Movie
Self
Maraschino Ruby
2022Movie
Tarantula (voice)
The Bad Guys
2022Movie
Tarantula (voice)
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
2022TV
Sky / Areola / Turd (voice)
Swan Song
2021Movie
Kate
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021Movie
Katy
Marvel Studios Assembled
2021TV
Self
Raya and the Last Dragon
2021Movie
Sisu (voice)
Breaking News in Yuba County
2021Movie
Mina
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020TV
Self
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
2020Movie
Otto (voice)
One World: Together at Home
2020Movie
Self
Call Your Mother
2020Movie
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020TV
Self - Contestant
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
2020TV
Nora Lin
Jumanji: The Next Level
2019Movie
Ming
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019Movie
Awkwafina
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019TV
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019TV
skekLach (The Collector) (voice)
Paradise Hills
2019Movie
Yu
The Angry Birds Movie 2
2019Movie
Courtney (voice)
The Farewell
2019Movie
Billi
Weird City
2019TV
Charlotta
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy
2018Movie
Self
Reimagining The Met Gala
2018Movie
Self
Ocean's Team 3.0
2018Movie
Self
Crazy Rich Asians
2018Movie
Peik Lin Goh
Ocean's Eight
2018Movie
Constance
Dude
2018Movie
Rebecca Voller
Future Man
2017TV
Woman at Video Game Store
Storks
2016Movie
Quail (voice)
Mary + Jane
2016TV
Gina
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
2016Movie
Christine
Bad Rap
2016Movie
Self
Animals.
2016TV
Annie (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self - Guest
IMDb on the Scene
2015TV
Self
Hot Ones
2015TV
Self
Tawk with Awkwafina
2015TV
Self – Host
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014TV
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014TV
Self
Black Mirror
2011TV
Kimmy
Regular Show
2010TV
Apple / Waitress #1 (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009TV
Self - Guest
Made in Hollywood
2005TV
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - Guest, Self - Guest
Big Brother
2000TV
Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996TV
Self
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992TV
Self - Presenter
The Simpsons
1989TV
Carmen (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Self - Guest
MTV Video Music Awards
1984TV
Self - Preshow Host
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host
The Emmy Awards
1949TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Presenter
The Bad Guys 3
Movie
Tarantula (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 5
Movie
Zhen (voice)
Thumb
Movie
Kaet Might Die
Movie
Kaet
The Baccarat Machine
Movie
Cheung Yin 'Kelly' Sun