Awkwafina
Age: N/A | From: Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Nora Lum , 아콰피나 , 林家珍 , אקוופינה , აქვაფინა , नोरा लम , 奥卡菲娜
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA
Homepage: https://awkwafina.com/
Movie Involvements: 16
TV Involvements: 11
Most Famous Work
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).
Most Famous Work
Kung Fu Panda 4
(2024) Zhen (voice)
Honest Trailers
(2012) Self (archive footage)
Marvel Studios Assembled
(2021) Self
The Little Mermaid
(2023) Scuttle (voice)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
(2021) Katy
MTV Video Music Awards
(1984) Self - Preshow Host
Raya and the Last Dragon
(2021) Sisu (voice)
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
(2022) Sky / Areola / Turd (voice)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ms. Tarantula (voice) | |
| 2024 | Katie Kim | |
| Bubble (voice) | ||
| Zhen (voice) | ||
| Zhen (voice) | ||
| Chump (voice) | ||
| Self - Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2023 | Chump (voice) | |
| Sisu (voice) | ||
| Anne Yum | ||
| Scuttle (voice) | ||
| Rebecca | ||
| 2022 | Tarantula (voice) | |
| Tarantula (voice) | ||
| Sky / Areola / Turd (voice) | ||
| 2021 | Kate | |
| Katy | ||
| Self | ||
| Sisu (voice) | ||
| Mina | ||
| 2020 | Self | |
| Otto (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Nora Lin | ||
| 2019 | Ming | |
| Awkwafina | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| skekLach (The Collector) (voice) | ||
| Yu | ||
| Courtney (voice) | ||
| Billi | ||
| Charlotta | ||
| Self | ||
| 2018 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Goh Peik Lin | ||
| Constance | ||
| Rebecca Voller | ||
| 2017 | Woman at Video Game Store | |
| 2016 | Quail (voice) | |
| Gina | ||
| Christine | ||
| Self | ||
| Annie (voice) | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| 2014 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2012 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2010 | Apple / Waitress #1 (voice) | |
| 2009 | Self - Guest | |
| 2005 | Self | |
| 2003 | Self | |
| 1996 | Self | |
| 1989 | Carmen (voice) | |
| 1988 | Self - Guest | |
| 1984 | Self - Preshow Host | |
| 1975 | Self - Host | |
| Constance Verity | ||
| Shelly Wheeler | ||
| N/A | ||
| Cheung Yin “Kelly” Sun | ||
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| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Producer | |
| 2020 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Writer | |
| 2020 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |