Awkwafina

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1988-06-02 (36 years old)

Place of Birth Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA

Also Known As Nora Lum, 아콰피나, 林家珍, אקוופינה, აქვაფინა, नोरा लम, 奥卡菲娜

Awkwafina

Biography

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 Neighbours 2: Sorority Rising (2016), Ocean's 8 (2018), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019). For her starring role as a grieving young woman in The Farewell (2019), she won a Golden Globe Award. 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 fictionalised 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Awkwafina, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

Wildwood

as (voice)

The Baccarat Machine

as Cheung Yin “Kelly” Sun

Shelly

as Shelly Wheeler

2025
The Bad Guys 2

as Ms. Tarantula (voice)

2025
Animals United 2: The Chilldown

as Sarah the Harbor Seal (voice)

2025
Marvel Zombies

as Katy Chen (voice)

2024
Jackpot!

as Katie Kim

2024
IF

as Bubble (voice)

2024
Dueling Dumplings

as Zhen (voice)

2024
Kung Fu Panda 4

as Zhen (voice)

2024
Fly Hard

as Chump (voice)

2024
A Real Bug's Life

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2023
Migration

as Chump (voice)

2023
Once Upon a Studio

as Sisu (voice)

2023
Quiz Lady

as Anne Yum

2023
The Little Mermaid

as Scuttle (voice)

2023
Renfield

as Rebecca

2022
Maraschino Ruby

as Tarantula (voice)

2022
The Bad Guys

as Tarantula (voice)

2022
The Boys Presents: Diabolical

as Sky / Areola / Turd (voice)

2021
Swan Song

as Kate

2021
Raya and the Last Dragon

as Sisu (voice)

2019
2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2

as Courtney (voice)

2019
The Farewell

as Billi

2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

as skekLach (The Collector) (voice)

2019
Weird City

as Charlotta

2018
2018
Crazy Rich Asians

as Peik Lin Goh

2018
Ocean's Eight

as Constance

2018
Dude

as Rebecca Voller

2017
Future Man

as Woman at Video Game Store

2016
Storks

as Quail (voice)

2016
Bad Rap

as Self

2016
Mary + Jane

as Gina

2016
Animals.

as Annie (voice)

2015
2015
Hot Ones

as Self

2014
73 Questions

as Self

2012
Honest Trailers

as Self (archive footage)

2010
Regular Show

as Apple / Waitress #1 (voice)

2005
2003
1996
1989
The Simpsons

as Carmen (voice)

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

1984
MTV Video Music Awards

as Self - Preshow Host

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Producer

2023
Quiz Lady

as Producer

2020
Awkwafina is Nora From Queens

as Executive Producer

Creator