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Birthday: Jun 02, 1988
Place of Birth: Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA

Awkwafina

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Untitled '21 Jump Street' Spin-off 1970
Jackpot! Katie Kim 2024
Renfield Rebecca 2023
Migration Chump (voice) 2023
Kung Fu Panda 4 Zhen (voice) 2024
IF Bubble (voice) 2024
Maraschino Ruby Tarantula (voice) 2022
Once Upon a Studio Sisu (voice) 2023
Wildwood (voice) 1970
Reimagining The Met Gala Self 2018
Ocean's Team 3.0 Self 2018
Fly Hard Chump (voice) 2024
The Bad Guys 2 Ms. Tarantula (voice) 2025
Dueling Dumplings Zhen (voice) 2024
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Christine 2016
Dude Rebecca Voller 2018
Bad Rap Self 2016
Ocean's Eight Constance 2018
Storks Quail (voice) 2016
Crazy Rich Asians Peik Lin Goh 2018
Paradise Hills Yu 2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2 Courtney (voice) 2019
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy Self 2018
The Farewell Billi 2019
Jumanji: The Next Level Ming 2019
Breaking News in Yuba County Mina 2021
The Little Mermaid Scuttle (voice) 2023
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Katy 2021
The Last Adventure of Constance Verity Constance Verity 1970
Raya and the Last Dragon Sisu (voice) 2021
Between Two Ferns: The Movie Awkwafina 2019
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run Otto (voice) 2020
The Baccarat Machine Cheung Yin “Kelly” Sun 1970
Call Your Mother 2020
Shelly Shelly Wheeler 1970
Swan Song Kate 2021
The Bad Guys Tarantula (voice) 2022
Quiz Lady Anne Yum 2023
One World: Together at Home Self 2020
Animals United 2: The Chilldown Sarah the Harbor Seal (voice) 2025
Series Cast Year
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest 1988
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self 2003
Hot Ones Self 2015
A Little Late with Lilly Singh Self 2019
Marvel Studios Assembled Self 2021
73 Questions Self 2014
Animals. Annie (voice) 2016
Mary + Jane Gina 2016
The Boys Presents: Diabolical Sky / Areola / Turd (voice) 2022
MTV Video Music Awards Self - Preshow Host 1984
The Drew Barrymore Show Self 2020
A Real Bug's Life Self - Narrator (voice) 2024
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show 2019
Future Man Woman at Video Game Store 2017
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
Honest Trailers Self (archive footage) 2012
Regular Show Apple / Waitress #1 (voice) 2010
The Daily Show Self 1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show Self 2019
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest 2009
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance skekLach (The Collector) (voice) 2019
Awkwafina is Nora From Queens Nora Lin 2020
The Simpsons Carmen (voice) 1989
Off Camera with Sam Jones Self 2014
Made in Hollywood Self 2005
IMDb on the Scene Self 2015
Weird City Charlotta 2019
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self 2003
Between Two Ferns: The Movie, Sorta Uncut Interviews Self 2020
Marvel Zombies Katy Chen (voice) 2025
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
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