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).
Awkwafina Biography / Wiki
| Name | Awkwafina |
| Also Know | Nora Lum, 아콰피나, 奧å¡è²å¨œ, 林家ç |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA |
| Date of Birth | June 02, 1988 |
| Age(as in 2023 Feb) | 34 |
| Deathday |
Awkwafina Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Bad Rap | Herself | 2016-04-16 | The lives and careers of four Asian-American rappers trying to break into a world that often treats them as outsiders. Sharing dynamic live performanc… |
| The Farewell | Billi | 2019-07-12 | A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family’s dec… |
| The Last Adventure of Constance Verity | Constance Verity | Constance Verity who, for mysterious reasons, was thrust into a battle with the supernatural from the moment she was born and has been saving the worl… | |
| The Baccarat Machine | Cheung Yin “Kelly†Sun | Young Chinese woman Sun as she painstakingly develops talent and obsession for payback into beating the system at their own game. With major casinos c… | |
| Shelly | Shelly Wheeler | The story takes place a decade after an embarrassing prom prank ran Shelly Wheeler out of town and so hardened her heart that she became an ice-cold h… | |
| Untitled Sister Comedy Project | Centers on a lonely recluse whose life is upended when her train wreck of a sister vows to mend their relationship by helping her fulfill her lifelong… | ||
| Ocean’s Team 3.0 | Self | 2018-09-11 | Director Gary Ross and participants from the previous extras discuss the challenge of casting a film where group chemistry is even more important than… |
| Grand Death Lotto | Katie | In the very near future, the Grand Lottery has been established in economically challenged California. The only catch? You’ll need to kill the winne… | |
| Raya and the Last Dragon | Sisu (voice) | 2021-03-03 | Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when an evil force threatened the land, the dragons sacr… |
| Call Your Mother | 2020-04-15 | A hilarious ode to moms and the way they have shaped the work of some of comedy’s biggest stars…. | |
| Reimagining The Met Gala | Self | 2018-09-11 | Director Ross, various cast and crew and members of the Met staff discuss how the film took over the famous museum for its version of the gala. The pr… |
| Untitled ’21 Jump Street’ Spin-off | A female-driven spin-off of the “21 Jump Street” films…. | ||
| Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Katy Chen | 2021-09-01 | Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization…. |
| Swan Song | Kate | 2021-12-17 | In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief… |
| The Bad Guys | Tarantula (voice) | 2022-03-17 | When the Bad Guys, a crew of criminal animals, are finally caught after years of heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers… |
| Renfield | Rebecca Quincy | 2023-04-06 | Having grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula’s lackey, Renfield finds a new lease on life — and maybe even redemption — when he falls f… |
| Maraschino Ruby | Ms. Tarantula (voice) | 2022-06-15 | Misty Luggins sets a trap for the Bad Guys, but they were already caught and in custody for another crime; stealing a push pop… allegedly…. |
| Dude | Rebecca Voller | 2018-04-20 | Four best friends negotiate loss and major life changes during the last two weeks of high school…. |
| Breaking News in Yuba County | Mina | 2021-01-28 | An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his b… |
| The Little Mermaid | Scuttle (voice) | 2023-05-24 | The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the s… |
| Ocean’s Eight | Constance | 2018-06-07 | Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York’s annual Met Gala…. |
| Paradise Hills | Yu | 2019-08-29 | A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility’s beautiful facade hides a sinister secret…. |
| Jumanji: The Next Level | Ming | 2019-12-04 | As the gang return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown a… |
| Wildwood | (voice) | Set beyond Portland’s city limits, in Wildwood. You’re not supposed to go there. You’re not even supposed to know it exists. But Prue McKeel is … | |
| Crazy Rich Asians | Goh Peik Lin | 2018-08-15 | An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend’s wedding, only to get thrust into the lives o… |
| The Angry Birds Movie 2 | Courtney (voice) | 2019-08-02 | Red, Chuck, Bomb and the rest of their feathered friends are surprised when a green pig suggests that they put aside their differences and unite to fi… |
| Storks | Quail (voice) | 2016-09-22 | Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global internet retail giant. Junior, the company’s top delivery s… |
| The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | Otto (voice) | 2020-08-14 | When his best friend Gary is suddenly snatched away, SpongeBob takes Patrick on a madcap mission far beyond Bikini Bottom to save their pink-shelled p… |
| Ocean’s 8: A Heist In Heels | Constance | 2018-06-08 | Gary Ross, co-writer Olivia Milch, costume designer Sarah Edwards and the cast discuss the film’s many wardrobe changes and variations…. |
| A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy | Self | 2018-11-28 | John Legend and Chrissy Teigen celebrate with friends, family and song…. |
| Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising | Christine | 2016-05-04 | A sorority moves in next door to the home of Mac and Kelly Radner who have a young child. The Radner’s enlist their former nemeses from the fraternity… |
| Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Awkwafina | 2019-09-20 | Galifianakis dreamed of becoming a star. But when Will Ferrell discovered his public access TV show, ‘Between Two Ferns’ and uploaded it to Funny or D… |
| One World: Together at Home | Self | 2020-04-18 | A global broadcast & digital special organized by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization featuring comedians, musicians, and actors to raise… |
Awkwafina Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Untitled Sister Comedy Project | Producer | Centers on a lonely recluse whose life is upended when her train wreck of a sister vows to mend their relationship by helping her fulfill her lifelong… | |
| Executive Producer | Nora Lin leans on her family as she navigates life and young adulthood in outer borough-NYC…. | ||
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Writer | Nora Lin leans on her family as she navigates life and young adulthood in outer borough-NYC…. | ||
| Writer | From some of the most unhinged and maniacal minds in Hollywood today comes this animated anthology series, a collection of irreverent and emotionally … | ||
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Creator | Nora Lin leans on her family as she navigates life and young adulthood in outer borough-NYC…. | ||
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