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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 2, 1988
Place of Birth
Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Nora Lum
Awkwafina
3.0 Popularity
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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Awkwafina, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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0.0
Ming
Jumanji 3
2026
7.3
Katy Chen (voice)
Marvel Zombies
2025
7.7
Tarantula (voice)
The Bad Guys 2
2025
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0.0
Self
Lisa Lu Plays Herself
2025
7.2
Self
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
2025
6.9
Tarantula (voice)
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
2025
6.4
Katie Kim
Jackpot!
2024
7.0
Bubble (voice)
IF
2024
5.5
Zhen (voice)
Dueling Dumplings
2024
7.0
Zhen (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
Credits
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Jumanji 3
as Ming
2026
0.0
Marvel Zombies
as Katy Chen (voice)
2025
7.3
The Bad Guys 2
as Tarantula (voice)
2025
7.7
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Lisa Lu Plays Herself
as Self
2025
0.0
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
as Self
2025
7.2
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
as Tarantula (voice)
2025
6.9
Jackpot!
as Katie Kim
2024
6.4
IF
as Bubble (voice)
2024
7.0
Dueling Dumplings
as Zhen (voice)
2024
5.5
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Zhen (voice)
2024
7.0
Fly Hard
as Chump (voice)
2024
8.0
A Real Bug's Life
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
7.4
Migration
as Chump (voice)
2023
7.4
Once Upon a Studio
as Sisu (voice)
2023
8.3
Quiz Lady
as Anne Yum
2023
6.7
The Little Mermaid
as Scuttle (voice)
2023
6.3
Renfield
as Rebecca
2023
6.5
Poker Face
as Maddy Saint Marie
2023
7.5
Top Chef VIP
as Self
2022
6.6
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
as Self
2022
0.0
Maraschino Ruby
as Tarantula (voice)
2022
7.6
The Bad Guys
as Tarantula (voice)
2022
7.5
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
as Sky / Areola / Turd (voice)
2022
7.1
Swan Song
as Kate
2021
7.1
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
as Katy
2021
7.5
Marvel Studios Assembled
as Self
2021
7.2
Raya and the Last Dragon
as Sisu (voice)
2021
7.8
Breaking News in Yuba County
as Mina
2021
5.9
The Drew Barrymore Show
as Self
2020
6.1
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
as Otto (voice)
2020
7.4
One World: Together at Home
as Self
2020
7.0
Call Your Mother
2020
7.8
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
as Nora Lin
2020
6.8
Jumanji: The Next Level
as Ming
2019
6.9
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
as Awkwafina
2019
5.9
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self
2019
3.6
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
as skekLach (The Collector) (voice)
2019
7.8
Paradise Hills
as Yu
2019
5.9
The Angry Birds Movie 2
as Courtney (voice)
2019
7.1
The Farewell
as Billi
2019
7.4
Weird City
as Charlotta
2019
6.1
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy
as Self
2018
7.3
Ocean's Team 3.0
as Self
2018
8.0
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Reimagining The Met Gala
as Self
2018
8.0
Crazy Rich Asians
as Peik Lin Goh
2018
7.1
Ocean's Eight
as Constance
2018
7.0
Dude
as Rebecca Voller
2018
5.5
Future Man
as Woman at Video Game Store
2017
7.1
Storks
as Quail (voice)
2016
6.7
Mary + Jane
as Gina
2016
5.0
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
as Christine
2016
5.8
Bad Rap
as Self
2016
6.3
Animals.
as Annie (voice)
2016
6.2
IMDb on the Scene
as Self
2015
6.5
Hot Ones
as Self
2015
7.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2014
4.0
Black Mirror
as Kimmy
2011
8.3
Regular Show
as Apple / Waitress #1 (voice)
2010
8.6
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Made in Hollywood
as Self
2005
4.7
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
5.5
Big Brother
as Self - Guest
2000
4.9
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
The Simpsons
as Carmen (voice)
1989
8.0
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self - Preshow Host
1984
7.7
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
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The Man with the Bag
N/A
0.0
Wildwood
as (voice)
N/A
0.0
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Thumb
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Last Adventure of Constance Verity
as Constance Verity
N/A
0.0
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The Baccarat Machine
as Cheung Yin 'Kelly' Sun
N/A
0.0
The Bad Guys 3
as Tarantula (voice)
N/A
0.0
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The Unlikely Cook with Awkwafina
as Self
N/A
0.0