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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 7, 1948
Place of Birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
Also Known As
- 로리 탠 친
Lori Tan Chinn
0.8 Popularity
Biography
Lori Tan Chinn (born 1948 or 1949) is an American actress and comedian. She played a recurring character in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black and Awkwafina's grandmother on Comedy Central (2020–2023). Chinn began acting on Broadway, playing Miss Higa Jiga in Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen (1970). She was also a notable member of the Katherine Dunham Company and performed African dance with Syvilla Fort. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lori Tan Chinn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
0.0
Bai Zhao
Sleepwalker
2026
0.0
Jaya
31 Candles
2025
8.3
Gugu (voice)
Jentry Chau vs the Underworld
2024
7.5
Susan Yang
A Man on the Inside
2024
6.6
Inez
Late Bloomers
2024
7.0
Granny Boar (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
6.1
Guide (voice)
Strange Planet
2023
6.5
Nai Nai Chen
Joy Ride
2023
6.8
Arlene
Ghosts of Christmas Always
2022
7.3
Auntie Chen (voice)
Turning Red
2022
Credits
Sleepwalker
as Bai Zhao
2026
0.0
31 Candles
as Jaya
2025
0.0
Jentry Chau vs the Underworld
as Gugu (voice)
2024
8.3
A Man on the Inside
as Susan Yang
2024
7.5
Late Bloomers
as Inez
2024
6.6
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Granny Boar (voice)
2024
7.0
Strange Planet
as Guide (voice)
2023
6.1
Joy Ride
as Nai Nai Chen
2023
6.5
Ghosts of Christmas Always
as Arlene
2022
6.8
Turning Red
as Auntie Chen (voice)
2022
7.3
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
5.2
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
as Grandma
2020
6.8
Chloe and Theo
as Landlady
2015
5.8
Final Recipe
as Mrs. Wang
2013
6.5
Orange Is the New Black
as Mei Chang (voice)
2013
7.7
Orange Is the New Black
as Mei Chang
2013
7.7
Miss D
as Mrs. Ling
2012
0.0
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Mrs. Park
2005
8.1
From Other Worlds
as Mrs. Kim
2004
3.6
South Pacific
as Bloody Mary
2001
4.9
Mickey Blue Eyes
as Chinese Restaurant Owner
1999
5.7
Spin City
as Samaritan Nun
1996
7.0
Living in Oblivion
as Costume Designer
1995
7.2
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
as Nerissa
1994
0.0
Glengarry Glen Ross
as Coat Check Girl
1992
7.3
What About Bob?
as Bus Driver
1991
6.9
Law & Order
as SEC Investigator
1990
7.4
Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
1990
0.0
She-Devil
as Vesta Rose Woman
1989
6.0
Author! Author!
as Mrs. Woo
1982
5.9