Awkwafina
Known for Acting · 82 credits
- Born
- 1988-06-02 (age 38)
- Place of birth
- Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Nora Lum
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (37)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Simpsons
1989
as Carmen (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Regular Show
2010
as Apple / Waitress #1 (voice)
Black Mirror
2011
as Kimmy
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest / Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
Big Brother
2000
as Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self - Preshow Host
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020
as Self
Poker Face
2023
as Maddy Saint Marie
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self - Presenter
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
as Self
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
2022
as Sky / Areola / Turd (voice)
Future Man
2017
as Woman at Video Game Store
Made in Hollywood
2005
as Self
Marvel Zombies
2025
as Katy Chen (voice)
Marvel Studios Assembled
2021
as Self
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019
as skekLach (The Collector) (voice)
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
2020
as Nora Lin
Animals.
2016
as Annie (voice)
Weird City
2019
as Charlotta
Mary + Jane
2016
as Gina
Top Chef VIP
2022
as Self
A Real Bug's Life
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
2025
as Self
IMDb on the Scene
2015
as Self
The Unlikely Cook with Awkwafina
as Self
Movies (45)
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
as Zhen (voice)
Migration
2023
as Chump (voice)
The Bad Guys 2
2025
as Tarantula (voice)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021
as Katy
Jumanji: The Next Level
2019
as Ming
The Little Mermaid
2023
as Scuttle (voice)
The Bad Guys
2022
as Tarantula (voice)
Ocean's Eight
2018
as Constance
Raya and the Last Dragon
2021
as Sisu (voice)
IF
2024
as Bubble (voice)
The Angry Birds Movie 2
2019
as Courtney (voice)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
2020
as Otto (voice)
Once Upon a Studio
2023
as Sisu (voice)
Storks
2016
as Quail (voice)
Jackpot!
2024
as Katie Kim
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
2016
as Christine
Renfield
2023
as Rebecca
Jumanji: Open World
2026
as Ming
Crazy Rich Asians
2018
as Peik Lin Goh
Swan Song
2021
as Kate
Wildwood
2026
as (voice)
Paradise Hills
2019
as Yu
The Farewell
2019
as Billi
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019
as Awkwafina
Dude
2018
as Rebecca Voller
Quiz Lady
2023
as Anne Yum
One World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
Breaking News in Yuba County
2021
as Mina
The Man with the Bag
2026
Maraschino Ruby
2022
as Tarantula (voice)
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
2025
as Tarantula (voice)
Ocean's Team 3.0
2018
as Self
The Bad Guys 3
as Tarantula (voice)
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy
2018
as Self
Dueling Dumplings
2024
as Zhen (voice)
Reimagining The Met Gala
2018
as Self
Fly Hard
2024
as Chump (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 5
as Zhen (voice)
Call Your Mother
2020
Lisa Lu Plays Herself
2025
as Self
Bad Rap
2016
as Self
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
2022
as Self
The Baccarat Machine
as Cheung Yin 'Kelly' Sun
Thumb
Kaet Might Die
as Kaet
About 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 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 starr… With 82 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Awkwafina has appeared in 45 films and 37 TV shows.
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Most Popular Awkwafina Movies
- Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) — as Zhen (voice)
- Migration (2023) — as Chump (voice)
- The Bad Guys 2 (2025) — as Tarantula (voice)
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) — as Katy
- Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) — as Ming
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