Awkwafina
Acting
Born: Jun 02, 1988
From: Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood | (voice) | 2026 | — |
| The Bad Guys 2 | Tarantula (voice) | 2025 | 7.647 |
| Jackpot! | Katie Kim | 2024 | 6.364 |
| Kung Fu Panda 4 | Zhen (voice) | 2024 | 7.0 |
| IF | Bubble (voice) | 2024 | 6.964 |
| Fly Hard | Chump (voice) | 2024 | 8.0 |
| Dueling Dumplings | Zhen (voice) | 2024 | 5.7 |
| Renfield | Rebecca | 2023 | 6.45 |
| Migration | Chump (voice) | 2023 | 7.348 |
| Once Upon a Studio | Sisu (voice) | 2023 | 8.265 |
| The Little Mermaid | Scuttle (voice) | 2023 | 6.276 |
| Maraschino Ruby | Tarantula (voice) | 2022 | 7.5 |
| Breaking News in Yuba County | Mina | 2021 | 5.872 |
| Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Katy | 2021 | 7.494 |
| Raya and the Last Dragon | Sisu (voice) | 2021 | 7.801 |
| The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | Otto (voice) | 2020 | 7.4 |
| Paradise Hills | Yu | 2019 | 5.9 |
| The Angry Birds Movie 2 | Courtney (voice) | 2019 | 7.045 |
| The Farewell | Billi | 2019 | 7.416 |
| Jumanji: The Next Level | Ming | 2019 | 6.875 |
| Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Awkwafina | 2019 | 5.9 |
| Reimagining The Met Gala | Self | 2018 | 8.0 |
| Ocean's Team 3.0 | Self | 2018 | 8.0 |
| Dude | Rebecca Voller | 2018 | 5.5 |
| Ocean's Eight | Constance | 2018 | 6.959 |
| Crazy Rich Asians | Peik Lin Goh | 2018 | 7.051 |
| A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy | Self | 2018 | 7.3 |
| Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising | Christine | 2016 | 5.815 |
| Bad Rap | Self | 2016 | 6.3 |
| Storks | Quail (voice) | 2016 | 6.669 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1988 |
| From | Stony Brook, Brookhaven, … |