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