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Awkwafina

Awkwafina

Birthday: 1988-06-02 | Place of Birth: Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA

Nora Lum (born June 2, 1988), known professionally as Awkwafina, is an American actress 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). Her second album, In Fina We Trust, was released in 2018. She played supporting roles in the comedy films Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), Ocean's 8 (2018), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019). She played a leading role in the comedy-drama film The Farewell (2019), for which she received critical acclaim and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, becoming the first woman of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe in any lead actress film category. She was also nominated for the BAFTA in the Rising Star Category in 2020 and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress, as well as winning the Satellite Award for Best Actress. She was the voice of Sisu in Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). She portrays Katy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). Awkwafina is co-creator, writer, and executive producer of the Comedy Central series Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020–present), in which she stars as a fictionalized version of herself. Description above from the Wikipedia article Awkwafina, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
The Little Mermaid

as    Scuttle (voice)

2022
The Bad Guys

as    Tarantula (voice)

2022
Maraschino Ruby

as    Tarantula (voice)

2021
Swan Song

as    Kate

2021
2021
Raya and the Last Dragon

as    Sisu (voice)

2020
Awkwafina is Nora From Queens

as    Nora Lin

2019
The Farewell

as    Billi

2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2

as    Courtney (voice)

2019
Jumanji: The Next Level

as    Ming

2019
Paradise Hills

as    Yu

2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

as    skekLach (The Collector) (voice)

2018
Ocean's Eight

as    Constance

2018
Crazy Rich Asians

as    Goh Peik Lin

2018
Dude

as    Rebecca Voller

2016
Bad Rap

as    Self