Awkwafina
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1988-06-02
Place of Birth
Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA
Awkwafina
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.
Also Known For
Jackpot!
Aug 13, 2024
Renfield
Apr 07, 2023
Migration
Dec 06, 2023
Kung Fu Panda 4
Mar 02, 2024
IF
May 08, 2024
Maraschino Ruby
Jun 15, 2022
Once Upon a Studio
Sep 24, 2023
Wildwood
Reimagining The Met Gala
Sep 11, 2018
Ocean's Team 3.0
Sep 11, 2018
Fly Hard
Feb 27, 2024
The Bad Guys 2
Jul 25, 2025
Dueling Dumplings
Apr 09, 2024
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
May 04, 2016
Dude
Apr 20, 2018
Bad Rap
Apr 16, 2016
Ocean's Eight
Jun 07, 2018
Storks
Sep 22, 2016
Crazy Rich Asians
Aug 15, 2018
Paradise Hills
Aug 29, 2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2
Aug 02, 2019
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy
Nov 28, 2018
The Farewell
Jul 12, 2019
Jumanji: The Next Level
Dec 04, 2019
Breaking News in Yuba County
Jan 28, 2021
The Little Mermaid
May 18, 2023
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Sep 01, 2021
The Last Adventure of Constance Verity
Raya and the Last Dragon
Mar 03, 2021
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Sep 20, 2019
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Aug 14, 2020
The Baccarat Machine
Call Your Mother
Apr 15, 2020
Shelly
Swan Song
Dec 17, 2021
The Bad Guys
Mar 17, 2022
Quiz Lady
Sep 09, 2023
One World: Together at Home
Apr 18, 2020
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
Jan 30, 2025
The Man with the Bag
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Sep 08, 2003
Hot Ones
Mar 12, 2015
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Sep 16, 2019
Marvel Studios Assembled
Mar 12, 2021
Animals.
Feb 05, 2016
Mary + Jane
Sep 05, 2016
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Mar 03, 2022
MTV Video Music Awards
Sep 14, 1984
The Drew Barrymore Show
Sep 14, 2020
A Real Bug's Life
Jan 24, 2024
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
Future Man
Nov 14, 2017
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
Honest Trailers
Feb 13, 2012
Regular Show
Sep 06, 2010
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
Awkwafina is Nora From Queens
Jan 22, 2020
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Feb 06, 2014
Made in Hollywood
Sep 30, 2005
IMDb on the Scene
Jul 10, 2015
Weird City
Feb 13, 2019
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jan 26, 2003
Marvel Zombies
Oct 03, 2025
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
Feb 23, 2025
Black Mirror
Dec 04, 2011
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Mar 18, 2025
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Aug 30, 2019
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
