
Awkwafina
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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 Neighbours 2: Sorority Rising (2016), Ocean's 8 (2018), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019). For her starring role as a grieving young woman in The Farewell (2019), she won a Golden Globe Award.
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 fictionalised 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).
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Known For

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Daily Show

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Saturday Night Live

The Simpsons

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Black Mirror

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Regular Show

MTV Video Music Awards

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

Honest Trailers

Marvel Studios Assembled

Future Man

Animals.

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

Avengers: Doomsday

IF

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

Once Upon a Studio

Storks

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

The Little Mermaid

The Angry Birds Movie 2

Crazy Rich Asians

Jumanji: The Next Level

Migration

Ocean's Eight

Breaking News in Yuba County

Dude

Renfield

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Swan Song

The Man with the Bag

The Bad Guys

Raya and the Last Dragon

The Farewell

Kung Fu Panda 4

Awkwafina is Nora From Queens

Jackpot!

A Real Bug's Life

Quiz Lady

Marvel Zombies
Production Credits
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