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.

Known For

The Simpsons

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Regular Show

Saturday Night Live

All Movies (46)

• Jumanji: Open World2026 · as Ming
• The Man with the Bag2026
• Wildwood2026 · as (voice)
• Descendants: Wicked Wonderland2026 · as Chessy the Cat (voice)
• The Bad Guys 22025 · as Tarantula (voice)
• Lisa Lu Plays Herself2025 · as Self
• The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis2025 · as Tarantula (voice)
• Jackpot!2024 · as Katie Kim
• IF2024 · as Bubble (voice)
• Dueling Dumplings2024 · as Zhen (voice)
• Kung Fu Panda 42024 · as Zhen (voice)
• Fly Hard2024 · as Chump (voice)
• Migration2023 · as Chump (voice)
• Once Upon a Studio2023 · as Sisu (voice)
• Quiz Lady2023 · as Anne Yum
• The Little Mermaid2023 · as Scuttle (voice)
• Renfield2023 · as Rebecca
• Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'2022 · as Self
• Maraschino Ruby2022 · as Tarantula (voice)
• The Bad Guys2022 · as Tarantula (voice)
• Swan Song2021 · as Kate
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings2021 · as Katy
• Raya and the Last Dragon2021 · as Sisu (voice)
• Breaking News in Yuba County2021 · as Mina
• The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run2020 · as Otto (voice)
• One World: Together at Home2020 · as Self
• Call Your Mother2020
• Jumanji: The Next Level2019 · as Ming
• Between Two Ferns: The Movie2019 · as Awkwafina
• Paradise Hills2019 · as Yu
• The Angry Birds Movie 22019 · as Courtney (voice)
• The Farewell2019 · as Billi
• A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy2018 · as Self
• Reimagining The Met Gala2018 · as Self
• Ocean's Team 3.02018 · as Self
• Crazy Rich Asians2018 · as Peik Lin Goh
• Ocean's Eight2018 · as Constance
• Dude2018 · as Rebecca Voller
• Storks2016 · as Quail (voice)
• Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising2016 · as Christine
• Bad Rap2016 · as Self
• The Baccarat Machine— · as Cheung Yin 'Kelly' Sun
• Thumb—
• The Bad Guys 3— · as Tarantula (voice)
• Kung Fu Panda 5— · as Zhen (voice)
• Kaet Might Die— · as Kaet

All TV Shows (38)

• Marvel Zombies2025 · as Katy Chen (voice)
• No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski2025 · as Self
• A Real Bug's Life2024 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Poker Face2023 · as Maddy Saint Marie
• Top Chef VIP2022 · as Self
• The Boys Presents: Diabolical2022 · as Sky / Areola / Turd (voice)
• Marvel Studios Assembled2021 · as Self
• The Drew Barrymore Show2020 · as Self
• Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens2020 · as Nora Lin
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh2019 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance2019 · as skekLach (The Collector) (voice)
• Weird City2019 · as Charlotta
• Future Man2017 · as Woman at Video Game Store
• Mary + Jane2016 · as Gina
• Animals.2016 · as Annie (voice)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• IMDb on the Scene2015 · as Self
• Hot Ones2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• Black Mirror2011 · as Kimmy
• Regular Show2010 · as Apple / Waitress #1 (voice)
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Made in Hollywood2005 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Big Brother2000 · as Self - Guest
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter
• The Simpsons1989 · as Carmen (voice)
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• MTV Video Music Awards1984 · as Self - Preshow Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter
• The Unlikely Cook with Awkwafina— · as Self