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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.
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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
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Daily Show
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Golden Globe Awards
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Saturday Night Live
The Simpsons
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Black Mirror
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Big Brother
Regular Show
MTV Video Music Awards
Poker Face
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Marvel Studios Assembled
Future Man
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
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 Little Mermaid
The Angry Birds Movie 2
Ocean's Eight
Crazy Rich Asians
Marvel Zombies
Migration
Jumanji: The Next Level
The Bad Guys 2
Breaking News in Yuba County
Dude
Renfield
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
The Bad Guys
Swan Song
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
The Man with the Bag
Raya and the Last Dragon
The Farewell
Kung Fu Panda 4
Quiz Lady
A Real Bug's Life
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Jackpot!
Production Credits
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Quiz Lady
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
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