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Nora Lum (born June 2, 1988), known professionally as Awkwafina (/ËÉËkwÉËfiËnÉ/), 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 (2014â2015). 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 CâŠ
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Nora Lum (born June 2, 1988), known professionally as Awkwafina (/ËÉËkwÉËfiËnÉ/), 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 (2014â2015). 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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BODY OF WORK
Awkwafina's Filmography
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Jumanji: Open World
as Ming
The Man with the Bag
Wildwood
as Septima (voice)
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland
as Chessy the Cat (voice)
The Bad Guys 2
as Tarantula (voice)
Lisa Lu Plays Herself
as Self
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
as Tarantula (voice)
Jackpot!
as Katie Kim
IF
as Bubble (voice)
Dueling Dumplings
as Zhen (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Zhen (voice)
Fly Hard
as Chump (voice)
Migration
as Chump (voice)
Once Upon a Studio
as Sisu (voice)
Quiz Lady
as Anne Yum
The Little Mermaid
as Scuttle (voice)
Renfield
as Rebecca
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
as Self
Maraschino Ruby
as Tarantula (voice)
The Bad Guys
as Tarantula (voice)
Swan Song
as Kate
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
as Katy
Raya and the Last Dragon
as Sisu (voice)
Breaking News in Yuba County
as Mina
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
as Otto (voice)
One World: Together at Home
as Self
Call Your Mother
Jumanji: The Next Level
as Ming
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
as Awkwafina
Paradise Hills
as Yu
The Angry Birds Movie 2
as Courtney (voice)
The Farewell
as Billi
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy
as Self
Ocean's Team 3.0
as Self
No Poster
Reimagining The Met Gala
as Self
Crazy Rich Asians
as Peik Lin Goh
Ocean's Eight
as Constance
Dude
as Rebecca Voller
Storks
as Quail (voice)
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
as Christine
Bad Rap
as Self
The Bad Guys 3
as Tarantula (voice)
No Poster
Thumb
No Poster
Kung Fu Panda 5
as Zhen (voice)
No Poster
Kaet Might Die
as Kaet
No Poster
The Baccarat Machine
as Cheung Yin 'Kelly' Sun