Actress Awkwafina

Awkwafina
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Nora Lum (born June 2, 1988), known professionally as Awkwafina, is an American actress 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). Her second album, In Fina We Trust, was released in 2018. She played supporting roles in the comedy films Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), Ocean's 8 (2018), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019). She played a leading role in the comedy-drama film The Farewell (2019), for which she received critical acclaim and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, becoming the first woman of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe in any lead actress film category. She was also nominated for the BAFTA in the Rising Star Category in 2020 and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress, as well as winning the Satellite Award for Best Actress. She was the voice of Sisu in Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). She portrays Katy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). Awkwafina is co-creator, writer, and executive producer of the Comedy Central series Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020–present), in which she stars as a fictionalized version of herself. Description above from the Wikipedia article Awkwafina, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of birth
Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA
Date of birth
2nd June 1988
Movies that starred Awkwafina (12 in total)
Kung Fu Panda 4 poster

Kung Fu Panda 4 [2024]

Zhen (voice)
Jackpot! poster

Jackpot! [2024]

Katie Kim
The Little Mermaid poster

The Little Mermaid [2023]

Scuttle (voice)
Renfield poster

Renfield [2023]

Rebecca Quincy
Migration poster

Migration [2023]

Chump (voice)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings poster

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings [2021]

Katy Chen
Raya and the Last Dragon poster

Raya and the Last Dragon [2021]

Sisu (voice)
Jumanji: The Next Level poster

Jumanji: The Next Level [2019]

Ming
The Angry Birds Movie 2 poster

The Angry Birds Movie 2 [2019]

Courtney (voice)
The Farewell poster

The Farewell [2019]

Billi
Ocean's Eight poster

Ocean's Eight [2018]

Constance
Crazy Rich Asians poster

Crazy Rich Asians [2018]

Goh Peik Lin
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