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Awkwafina

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Awkwafina

Born June 2, 1988 in Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA38 films

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).

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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.

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Raya and the Last Dragon posterFirst watchRaya and the Last Dragon20217.8as Sisu (voice)Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when an evil force threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings poster7.5Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings2021Ocean's Eight poster6.9Ocean's Eight2018Jumanji: The Next Level poster6.9Jumanji: The Next Level2019The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run poster7.4The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run2020The Bad Guys poster7.5The Bad Guys2022Crazy Rich Asians poster7.0Crazy Rich Asians2018Kung Fu Panda 4 poster7.0Kung Fu Panda 42024Migration poster7.4Migration2023

Filmography

38 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Baccarat MachineCheung Yin 'Kelly' Sun
  2. TBAThumb
  3. TBAThe Bad Guys 3Tarantula (voice)
  4. TBAKung Fu Panda 5Zhen (voice)
  5. TBAKaet Might DieKaet
  6. 2026Jumanji: Open WorldMing
  7. 2026The Man with the Bag
  8. 2026WildwoodSeptima (voice)
  9. 2026Descendants: Wicked WonderlandChessy the Cat (voice)
  10. 2025The Bad Guys 2Tarantula (voice)
  11. 2025The Bad Guys: Little Lies and AlibisTarantula (voice)
  12. 2024Jackpot!Katie Kim
  13. 2024IFBubble (voice)
  14. 2024Dueling DumplingsZhen (voice)
  15. 2024Kung Fu Panda 4Zhen (voice)
  16. 2024Fly HardChump (voice)
  17. 2023MigrationChump (voice)
  18. 2023Once Upon a StudioSisu (voice)
  19. 2023Quiz LadyAnne Yum
  20. 2023The Little MermaidScuttle (voice)
  21. 2023RenfieldRebecca
  22. 2022Maraschino RubyTarantula (voice)
  23. 2022The Bad GuysTarantula (voice)
  24. 2021Swan SongKate
  25. 2021Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsKaty
  26. 2021Raya and the Last DragonSisu (voice)
  27. 2021Breaking News in Yuba CountyMina
  28. 2020The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the RunOtto (voice)
  29. 2019Jumanji: The Next LevelMing
  30. 2019Between Two Ferns: The MovieAwkwafina
  31. 2019Paradise HillsYu
  32. 2019The Angry Birds Movie 2Courtney (voice)
  33. 2019The FarewellBilli
  34. 2018Crazy Rich AsiansPeik Lin Goh
  35. 2018Ocean's EightConstance
  36. 2018DudeRebecca Voller
  37. 2016StorksQuail (voice)
  38. 2016Neighbors 2: Sorority RisingChristine