Awkwafina | |||||||||||||||
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_2.jpg) Awkwafina in June 2018 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | Nora Lum June 2, 1988 Stony Brook, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University at Albany (BA) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years active | 2005–present | ||||||||||||||
| Awards | Full list | ||||||||||||||
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| Origin | Queens, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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| Instrument | Vocals | ||||||||||||||
| Website | awkwafina | ||||||||||||||
| Nora Lum | |||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 林家珍 | ||||||||||||||
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Nora Lum[1] (born June 2, 1988),[2] 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). For her starring role as a grieving young woman in The Farewell (2019), she won a Golden Globe Award.
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.[3] 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[note 1], Migration (both 2023), Kung Fu Panda 4, and IF[note 1] (both 2024).
- ^ Despite some sources that give "Nora Lum Ying", Awkwafina said in 2018 it is simply "Nora Lum". Awkafina [@awkwafina] (June 19, 2018). "MY FULL NAME IS👏NORA👏LUM👏 NOT NORA LUM... YING" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 6, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ "金球奖首个亚裔影后！奥卡菲娜获喜剧电影最佳女主". 网易 (in Chinese). January 6, 2020. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
- ^ "Awkwafina on her Shang-Chi role". Radiotimes. Archived from the original on August 21, 2022. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
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