Awkwafina
Nora Lum (born June 2, 1988), known professionally as Awkwafina, is an American actress, rapper, and comedian who 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).
Awkwafina 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, and additionally won the Satellite Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress.
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. She then appeared in Swan Song (2021), voiced Courtney in The Angry Birds Movie 2, Sisu in Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) and Ms. Tarantula in The Bad Guys (2022), and portrayed Katy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 48.063 |
Birthday | 1988-06-02 |
Place of Birth | Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA |
Also Known As | Nora Lum, 아콰피나, 奧卡菲娜, 林家珍, אקוופינה, აქვაფინა, नोरा लम, |
2016
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
5.8/4275
A sorority moves in next door to the home of Mac and Kelly Radner who have a young child. The Radner's enlist their former nemeses from the fraternity...
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Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
2018
Dude
5.5/738
Four best friends negotiate loss and major life changes during the last two weeks of high school.
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Dude
2016
Bad Rap
6.3/8
The lives and careers of four Asian-American rappers trying to break into a world that often treats them as outsiders. Sharing dynamic live performanc...
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Bad Rap
2016
Storks
6.7/2259
Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global internet retail giant. Junior, the company’s top delivery stork...
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Storks
2018
Ocean's Eight
6.987/8063
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.
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Ocean's Eight
2018
Crazy Rich Asians
7.069/3507
An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend's wedding, only to get thrust into the lives o...
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Crazy Rich Asians
2019
Paradise Hills
5.954/501
A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility's beautiful facade hides a sinister secret.
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Paradise Hills
2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2
7.086/1592
Red, Chuck, Bomb and the rest of their feathered friends are surprised when a green pig suggests that they put aside their differences and unite to fi...
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The Angry Birds Movie 2
2018
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy
10/1
John Legend and Chrissy Teigen celebrate with friends, family and song.
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A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy
2019
Jumanji: The Next Level
6.909/8310
As the gang return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown a...
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Jumanji: The Next Level
2019
The Farewell
7.4/1344
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's dec...
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The Farewell
2021
Breaking News in Yuba County
5.762/166
An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his b...
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Breaking News in Yuba County
2023
The Little Mermaid
6.381/2727
The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the sur...
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The Little Mermaid
2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
7.559/8985
Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.
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The Last Adventure of Constance Verity
0/0
Constance Verity who, for mysterious reasons, was thrust into a battle with the supernatural from the moment she was born and has been saving the worl...
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The Last Adventure of Constance Verity
2021
Raya and the Last Dragon
7.863/6548
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 sacr...
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Raya and the Last Dragon
2019
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
6/819
Galifianakis dreamed of becoming a star. But when Will Ferrell discovered his public access TV show, 'Between Two Ferns' and uploaded it to Funny or D...
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Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2020
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
7.5/2787
When his best friend Gary is suddenly snatched away, SpongeBob takes Patrick on a madcap mission far beyond Bikini Bottom to save their pink-shelled p...
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The Baccarat Machine
0/0
Young Chinese woman Sun as she painstakingly develops talent and obsession for payback into beating the system at their own game. With major casinos c...
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The Baccarat Machine
2020
Call Your Mother
7.8/4
A hilarious ode to moms and the way they have shaped the work of some of comedy's biggest stars.
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Shelly
0/0
The story takes place a decade after an embarrassing prom prank ran Shelly Wheeler out of town and so hardened her heart that she became an ice-cold h...
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Shelly
2021
Swan Song
7.17/468
In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief...
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Swan Song
2022
The Bad Guys
7.6/1890
When the Bad Guys, a crew of criminal animals, are finally caught after years of heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a...
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The Bad Guys
2023
Quiz Lady
6.788/186
A brilliant but tightly wound, gameshow-obsessed young woman, Anne, and her estranged, train-wreck of a sister Jenny, must work together to help cover...
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Quiz Lady
2020
One World: Together at Home
7.4/32
A global broadcast & digital special organized by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization featuring comedians, musicians, and actors to raise...
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One World: Together at Home
2023
Renfield
6.566/1432
Having grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula's lackey, Renfield finds a new lease on life — and maybe even redemption — when he falls for f...
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2022
Maraschino Ruby
7.8/10
Misty Luggins sets a trap for the Bad Guys, but they were already caught and in custody for another crime; stealing a push pop... allegedly.
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Wildwood
0/0
Set beyond Portland’s city limits, in Wildwood. You’re not supposed to go there. You’re not even supposed to know it exists. But Prue McKeel is about...
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Wildwood
2018
Reimagining The Met Gala
8/2
Director Ross, various cast and crew and members of the Met staff discuss how the film took over the famous museum for its version of the gala. The pr...
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Reimagining The Met Gala
2018
Ocean's Team 3.0
8/3
Director Gary Ross and participants from the previous extras discuss the challenge of casting a film where group chemistry is even more important than...
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Ocean's Team 3.0
Untitled '21 Jump Street' Spin-off
0/0
A female-driven spin-off of the "21 Jump Street" films.
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Untitled '21 Jump Street' Spin-off
2024
Jackpot
0/0
Set in a very near future where a Grand Lottery has been founded in economically struggling California. The only caveat? If you want to legitimately c...
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2023
Migration
7.479/1288
After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, the Mallard family embarks on a family road trip, from N...
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Migration
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
7.123/1499
Po is gearing up to become the spiritual leader of his Valley of Peace, but also needs someone to take his place as Dragon Warrior. As such, he will t...
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Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
IF
8.5/2
A girl discovers she can see everyone's imaginary friends and embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten IFs with their kids.
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2023
Once Upon a Studio
8.315/321
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2024
Fly Hard
7.5/4
Chump sheds her tough-as-nails attitude, risking her life to fly through a blizzard and the harrowing streets of New York to return a prized possessio...
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Fly Hard
2025
The Bad Guys 2
0/0
The Bad Guys are struggling to find trust and acceptance in their newly minted lives as Good Guys, when they are pulled out of retirement and forced t...
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The Bad Guys 2
2024
Dueling Dumplings
0/0
Po and Zhen battle over whose dumplings reign supreme.
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