Cast & creator
Awkwafina
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Simpsons
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). 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.
Also known as: Nora Lum
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1944–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (97)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
The Simpsons
Carmen (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Regular Show
Apple / Waitress #1 (voice)
2010
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Big Brother
Self - Guest
2000
Black Mirror
Kimmy
2011
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Hot Ones
Self
2015
The Drew Barrymore Show
Self
2020
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Preshow Host
1984
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self
2019
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
The Bad Guys
Tarantula (voice)
2022
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
1992
The Bad Guys 2
Tarantula (voice)
2025
Marvel Studios Assembled
Self
2021
Migration
Chump (voice)
2023
Poker Face
Maddy Saint Marie
2023
The Little Mermaid
Scuttle (voice)
2023
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Katy
2021
Kung Fu Panda 4
Zhen (voice)
2024
Future Man
Woman at Video Game Store
2017
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland
Chessy the Cat (voice)
2026
Made in Hollywood
Self
2005
Ocean's Eight
Constance
2018
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Self - Contestant
2020
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Sky / Areola / Turd (voice)
2022The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Writer
2022
Raya and the Last Dragon
Sisu (voice)
2021
Marvel Zombies
Katy Chen (voice)
2025
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Otto (voice)
2020
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Nora Lin
2020Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Executive Producer
2020Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Writer
2020Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Director
2020Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Creator
2020
Jackpot!
Katie Kim
2024
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
skekLach (The Collector) (voice)
2019
Wildwood
Septima (voice)
2026
Jumanji: The Next Level
Ming
2019
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Self - Guest
2025
IF
Bubble (voice)
2024
The Angry Birds Movie 2
Courtney (voice)
2019
Crazy Rich Asians
Peik Lin Goh
2018
Renfield
Rebecca
2023
Top Chef VIP
Self
2022
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Christine
2016
Animals.
Annie (voice)
2016
Swan Song
Kate
2021
Once Upon a Studio
Sisu (voice)
2023
Quiz Lady
Anne Yum
2023Quiz Lady
Producer
2023
Jumanji: Open World
Ming
2026
Weird City
Charlotta
2019
A Real Bug's Life
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Storks
Quail (voice)
2016
The Farewell
Billi
2019
Mary + Jane
Gina
2016
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
Self
2025
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
The Man with the Bag
2026
Breaking News in Yuba County
Mina
2021
IMDb on the Scene
Self
2015
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Awkwafina
2019
Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook
Self
2026Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook
Executive Producer
2026
30 Questions
Self - Guest
2026
Paradise Hills
Yu
2019
Dude
Rebecca Voller
2018
One World: Together at Home
Self
2020
The Bad Guys 3
Tarantula (voice)
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
Tarantula (voice)
2025
Fly Hard
Chump (voice)
2024
Ocean's Team 3.0
Self
2018
Maraschino Ruby
Tarantula (voice)
2022Thumb
Call Your Mother
2020Kung Fu Panda 5
Zhen (voice)
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
Self
2022
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy
Self
2018
Dueling Dumplings
Zhen (voice)
2024
Lisa Lu Plays Herself
Self
2025Reimagining The Met Gala
Self
2018Kaet Might Die
Kaet
Tawk with Awkwafina
Self – Host
2015Tawk with Awkwafina
Creator
2015
Bad Rap
Self
2016The Baccarat Machine
Cheung Yin 'Kelly' Sun