Awkwafina
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 Neighbours 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 fictionalised 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Awkwafina, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2025 · Marvel Zombies as Katy Chen (voice)
- 2025 · The Bad Guys 2 as Ms. Tarantula (voice)
- 2025 · Animals United 2: The Chilldown as Sarah the Harbor Seal (voice)
- 2024 · Jackpot! as Katie Kim
- 2024 · IF as Bubble (voice)
- 2024 · Dueling Dumplings as Zhen (voice)
- 2024 · Kung Fu Panda 4 as Zhen (voice)
- 2024 · Fly Hard as Chump (voice)
- 2024 · A Real Bug's Life as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Migration as Chump (voice)
- 2023 · Once Upon a Studio as Sisu (voice)
- 2023 · Quiz Lady as Anne Yum
- 2023 · The Little Mermaid as Scuttle (voice)
- 2023 · Renfield as Rebecca
- 2022 · Maraschino Ruby as Tarantula (voice)
- 2022 · The Bad Guys as Tarantula (voice)
- 2022 · The Boys Presents: Diabolical as Sky / Areola / Turd (voice)
- 2021 · Swan Song as Kate
- 2021 · Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Katy
- 2021 · Marvel Studios Assembled as Self
- 2021 · Raya and the Last Dragon as Sisu (voice)
- 2021 · Breaking News in Yuba County as Mina
- 2020 · The Drew Barrymore Show as Self
- 2020 · Between Two Ferns: The Movie, Sorta Uncut Interviews as Self
- 2020 · The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run as Otto (voice)
- 2020 · One World: Together at Home as Self
- 2020 · Call Your Mother as
- 2020 · Awkwafina is Nora From Queens as Nora Lin
- 2019 · Jumanji: The Next Level as Ming
- 2019 · Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Awkwafina
- 2019 · A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance as skekLach (The Collector) (voice)
- 2019 · Paradise Hills as Yu
- 2019 · The Angry Birds Movie 2 as Courtney (voice)
- 2019 · The Farewell as Billi
- 2019 · Weird City as Charlotta
- 2018 · A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy as Self
- 2018 · Reimagining The Met Gala as Self
- 2018 · Ocean's Team 3.0 as Self
- 2018 · Crazy Rich Asians as Goh Peik Lin
- 2018 · Ocean's Eight as Constance
- 2018 · Dude as Rebecca Voller
- 2017 · Future Man as Woman at Video Game Store
- 2016 · Storks as Quail (voice)
- 2016 · Mary + Jane as Gina
- 2016 · Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising as Christine
- 2016 · Bad Rap as Self
- 2016 · Animals. as Annie (voice)
- 2015 · IMDb on the Scene as Self
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · 73 Questions as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Regular Show as Apple / Waitress #1 (voice)
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2005 · Made in Hollywood as Self
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Carmen (voice)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1984 · MTV Video Music Awards as Self - Preshow Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Future · Untitled '21 Jump Street' Spin-off as
- Future · Wildwood as (voice)
- Future · The Last Adventure of Constance Verity as Constance Verity
- Future · Shelly as Shelly Wheeler
- Future · The Baccarat Queen as Cheung Yin “Kelly” Sun
- Future · The Baccarat Machine as Cheung Yin “Kelly” Sun