Awkwafina
Awkwafina | |
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Born | Nora Lum June 2, 1988 Stony Brook, New York, U.S. |
Education | University at Albany (BA) |
Occupations |
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Years active | 2005–present |
Awards | Full list |
Musical career | |
Origin | Queens, New York, U.S. |
Genres | |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Website | awkwafina |
Nora Lum | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Lín Jiāzhēn |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Yale Romanization | Làhm Gāajān |
Jyutping | Lam4 Gaa1zan1 |
IPA | [lɐm˩ kaː˥.tsɐn˥] |
Nora Lum
Since 2020, Awkwafina has been a co-creator, writer, and executive producer of the
Early life
Awkwafina was born in
Awkwafina grew up in
Career
Awkwafina began rapping at 13.
In 2016, she collaborated with comedian
Awkwafina hosted the short-form talk show web series Tawk for the digital production company Astronauts Wanted from 2015 to 2017. The first season premiered on YouTube and was picked up for exclusive
Awkwafina hosted the October 6, 2018, episode of Saturday Night Live, becoming the second East Asian-American woman to host the show (after Lucy Liu, whose episode Awkwafina cites as her inspiration to one day be famous enough to host SNL). She did an impression of Sandra Oh, who later in the season became the first East Asian-Canadian woman to host an SNL episode and the third East Asian woman to host overall.[37]
In 2019, Awkwafina starred in the film
As of 2020, Awkwafina stars in the comedy series
Public image
Awkwafina has developed a profile as a fashion model, appearing regularly on magazine covers including Vogue, Allure, Harpers Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and feminist magazine Bust.[53] In 2018, she was featured in Gap's "Logo Remix" campaign, which featured up-and-coming artists who "are remixing creative culture on their own terms" alongside SZA, Sabrina Claudio and Naomi Watanabe.[54] Awkwafina was honored as Kore Asian Media's Female Breakout of the Year in 2017.[55]
Awkwafina has expressed support for Time's Up, a movement started by Hollywood celebrities against sexual harassment.[56] She has also advocated for more female directors and against the stereotyping of Asians in media.[56]
Awkwafina has faced criticism for
Lauren Michele Jackson wrote:
Awkwafina's antics don't, to me, conjure blackness any more than Ed Sheeran's bars. Is a 'blaccent' an evocation of blackness, or of something else — power, imperialism, commerce, the digital age? Maybe blaccent shouldn't function so metonymically, and maybe it shouldn't imply blackness at all (blackness has enough to contend with), but that something else instead, indicting not an individual instance of theft but a global phenomenon that makes it impossible to know whether a nonblack millennial from Forest Hills studied black culture like a textbook or grew up with the same media as most of us, where blaccents in the mouths of white, snappy performers has been autonomous and apart from the actual speech patterns of black people since America had a theater tradition to call its own... In conversations around Awkwafina's blaccent, the actress's regional and musical background has been used to both defend and attack her — she's either the most shrewd opportunist or the most down chick her side of the color line. These extremes of opinion aren't helped by the way certain profiles borderline fetishize the Awkwafina backstory, as if the idea that an Asian-American woman who grew up in Forest Hills (or literally anywhere in the country) loves rap is too absurd to be true.[58]
Other ventures
Before launching her entertainment career, she worked as an intern at the
Filmography
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | Bad Rap
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Herself | Documentary |
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising | Christine | ||
Storks | Quail | Voice role | |
2018 | Dude | Rebecca | |
Ocean's 8 | Constance | ||
Crazy Rich Asians | Goh Peik Lin | ||
2019 | The Farewell | Billi Wang | |
Paradise Hills | Yu | ||
The Angry Birds Movie 2 | Courtney | Voice role | |
Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Herself | ||
Jumanji: The Next Level | Ming Fleetfoot | ||
2020 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | Otto | Voice role |
2021 | Breaking News in Yuba County | Mina | |
Raya and the Last Dragon | Sisu[66] | Voice role | |
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Katy
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[46][67] | |
Swan Song | Kate | ||
2022 | The Bad Guys | Ms. Tarantula | Voice role |
The Bad Guys in Maraschino Ruby | Voice role; short film | ||
2023 | Renfield | Rebecca Quincy | |
The Little Mermaid | Scuttle | Voice role | |
Once Upon a Studio | Sisu | Voice role; short film | |
Quiz Lady | Anne | ||
Migration | Chump | Voice role | |
2024 | Migration: Fly Hard | Voice role; short film | |
Kung Fu Panda 4 | Zhen | Voice role | |
IF † | Bubble IF | Voice role | |
2025 | The Bad Guys 2 † | Ms. Tarantula[68] | Voice role; in production |
Wildwood † | Mrs. McKeel | ||
TBA | Grand Death Lotto † | Katie | Filming |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014–2015 | Girl Code | Herself | 6 episodes |
2015 | Girl Code Live
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Herself (co-host) | 10 episodes[69] |
Regular Show | Apple (voice) | Episode: "Hello China" | |
2015–2017 | Tawk | Herself (host) | 36 episodes |
2016 | Mary + Jane | Gina | Episode: "Noachella" |
2017 | Future Man | Woman at Video Game Store | 3 episodes |
2018 | Animals. | Annie (voice) | Episode: "Roachella" |
Saturday Night Live | Herself (host) | Episode: "Awkwafina/Travis Scott" | |
2019 | Weird City | Charlotta | Episode: "Below" |
The Simpsons | Carmen (voice) Dr. Chang (voice) |
Episode: "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy" Episode: "D'oh Canada" | |
Tuca & Bertie | Bertie's Left Boob (voice) | Episode: "The Promotion" | |
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | skekLach the Collector (voice) | 7 episodes | |
2020–present | Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens | Nora Lin | 27 episodes Also co-creator, writer and executive producer |
2020 | One World: Together at Home | Herself | Television special |
2022 | The Boys Presents: Diabolical | Sky / Areola / Turd (voice) | Episode: "BFFS" Also writer |
2024 | A Real Bug's Life | Narrator | Documentary series |
TBA | Unnamed Pet Resort Project | Saachi (voice) [70] | Main role |
Web
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2021 | Discord: The Movie | Herself | With Danny DeVito |
Discography
Title | Details |
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Yellow Ranger |
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In Fina We Trust |
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Title | Year | Album |
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"My Vag" | 2012 | Non-album single |
"NYC Bitche$" | 2013 | Yellow Ranger |
"Mayor Bloomberg (Giant Margaritas)" | ||
"Queef" | ||
"Daydreamin'" | 2014 | Non-album single |
"Come Stop Me" (featuring Dumbfoundead) | ||
"Yellow Alert" (featuring Dumbfoundead) |
2016 | |
"Green Tea" (featuring Margaret Cho) | ||
"Pockiez" | 2018 | In Fina We Trust |
Awards, nominations and recognitions
Awkwafina was honored as Kore Asian Media's Female Breakout of the Year in 2017.[55] For her performance in the comedy-drama film The Farewell, she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Virtuoso Award, among numerous other nominations. Alongside the film's ensemble, she was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Awkwafina also received a nomination for the BAFTA Rising Star Award.
In 2023, Awkwafina was honored with two wax figures at Madame Tussauds New York.[71]"
See also
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I was born in Stony Brook, Long Island. I was raised in Forest Hills, Queens. And my mom was, like, a painter and my dad was an IT guy.
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External links
- Official website
- Awkwafina on Instagram
- Awkwafina discography at Discogs
- Awkwafina at IMDb