Biography
Awkwafina, born Nora Lum, is an American actress, rapper and comedian. She rose to prominence in 2012 with the viral YouTube rap song "My Vag" and released her debut album Yellow Ranger in 2014. She appeared on the MTV series Girl Code (2014–2015) before moving into film roles.
Her film credits include supporting parts in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), Ocean's 8 (2018), Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019). She starred in The Farewell (2019), for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Voice roles include Scuttle in The Little Mermaid (2023), Zhen in Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) and Rebecca in Renfield (2023).
She co-created, wrote and executive produced the Comedy Central series Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020–), in which she also stars. For producing the television film Quiz Lady (2023), she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie.
