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Awkwafina

Highest Rated: 97% The Farewell (2019)

Lowest Rated: 11% Breaking News in Yuba County (2021)

Birthday: Jun 2, 1988

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Awkwafina, the stage name of Nora Lum, grew up with more classic influences. The first-generation Chinese-American studied classical and jazz music as a teenager. During this time, though, she began to start creating rap music as Awkwafina. It remained in the background, though, as she studied Mandarin for two years in China and then finished her college career at SUNY Albany studying journalism. Even after she graduated in 2011, her rap career was firmly in the background as she went down a career path consisting of editorial and public relations jobs. She broke through in 2013, though, as Awkwafina became a more known commodity on YouTube. In early 2014, she released her first album Yellow Ranger. Later that year, she started acting, joining the cast of comedy series "Girl Code" (MTV 2013-15) in its third season. That helped open doors to more acting roles, and she appeared in Seth Rogen-starring comedy "Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising" (2016) and the indie film "Dude" (2016). She rounded out in 2016 with voice-over roles in "Storks" (2016) and "Regular Show" (Cartoon Network 2010-2017) before being cast in the female-starring "Ocean's Eleven" spin-off "Ocean's Eight" (2018), alongside Sandra Bullock, Rihanna, and Anne Hathaway.

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Highest rated movies

97% 87% The Farewell Watchlist 93% 97% Raya and the Last Dragon Watchlist 92% 98% Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Watchlist 91% 76% Crazy Rich Asians Watchlist 88% 93% The Bad Guys Watchlist 82% 80% Quiz Lady Watchlist 80% 76% Swan Song Watchlist 73% 44% Between Two Ferns: The Movie Watchlist 73% 87% Migration Watchlist 72% 87% Jumanji: The Next Level Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bad Guys 2 Tarantula (Voice) - 2025
31% 51% Jackpot! Unknown (Character) - 2024
50% 86% IF Unknown (Character) $111.1M 2024
71% 85% Kung Fu Panda 4 Zhen (Voice) $193.5M 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wildwood Unknown (Voice) - 2024
73% 87% Migration Chump (Voice) $127.3M 2023
82% 80% Quiz Lady Anne (Character),
Producer
- 2023
66% 94% The Little Mermaid Scuttle (Voice) $298.2M 2023
58% 79% Renfield Rebecca Quincy (Character) $17.1M 2023
88% 93% The Bad Guys Tarantula (Voice) $97.2M 2022
80% 76% Swan Song Kate (Character) - 2021
92% 98% Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Katy (Character) $224.5M 2021
93% 97% Raya and the Last Dragon Sisu (Voice) $54.7M 2021
11% 45% Breaking News in Yuba County Mina (Character) - 2021
66% 49% The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run Otto (Voice) $4.5M 2020
72% 87% Jumanji: The Next Level Ming (Character) $316.8M 2019
68% 67% Paradise Hills Yu (Character) - 2019
73% 44% Between Two Ferns: The Movie Self - 2019
72% 84% The Angry Birds Movie 2 Courtney (Voice) $41.7M 2019
97% 87% The Farewell Billi (Character) $17.7M 2019
91% 76% Crazy Rich Asians Peik Lin Goh (Character) $174.5M 2018
69% 47% Ocean's 8 Constance (Character) $139.4M 2018
No Score Yet 36% Dude Rebecca (Character) - 2018
65% 62% Storks Quail (Voice) $72.7M 2016

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2018-2021 2024
No Score Yet 28% The Drew Barrymore Show Guest 2021 2024
No Score Yet 55% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2021 2023-2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Guest 2024
No Score Yet 88% A Real Bug's Life Narrator 2024
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2018 2023
No Score Yet 78% Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens Nora Lum (Character) 2020-2021 2023
97% 71% The Boys Presents: Diabolical Sky, Areola, Turd (Character),
Writer
2022
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hot Ones Guest 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet 73 Questions Self 2020
82% 16% A Little Late With Lilly Singh Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Guest 2020
89% 94% The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance The Collector (Voice) 2019
No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2019
85% 76% The Simpsons Carmen (Guest Voice) 2019
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Host 2018
84% 79% Animals. Unknown (Guest Voice) 2018
No Score Yet 18% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Comedy Jam Unknown (Guest Star) 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desus & Mero Guest 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Girl Code Live Host 2015