Acting credits
82
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Awkwafina
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.6
Moderate attention
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Movies: 41Series: 41Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 1625558
IMDb ID: nm5377144
Known for: Acting
Born: June 2, 1988
Age: 38
Place of birth: Stony Brook, Brookhaven, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2026
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.71
Wikidata: Q15306031
Also known as
Nora Lum
Other jobs
Writer (2)Executive Producer (1)Producer (1)
Biography
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Awkwafina.
Dec 23
Jumanji: Open World
as Ming
2026 Movie
Dec 2
The Man with the Bag
2026 Movie
In 3 weeks
Wildwood
as Septima (voice)
2026 Movie
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland
as Chessy the Cat (voice)
2026 Movie
The Bad Guys 2
as Tarantula (voice)
2025 Movie
Lisa Lu Plays Herself
as Self
2025 Movie
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
as Tarantula (voice)
2025 Movie
Jackpot!
as Katie Kim
2024 Movie
IF
as Bubble (voice)
2024 Movie
Dueling Dumplings
as Zhen (voice)
2024 Movie
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Zhen (voice)
2024 Movie
Fly Hard
as Chump (voice)
2024 Movie
Migration
as Chump (voice)
2023 Movie
Once Upon a Studio
as Sisu (voice)
2023 Movie
Quiz Lady
as Anne Yum
2023 Movie
The Little Mermaid
as Scuttle (voice)
2023 Movie
Renfield
as Rebecca
2023 Movie
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
as Self
2022 Movie
Maraschino Ruby
as Tarantula (voice)
2022 Movie
The Bad Guys
as Tarantula (voice)
2022 Movie
Swan Song
as Kate
2021 Movie
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
as Katy
2021 Movie
Raya and the Last Dragon
as Sisu (voice)
2021 Movie
Breaking News in Yuba County
as Mina
2021 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Awkwafina.
Nov 6
Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook
as Self • 8 eps
2026 Series
30 Questions
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2026 Series
Marvel Zombies
as Katy Chen (voice) • 4 eps
2025 Series
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2025 Series
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
as Self • 1 eps
2025 Series
A Real Bug's Life
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 10 eps
2024 Series
Poker Face
as Maddy Saint Marie • 1 eps
2023 Series
Top Chef VIP
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
as Sky / Areola / Turd (voice) • 1 eps
2022 Series
Marvel Studios Assembled
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
The Drew Barrymore Show
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2020 Series
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
as Nora Lin • 27 eps
2020 Series
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 2 eps
2019 Series
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
as skekLach (The Collector) (voice) • 7 eps
2019 Series
Weird City
as Charlotta • 1 eps
2019 Series
Future Man
as Woman at Video Game Store • 3 eps
2017 Series
Mary + Jane
as Gina • 1 eps
2016 Series
Animals.
as Annie (voice) • 1 eps
2016 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
IMDb on the Scene
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
Hot Ones
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series