Awkwafina

Awkwafina
Awkwafina
	Awkwafina in 2018
Born	Nora Lum; June 2, 1988 (age 35); Stony Brook, New York, U.S.
Education	University at Albany (BA)
Occupations	Actress; rapper; comedian;
Years active	2005–present
Awards	Full list
	Musical career
Origin	Queens, New York, U.S.
Genres	Alternative hip hop; comedy hip hop; East Coast hip hop;
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Website	awkwafina.com
Nora Lum
Chinese	林家珍
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lín Jiāzhēn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Làhm Gāajān
Jyutping	Lam4 Gaa1zan1
IPA	[lɐm˩ kaː˥.tsɐn˥]

Nora Lum^[1] (born June 2, 1988),^[2] known professionally as Awkwafina, is an American actress, rapper, and comedian. 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). 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 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.^[3] 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), and Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024).

^ Despite some sources that give "Nora Lum Ying", Awkwafina said in 2018 it is simply "Nora Lum". Awkafina [@awkwafina] (June 19, 2018). "MY FULL NAME IS👏NORA👏LUM👏 NOT NORA LUM... YING" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 6, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2020 – via Twitter.
^ "金球奖首个亚裔影后！奥卡菲娜获喜剧电影最佳女主". 网易 (in Chinese). January 6, 2020. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
^ "Awkwafina on her Shang-Chi role". Radiotimes. Archived from the original on August 21, 2022. Retrieved August 21, 2022.

[1] Despite some sources that give "Nora Lum Ying", Awkwafina said in 2018 it is simply "Nora Lum". Awkafina [@awkwafina] (June 19, 2018). "MY FULL NAME IS👏NORA👏LUM👏 NOT NORA LUM... YING" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 6, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2020 – via Twitter.

[金球奖首个亚裔影后！奥卡菲娜获喜剧电影最佳女主-2] "金球奖首个亚裔影后！奥卡菲娜获喜剧电影最佳女主". 网易 (in Chinese). January 6, 2020. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.

[3] "Awkwafina on her Shang-Chi role". Radiotimes. Archived from the original on August 21, 2022. Retrieved August 21, 2022.

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