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Awkwafina
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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As actor
Wildwood
The Man with the Bag
Jumanji: Open World
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland
The Bad Guys 2
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
Lisa Lu Plays Herself
Jackpot!
Kung Fu Panda 4
IF
Fly Hard
Dueling Dumplings
Renfield
Migration
Once Upon a Studio
The Little Mermaid
Quiz Lady
Maraschino Ruby
The Bad Guys
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
Breaking News in Yuba County
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Raya and the Last Dragon
Swan Song
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Call Your Mother
One World: Together at Home
Paradise Hills
The Angry Birds Movie 2
The Farewell