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Awkwafina was born in Stony Brook, New York, [4] the only child of Wally Lum, a Chinese American, and Tia Lum, a Korean American. [5] Her father worked in the information technology field, [4] and comes from a family of restaurateurs—her great-grandfather immigrated to the United States in the 1940s, and opened the Cantonese restaurant Lum's in Flushing, Queens, [6] one of the neighborhood's ...
In 2014, Awkwafina debuted as an actress from the third season of Girl Code. [1] Before rising to prominence, she played supporting roles in the comedy films Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), [2] Ocean's 8 (2018), [3] and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019). [4] In 2018, Awkwafina starred in Jon M. Chu's romantic-comedy Crazy Rich Asians. [5]
The film's title was revealed as Jumanji: The Next Level. [8] Awkwafina, Danny DeVito, and Danny Glover joined the film in January 2019. [9] [10] Alex Wolff, Ser'Darius Blain, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner, and Nick Jonas were hired to reprise their roles in February. [11] [12] In March, Dania Ramirez joined the cast of the film. [13]
Quiz Lady is a 2023 American comedy film directed by Jessica Yu and written by Jen D'Angelo. The film stars Awkwafina, Sandra Oh, Jason Schwartzman, Holland Taylor, Tony Hale, Jon "Dumbfoundead" Park, and Will Ferrell.
Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart were in early talks in April 2016 to star in the film (although both actors had other projects at the time). [28] Johnson confirmed his casting on Instagram later that month. [29] In July, Nick Jonas joined the film's cast with Johnson, Hart, and Jack Black. [30]
Zhang Ziyi ([ʈʂáŋ tsɹ̩̀.ǐ]; Chinese: 章子怡; born 9 February 1979), sometimes credited Ziyi Zhang, [1] is a Chinese actress, model, and former dancer. Known for playing independent and strong-willed characters, [2] she is the recipient of various accolades.
Morgan Jeanette Turner (born April 29, 1999) [1] is an American actor best known for playing Martha Kaply in the Jumanji franchise. Personal life
Jade's acting career started in Hong Kong & China in 2007. She was cast as the leading lady in her first film, Legendary Assassin alongside Wu Jing.She also starred in Chinese Films Love Connected, and All's Well Ends Well; appearing on TV shows like Dolce Vita, Jade Solid Gold; with regular appearances across TV channels in China including TVB, CCTV and Hunan TV.