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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 ...
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (or simply Nora from Queens) is an American television sitcom starring Awkwafina that first aired on January 20, 2020, on Comedy Central.The series was renewed for a second season before the series premiere, and received generally favorable reviews from critics. [1]
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]
In Awkwafina's new movie "Jackpot!" (co-starring John Cena and Simu Liu and directed by Paul Feig; it's now streaming on Prime Video), the rapper and comedian plays an aspiring actor turned winner ...
Chances are, you know someone like “Quiz Lady” Anne Yum. As played by Awkwafina, this socially awkward young woman works a boring CPA job by day, doing her best to blend in with the gray walls ...
Awkwafina reveals why she has sworn off blind dating, and shares a wild makeup hack that makes use of an item you can find in any public restroom...toilet seat covers!
ELLE.com went behind the scenes with Awkwafina for an exclusive preview of her prep process for Rouge Dior Beauty event in Los Angles, California.
Lori Tan Chinn (born July 7, 1948) is an American actress and comedian. She played a recurring character in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black and Awkwafina's grandmother on Comedy Central's Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020–2023).