Awkwafina

Nora Lum (born June 2, 1988), known professionally as Awkwafina ( AW-kwə-FEE-nə), is an American actress 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). For her starring role as a grieving young woman in The Farewell (2019), she won a Golden Globe Award. From 2020 to 2023, Awkwafina had 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, IF (both 2024) and The Bad Guys 2 (2025). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie for starring in and producing the TV movie Quiz Lady (2023).

In Fina We Trust - 2018-06-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Yellow Ranger - 2014-02-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Diva Kinda (Awkwafina is Nora From Queens Official Theme) - 2023-06-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Queef - Single - 2013-12-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Nyc Bitche$ - 2013-04-04T00:00:00.000000Z

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