Nora Lum, known professionally as Awkwafina, is an American actress, comedian, internet personality, rapper, author and television host. She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, becoming the first woman of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe in any lead actress film category. In 2018, she released an EP called In Fina We Trust.
About Awkwafina in brief
Nora Lum, known professionally as Awkwafina, is an American actress, comedian, internet personality, rapper, author and television host. She rose to prominence in 2012 when her rap song \”My Vag\” became popular on YouTube. She then released her debut album, Yellow Ranger, and appeared on the MTV comedy series Girl Code. She played the supporting roles in the comedy films Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, Ocean’s 8, Crazy Rich Asians, and Jumanji: The Next Level. She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, becoming the first woman of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe in any lead actress film category. In 2018, she released an EP called In Fina We Trust which consists of 7 tracks. She is co-creator, writer and executive producer of the Comedy Central series Aw Kwafina Is Nora from Queens, in which she stars as a fictionalized version of herself.
In 2016, she collaborated with comedian Margaret Cho on a song that pokes fun at Asian stereotypes. She was part of the lineup at Tenacious D’s Festival Supreme on October 25, 2014. In 2014, she was in the season of Girl Code, appearing in six episodes of the third and fourth seasons. In 2015, she served as co-host for the spin-off show Girl Code Live Live. She also played a supporting role in the short-form talk show Tawk for the digital production company Astronauts from 2015 to 2017. The first season premiered on YouTube and was later picked up for exclusive streaming on Verizon’s Go90 platform. She has also appeared in the 2016 documentary Bad Rap, which was an official selection at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. In 2017, she appeared in a short film about her experiences as an Asian-American rapper, Bad Rap.
You want to know more about Awkwafina?
This page is based on the article Awkwafina published in Wikipedia (as of Nov. 30, 2020) and was automatically summarized using artificial intelligence.
