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Awkwafina

American actress, comedian, and rapper · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1988 · age 38

Nora Lum, known professionally as Awkwafina, 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).

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3.2 times the usual readers on 3 November. 16,712 readers on 3 November, against about 5,190 a day before the rise.

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2026

Readers a day, 11 September 2026 to 9 November 2026, highest on 3 November 2026.

Read more around 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, awarded to Michael J. Fox14 September 2026, and one other was read more that week

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See the momentDescendants: Wicked WonderlandFilm, 2026Chessy the Cat (voice)WildwoodFilm, 2026Septima (voice)2025Marvel ZombiesSeries, Katy Chen (voice)The Bad Guys 2Film, 2025Tarantula (voice)2024Dueling DumplingsFilm, Zhen (voice)2023MigrationFilm, Chump (voice)RenfieldFilm, 2023Rebecca2022Maraschino RubyFilm, Tarantula (voice)2021Breaking News in Yuba CountyFilm, Mina2020Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or ComedyAwardThe Drew Barrymore ShowSeries, 2020Call Your MotherFilm, 20202019Between Two Ferns: The MovieFilm, AwkwafinaThe Angry Birds Movie 2Film, 2019Courtney (voice)2018A Legendary Christmas with John & ChrissyFilm2017Future ManSeries, Woman at Video Game Store2016Bad RapFilmNeighbors 2: Sorority RisingFilm, 2016Christine2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSeries2010Regular ShowSeries, Apple / Waitress #1 (voice)2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series1996The Daily ShowSeries1989The SimpsonsSeries, Carmen (voice)1988Born2 June 1988

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  • Wildwood 2026
  • Once Upon a Studio 2023
  • Raya and the Last Dragon 2021
  • The Bad Guys 2 2025
  • Descendants: Wicked Wonderland 2026

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Filmography 40

99 credits on file

Television 24

Media & music

On YouTube

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Awards

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy2020
Libera Award for Best Hip-Hop/Rap Record

About this person

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.

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United States
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Actors
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Actor
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Dates
Born 1988 · age 38

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Matthew McConaugheyAround the same time: 78th Primetime Emmy AwardsEmilia ClarkeAround the same time: 78th Primetime Emmy AwardsLL Cool JAround the same time: 78th Primetime Emmy AwardsLinda CardelliniAround the same time: 78th Primetime Emmy AwardsRachel SennottAround the same time: 78th Primetime Emmy AwardsSelena GomezAlso in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)