Lori Tan Chinn
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Lori Tan Chinn is an American actress and comedian. She played Mei Chang in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black and Awkwafina's grandmother on Comedy Central's Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020-2023).
Filmography 24
Turning Red
Kung Fu Panda 4
Glengarry Glen Ross
Ransom
Joy Ride
What About Bob?
Mickey Blue Eyes
She-Devil
Living in Oblivion
Author! Author!
Sleepwalker
Chloe and Theo
The Guitar
Late Bloomers
Ghosts of Christmas Always
From Other Worlds
Final Recipe
South Pacific
Year of the Fish
31 Candles
Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Brass
Miss D
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice38 credits on file
Television 13
Law & Order
Orange Is the New Black
Spin City
A Man on the Inside
Jentry Chau vs the Underworld
Strange Planet
Teenage Euthanasia
Roseanne
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Mathnet
It's Like, You Know...Connected to Lori 6
Kimberly MatulaAlso in Ghosts of Christmas Always (2022)
Christopher BackusAlso in Chloe and Theo (2015)
Quinn ShephardAlso in From Other Worlds (2004)
Geno SilvaAlso in It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice (1994)
Eric LutesAlso in Sleepwalker (2026)
Ashlie AtkinsonAlso in The Guitar (2008)About this person
Lori Tan Chinn is an American actress and comedian. She played Mei Chang in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black and Awkwafina's grandmother on Comedy Central's Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020-2023). Chinn began her acting career on Broadway, where she played Miss Higa Jiga in Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen (1970). She was also a notable member of the Katherine Dunham Company and performed African dance with Syvilla Fort.
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