Awkwafina Biography | Wikipedia
Who is Awkwafina?
Awkwafina is the professional name of Nora Lum who is a rapper, comedian and actress from America. 2012 is when she started to gain fame at a very high rate through her rap song called My Vag which was popular on Youtube.
Then she released her debut album Yellow Ranger in 2014, and again visible on the MTV comedy series Girl Code during the year 2014-2015. Through her comedies which were her supporting roles in the comedies Neighbor 2, Sorority Rising 2016, Ocean’s 8, Baffling Rich Asians 2018 and Jumanji The Next Level 2019.
2019, she had a starring role as a grieving young woman in The Farewell which made her win a Golden Globe Award. Currently starting in 2020 she serves as a co-creator, writer and executive producer of the Comedy Central series Awkwafina is Nora from Queens in which she also plays a fictionalized version of herself.
Awkwafina Age | Birthday
How old is Awkwafina?
Nora is 35 years old as of 2023 and celebrates her birthday every year on June 2. She was born in Stony Brook, New York in the United States of America. In addition, she originated in Queens, New York, U.S.
Awkwafina Nationality | Ethnicity
She has American nationality and citizenship by birth and even registration. We are working on her race soon we will update it, just continue to be in touch.
Awkwafina Height | Weight
What is the height of Awkwafina?
She is a woman of a good average stature which makes her to stands a height of 5 feet 2 inches and 1.55 m tall. She weighs 55 kilograms(121ibs). Other body measurements 34-24-34 approximately, eye colour black, and hair colour black.
Awkwafina Education
She went to Laguardia High School in New York. Then to University at Albany New York Beijing Language and Culture University in Beijing China. She graduated with a degree in journalism and a degree in Mandarin Language.
Awkwafina Family | Parents
Who are the parents of Awkwafina?
She was born in Stony Brook, New York to her parent Wally Lum who is a Chinese American and Tia Lum a Korean American. Her father served in the information technology field. The father immigrated to the United States in the 1940s and started a Cantonese restaurant Lum’s in Flushing Queens, one of the neighborhood’s first Chinese restaurants.
The mother was a painter who immigrated with her family to the US from South Korea in the year 1972. The mother died due to pulmonary hypertension in the year 1992 when Nora was four years old. Nora was raised with a single parent and paternal grandparents she was mostly close to her grandmother Powah Lum.
Awkwafina Marriage | Husband
Is Awkwafina married?
For now, we can not state whether she is single, dating or married. But we are trying our best to find out her marital status. When she was at college she was not an ideal girlfriend. Her friend set her up for a blind date. She found a guy who was her but her hyper-intellectual made her boring and didn’t like the real her.
Awkwafina Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing at a high rate from 2022 to 2023. throughout her career, she has been capable of accumulating a very good wealth which has brought her to an estimated net worth of $ 4 million as of 2023.
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You can visit the account to see her newest update on what she will be advertising. She has 2.2 Million followers while following 1,817 accounts.
Awkwafina Instagram
She has 26K followers while following 19 accounts. The bio on it has links you can visit the account so that you can take a look at the link.
Awkwafina Twitter
Awkwafina career
She stars in the Comedy Central series Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens from 2022 till now, which she co-created, wrote and executive produced. In 2019, she starred in the movie The Farewell, directed by Lulu Wang. The film received critical achievements and she played the lead character of Billi, a writer who visits her ill grandmother in China.
The film made her earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. This made her the first person of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe Award in any leading character film category, after being only the sixth woman of Asian descent to be nominated as the lead actress in a musical or comedy category. In still in that year, she starred as avatar Ming Fleetfoot in the film Jumanji: The Next Level, which turned out to be a commercial success.
