Awkwafina, whose real name is Nora Lum, was born in New York, USA on June 2, 1988. She graduated from the State University of New York at Albany and is an Asian-American actress, singer, host, and producer.

people.

In 2012, he shot his first MV "MyVag", which received more than 4 million views on YouTube.

In 2016, he participated in his first movie "Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising".

In 2017, he won the 21st Webby Award for Best Online Program Host in the Online Movie and Video Category for his personal talk show "Tawk".

In 2018, for the movie "Crazy Rich Asians", he won 11 nominations including Best Comedy Performance at the 23rd San Diego Film Critics Association Awards, Best Comedy Performance and Best Breakthrough Performance at the 28th MTV Movie Awards; in October, he was selected for "

"2018 New Power in New York" selected by Variety.

In November 2019, he was selected as one of the "Top 100 People of the Next Generation" selected by Time Magazine.

In January 2020, she won the 77th American Film and Television Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy for her movie "Don't Tell Her", becoming the first Asian to win a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.

Chinese name: Awkwafina Foreign names: Awkwafina, Nora Lum (real name) Alias: Lin Jiazhen, Nora Nationality: American Constellation: Gemini Height: 155cm Place of birth: New York, USA Date of birth: June 2, 1988 Occupation: Actor,

Singer, host Graduate school: State University of New York at Albany Representative works: Don’t Tell Her, Crazy Rich Asians, Awkwafina is Nora from Queens Major achievements: The 77th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards-Movies

Category-Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy The 29th Gotham Independent Film Awards-Best Actress The 24th Golden Satellite Awards-Movie Category-Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy Time Magazine's Top 100 Next Generation People

Early life experience In 1999, the 11-year-old Awkwafina began to learn the trumpet (her right arm tattoo is the trumpet), and then studied classical music and jazz at New York's LaGuardia High School in the United States.

But she developed a strong interest in Hip-Hop.

While majoring in journalism and women's studies at the State University of New York at Albany, she adopted the stage name "Awkwafina", which was taken from the English word "Awkward" (meaning: awkward), referring to herself.

Awkward personality and started making garage rock music.

In 2006, in order to communicate with her grandmother in Chinese without any barriers, Awkwafina went to Beijing Language and Culture University to study Mandarin for two years and wrote food news for a Chinese magazine in Beijing.

After returning to New York, Awkwafina worked as a journalism intern at local New York newspapers "Gotham Gazette" and "Times Union", and served as a publicist for the Rodale Publishing Group in the United States.

assistant.

Acting experience In 2012, under the persuasion of friends, I filmed my first MV "MyVag". This is a rap song that counters the stereotypes of Asian girls in American society. This music video has received more than 4 million views on YouTube.

of views.

In February 2014, he released his first music album "YellowRanger", which included 11 songs including the title song of the same name. In October, he was invited to be a guest performer for the music group TenaciousD.

Since 2015, she has cooperated with Sony Music Entertainment to launch her personal talk show variety show "Tawk". With this show, she won the 21st Webby Award for Best Network Program Host in the Online Movie and Video Category. The show was also nominated for the

6th American Network Television Award for News and Culture Program of the Year.

In April 2015, he published the book "Awkwafina'sNYC" which records his travel experience; from August to November, he served as the host of the comedy talk show "GirlCodeLive" produced by MTV.

In April 2016, the documentary "The Rapper" about Asian Rappers in Hollywood, starring her, was released in the United States; in May, Hollywood producer Seth Rogen accidentally saw her video and discovered her plasticity.

Invited her to make a cameo role as a funny schoolgirl in the comedy film "Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising" starring herself and Zac Efron; in June, she was co-released with Asian American actor Margaret Cho

The single "GreenTea" countered the stereotypes of Asians in American society; in September, the comedy animated film "Funny Birds: Cute Babies Flying" was released simultaneously in China and the United States.