Awkwafina is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, 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, and appeared on the MTV comedy series Girl Code.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
A Real Bug's Life (2024)
Starring as Narrator
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: The Busy Farm (Jan 24, 2024)
- Episode 1x04: Land of Giants (Jan 24, 2024)
- Episode 1x03: Braving the Backyard (Jan 24, 2024)
- Episode 1x02: Welcome to the Jungle (Jan 24, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: The Big City (Jan 24, 2024)
Live with Kelly and Mark (2023)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x73: Awkwafina, Charles Melton (Dec 18, 2023)
- Episode 1x21: Awkwafina, Rainn Wilson (May 15, 2023)
Marvel Studios: Assembled (2021)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 1x06: The Making of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Nov 12, 2021)
I Can See Your Voice (2020)
Guest starring as Secret Mystery Celebrity
- Episode 2x08: Episode 8: Shaggy, Margaret Cho, Rachel Harris, Cheryl Hines, Adrienne Houghton (Feb 23, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
The Drew Barrymore Show (2020)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 4x94: Awkwafina, Jake Lacy (Mar 15, 2024)
GMA3: What You Need to Know (2020)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 2x245: Gov. Phil Murphy, Michael Ian Black, Melissa Wood-Tepperberg, Awkwafina (Aug 31, 2021)
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020)
Starring as Nora Lin
(26 episodes)
- Episode 3x07: Nora is Awkwafina from Queens (Jun 7, 2023)
- Episode 3x06: Car Fished (May 31, 2023)
- Episode 3x05: Bad Grandma (May 24, 2023)
- Episode 3x04: þetta reddast (May 17, 2023)
- Episode 3x03: Love & Order (May 10, 2023)
- Episode 3x02: Too Hot to Survive (May 3, 2023)
- Episode 3x01: Nightmares (Apr 26, 2023)
- Episode 2x10: Home (Oct 13, 2021)
- Episode 2x09: The Simple Life (Oct 6, 2021)
- Episode 2x08: Shadow Acting (Sep 29, 2021)
- Episode 2x07: Tales From the Blackout (Sep 22, 2021)
- Episode 2x06: Nora Meets Brenda (Sep 15, 2021)
- Episode 2x05: Don't F**k With Grandmas (Sep 8, 2021)
- Episode 2x04: Edmund's Back (Sep 1, 2021)
- Episode 2x03: Charlie's Angels (Aug 25, 2021)
- Episode 2x02: Stop! Nora Time (Aug 18, 2021)
- Episode 2x01: Never Too Old (Aug 18, 2021)
- Episode 1x10: China (Mar 25, 2020)
- Episode 1x09: Launch Party (Mar 18, 2020)
- Episode 1x08: Grandma & Chill (Mar 11, 2020)
- Episode 1x07: Grandma Loves Nora (Mar 4, 2020)
- Episode 1x06: Not Today (Feb 19, 2020)
- Episode 1x04: Savage Valley (Feb 5, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: Atlantic City (Jan 29, 2020)
- Episode 1x02: Pilot (Jan 22, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: Vagarina (Jan 20, 2020)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x07: Nora is Awkwafina from Queens (Jun 7, 2023) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x06: Car Fished (May 31, 2023) [Uncredited]
A Little Late with Lilly Singh (2019)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 1x53: Awkwafina (Jan 20, 2020)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
(3 episodes)
- Episode 5x93: Awkwafina, Chelsea Clinton, Victoria Garrick Browne, Ernie Hudson, Drake Milligan (Mar 12, 2024)
- Episode 4x132: Awkwafina, Charles Esten (Apr 10, 2023)
- Episode 2x106: Awkwafina, Steve Austin (Mar 3, 2021)
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)
Guest starring as The Collector
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: A Single Piece Was Lost (Aug 30, 2019)
- Episode 1x09: The Crystal Calls (Aug 30, 2019)
- Episode 1x08: Prophets Don't Know Everything (Aug 30, 2019)
- Episode 1x06: By Gelfling Hand ... (Aug 30, 2019)
- Episode 1x04: The First Thing I Remember Is Fire (Aug 30, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: Nothing Is Simple Anymore (Aug 30, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: End. Begin. All the Same. (Aug 30, 2019)
Future Man (2017)
Guest starring as World-8 Female Employee
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x12: Prelude to an Apocalypse (Nov 14, 2017)
- Episode 1x04: A Fuel's Errand (Nov 14, 2017)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Nov 14, 2017)
Live with Kelly and Ryan (2017)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 3x219: JOE MANGANIELLO and AWKWAFINA (Jul 17, 2019)
The Comedy Jam (2017)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 1x02: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Awkwafina & Sam Richardson (Mar 29, 2017)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 2018-06-04: Awkwafina (Jun 4, 2018)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 2019-07-16: Awkwafina, Donny Deutsch, The Mountain Goats (Jul 16, 2019)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 2018-06-07: Sandra Bullock, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Shawn Mendes (Jun 7, 2018)
Hot Ones (2015)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 14x04: Awkwafina Gets Hot and Cold While Eating Spicy Wings (Feb 18, 2021)
73 Questions (2014)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 2019-08-01: 73 Questions With Awkwafina (Aug 1, 2019)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2023-11-13: Awkwafina, Micaela Diamond, Teddy Swims, Clementine Moss (Nov 13, 2023)
- Episode 2018-08-16: Jessica Biel, Awkwafina, Matt Groening (Aug 16, 2018)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 2021-02-24: Awkwafina, Ava DuVernay, Mary McCartney, Chloe X Halle (Feb 24, 2021)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 21x46: Awkwafina, Ayesha Curry (Mar 11, 2024)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
(5 episodes)
- Episode 19x27: Arthur the King, The American Society of Magical Negroes, Kung Fu Panda 4 (Mar 16, 2024)
- Episode 19x16: The Color Purple; American Fiction; The Boys in the Boat (Dec 23, 2023)
- Episode 17x18: Comedy Spotlight (Jan 22, 2022)
- Episode 16x49: Hollywood at Home: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Sep 4, 2021)
- Episode 16x47: Hollywood at Home: The Night House, Paw Patrol: The Movie, Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens (Aug 21, 2021)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 2020-01-06: Awkwafina, Mario Lopez, Dua Lipa (Jan 6, 2020)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2021-08-18: Awkwafina, Keke Palmer, Daryl Hall & John Oates, guest host Sean Hayes (Aug 18, 2021)
- Episode 2020-01-20: Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, Michael Peña, Meg Myers (Jan 20, 2020)
- Episode 2019-12-12: Awkwafina, Paul Walter Hauser, Mark Ronson and Anderson .Paak (Dec 12, 2019)
- Episode 2018-08-09: Kanye West, Awkwafina (Aug 9, 2018)
E! News (2002)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 23x64: James Corden, Miranda Lambert, Awkwafina, Bowen Yang, Julie Chen Moonves (Apr 25, 2023)
Critics' Choice Awards (2000)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 2024-01-14: 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards (Jan 14, 2024)
The Simpsons (1989)
Guest starring as Carmen
- Episode 30x18: Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy (Mar 24, 2019) [Special Guest Star]
Guest starring as Dr. Chang
- Episode 30x21: D'oh Canada (Apr 28, 2019) [Special Guest Star]
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (1987)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 2023-03-04: Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2023 (Mar 4, 2023)
Good Morning America (1975)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 2023-05-15: Awkwafina, Sinqua Walls (May 15, 2023)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 44x02: Awkwafina / Travis Scott (Oct 6, 2018)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
- Episode 2019-02-24: The 91st Annual Academy Awards (Feb 24, 2019)
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
Guest starring as Awkwafina
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2021-02-28: The 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2021 (Feb 28, 2021)
- Episode 2020-01-05: The 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2020 (Jan 5, 2020)
Crew Credits
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020)
Show crew as Creator
Show crew as Executive Producer
Episode crew as Writer
(4 episodes)
- Episode 3x07: Nora is Awkwafina from Queens (Jun 7, 2023)
- Episode 2x07: Tales From the Blackout (Sep 22, 2021)
- Episode 1x10: China (Mar 25, 2020)
- Episode 1x05: Paperwork (Feb 12, 2020)
Episode crew as Director
- Episode 3x01: Nightmares (Apr 26, 2023)