Awkwafina

About Awkwafina

Who is it?: Actress
Birth Day: June 02, 1988
Birth name: Nora Lum
Origin: Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York
Genres: Alternative hip hop, Comedy hip hop, East Coast hip hop
Occupation(s): Rapper, actress
Instruments: Vocals
Years active: 2013–present
Associated acts: Dumbfoundead
Website: awkwafina.com

Awkwafina

Awkwafina was born on June 02, 1988, is Actress. Awkwafina was born as Nora Lum. She is an actress, known for Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), Tieu doi co bay (2016) and Ocean's 8 (2018).
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Currently, Awkwafina is 35 years, 9 months and 26 days old. Awkwafina will celebrate 36rd birthday on a Sunday 2nd of June 2024. Below we countdown to Awkwafina upcoming birthday.

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Age 35 years old
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🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Awkwafina was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.

Biography/Timeline

1940

Born to a Chinese American father and South Korean immigrant mother, Lum grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City. Her great-grandfather was a Chinese immigrant in the 1940s and opened the Cantonese restaurant Lum’s in Flushing, Queens. Lum's mother died when she was four, and she was raised and influenced heavily by her grandmother.

2006

Lum attended LaGuardia High School where she played trumpet and was trained in classical and jazz music. At age 16, she adopted the stage name Awkwafina, which "[refers to] a person [she] repressed" and an alter ego to her "quiet and more passive" personality during her college years. Lum majored in journalism and women's studies at The University at Albany. From 2006 to 2008, Lum attended the Beijing Language and Culture University in Beijing, China, where she studied Mandarin.

2014

In 2014, Lum was added to the cast of the third season of Girl Code. In 2015, she served as a co-host with TV personality Nessa and Comedian Carly Aquilino for the spin-off titled Girl Code Live on MTV.

2015

In 2015, publisher Potter Style, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House, released Awkwafina's NYC, Lum's travel guide to New York City.

2016

Lum is profiled in the documentary Bad Rap, which was an official selection at the 2016 TriBeCa Film Festival. Produced by Salima Koroma and Jaeki Cho, the film puts the spotlight on her as well as upcoming fellow Asian American Rappers such as Dumbfoundead, Rekstizzy, and Lyricks.

2017

Lum was honored as Kore Asian Media's Female Breakout of the Year in December 2017.

2018

In April 2018, she was announced as part of the cast of Paradise Hills, a sci-fi thriller directed by Alice Waddington and featuring Emma Roberts, Eiza Gonzalez and Danielle Macdonald.

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