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Awkwafina
Awkwafina
	Awkwafina in 2018
Born	Nora Lum; June 2, 1988 (age 36); Stony Brook, New York, U.S.
Education	University at Albany (BA)
Occupations	Actress; rapper; comedian;
Years active	2005–present
Awards	Full list
	Musical career
Origin	Queens, New York, U.S.
Genres	Alternative hip hop; comedy hip hop; East Coast hip hop;
Instrument	Vocals
Website	awkwafina.com
Nora Lum
Chinese	林家珍
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lín Jiāzhēn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Làhm Gāajān
Jyutping	Lam4 Gaa1zan1
IPA	[lɐm˩ ka˥.tsɐn˥]

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Nora Lum^[1] (born June 2, 1988),^[2] known professionally as Awkwafina, is an American actress, comedian 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 (2014), and appeared on the MTV comedy series Girl Code (2014–2015). She expanded to films with supporting roles in the comedies Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), Ocean's 8 (2018), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019). For her starring role as a grieving young woman in The Farewell (2019), she won a Golden Globe Award.

Since 2020, Awkwafina has been a co-creator, writer, and executive producer of the Comedy Central series Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens, where she also plays a fictionalized version of herself. In 2021, she portrayed Katy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.^[3] She has also performed voice roles in the animated films Storks (2016), The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019), Raya and the Last Dragon (2021), The Bad Guys (2022), The Little Mermaid^{[note 1]}, Migration (both 2023), Kung Fu Panda 4, and IF^{[note 1]} (both 2024).

Early life

Awkwafina was born in Stony Brook, New York,^[4] the only child of Wally Lum, a Chinese American, and Tia Lum, a Korean American.^[5] Her father worked in the information technology field,^[4] and comes from a family of restaurateurs—her great-grandfather immigrated to the United States in the 1940s, and opened the Cantonese restaurant Lum's in Flushing, Queens,^[6] one of the neighborhood's first Chinese restaurants.^[7] Her mother was a painter who emigrated with her family to the United States from South Korea in 1972.^[6] She died from pulmonary hypertension in 1992 when Awkwafina was four, and Awkwafina was subsequently raised by her father and paternal grandparents.^[5] She became especially close to her paternal grandmother, Powah Lum.^[5]^[7]^[8]

Awkwafina grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, and attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, where she played the trumpet and was trained in classical music and jazz.^[9]^[10] At age 15, she adopted the stage name Awkwafina, "definitely a person I repressed" and an alter ego to her "quiet and more passive" personality during her college years.^[11]^[12]^[13] Her stage name referenced the way that brands (like Neutrogena) feminize themselves, and her self-perception as "awkwardly fine".^[14] She has cited Charles Bukowski, Anaïs Nin, Joan Didion, Tom Waits, and Chet Baker as early influences.^[15] From 2006 to 2008, she learned Mandarin at Beijing Language and Culture University to communicate with her paternal grandmother.^[2]^[16] She majored in journalism and women's studies at the University at Albany, State University of New York and graduated in 2011.^[10]

Career

Awkwafina began rapping at 13.^[13] She got her start producing music with GarageBand but eventually learned Logic Pro and Ableton.^[17] In 2012, her song "My Vag" became popular on YouTube.^[9] She wrote the song in college^[17] as a response to Mickey Avalon's "My Dick (Tribute to Nate)".^[18] She was fired from her job at a publishing house when her employer recognized her in the video.^[17]^[18] Her solo hip-hop album Yellow Ranger was released on February 11, 2014.^[19] Its 11 tracks include a number of her previous singles released on YouTube, including the title track "Yellow Ranger", "Queef" and "NYC Bitche$". In 2014, Awkwafina appeared in six episodes of the third and fourth seasons of Girl Code.^[20] In 2015 she co-hosted its spin-off, Girl Code Live, on MTV.^[21]

In 2016, she collaborated with comedian Margaret Cho on "Green Tea", a song that pokes fun at Asian stereotypes.^[22] She was part of the lineup at Tenacious D's Festival Supreme on October 25, 2014.^[23] She was also a disc jockey (DJ) at bars in New York.^[24]^[25]^[26] She is profiled in the 2016 documentary Bad Rap, an official selection at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. It puts the spotlight on her and Asian-American rappers such as Dumbfoundead, Rekstizzy and Lyricks.^[27]^[28] She released a 7-track EP, In Fina We Trust, on June 8, 2018;^[29] it won the 2019 A2IM Libera Award for Best Hip-Hop/Rap Album.^[30]

Awkwafina hosted the short-form talk show web series Tawk for the digital production company Astronauts Wanted from 2015 to 2017. The first season premiered on YouTube and was picked up for exclusive streaming on Verizon's Go90 platform.^[31] It was an Official Honoree at the 2016 Webby Awards and was nominated for a 2016 Streamy Award in the News and Culture category.^[32] In 2016 she played a supporting role as Christine, a member of Kappa Nu in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising,^[33]^[34] and voiced Quail in the animated comedy film Storks. In 2018 she starred in the indie comedy Dude, playing Rebecca, one of four best friends. She was among the principal cast in Ocean's 8, the all-female spinoff to the Ocean's Trilogy. She then co-starred in the film Crazy Rich Asians, directed by Jon M. Chu, playing Goh Peik Lin, a Singaporean college friend of lead character Rachel Chu (Constance Wu).^[35] She had a recurring role in the Hulu original series Future Man in 2017.^[36] She hosted the 2018 iHeartRadio MMVAs.^[37]

Awkwafina hosted the October 6, 2018, episode of Saturday Night Live, becoming the second East Asian-American woman to host the show (after Lucy Liu, whose episode Awkwafina cites as her inspiration to one day be famous enough to host SNL). She did an impression of Sandra Oh, who later in the season became the first East Asian-Canadian woman to host an SNL episode and the third East Asian woman to host overall.^[38]

In 2019, Awkwafina starred in the film The Farewell, directed by Lulu Wang. She played Billi, a writer who visits her ill grandmother in China.^[39] The film received critical acclaim. Awkwafina received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical,^[40]^[41] becoming the first person of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe Award in any lead actress film category, after being only the sixth woman of Asian descent to be nominated in the lead actress in a musical or comedy category.^[42] In the same year, she starred as avatar Ming Fleetfoot in the film Jumanji: The Next Level,^[43] which was a commercial success.^[44]^[45] In July 2019, Awkwafina was cast as Katy in Marvel Studios' Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings alongside actors Simu Liu and Tony Leung Chiu-wai. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the film was released in theaters on September 3, 2021, earning critical praise and grossing $430.5 million.^[46]^[47]^[48] She won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Shang-Chi. In August 2019, Disney announced that Awkwafina would voice Sisu the dragon in the animated film Raya and the Last Dragon, which was released on March 5, 2021.^[49] Awkwafina improvised much of her dialogue for the film, drawing comparisons to Robin Williams' performance as the Genie in Aladdin.^[50]

As of 2020, Awkwafina stars in the comedy series Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens; she is also a writer and executive producer of that show. As part of the promotional campaign, she recorded new announcements for the 7 train of the New York City Subway,^[51] making jokes, such as "This is Hunters Point Avenue, a friendly reminder that seats are for people, not your bag" and "This is 46th Street, which is a lucky number, I just learned that on the internet. Also learned that pigeons and doves are the same things, WHAT?!", at every stop. These recordings were used until the series premiered on January 22.^[51] In a season one episode, Simu Liu made a guest appearance before the release of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. In October 2023, National Geographic announced that Awkwafina narrated the documentary series A Real Bug's Life.^[52]^[53]

Public image

Awkwafina has developed a profile as a fashion model, appearing regularly on magazine covers including Vogue, Allure, Harpers Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and feminist magazine Bust.^[54] In 2018, she was featured in Gap's "Logo Remix" campaign, which featured up-and-coming artists who "are remixing creative culture on their own terms" alongside SZA, Sabrina Claudio and Naomi Watanabe.^[55] Awkwafina was honored as Kore Asian Media's Female Breakout of the Year in 2017.^[56]

Awkwafina has expressed support for Time's Up, a movement started by Hollywood celebrities against sexual harassment.^[57] She has also advocated for more female directors and against the stereotyping of Asians in media.^[57]

Awkwafina has faced criticism for cultural appropriation of AAVE and mannerisms stereotypic of the African-American community.^[58]^[59] In 2018, she said, "I welcome that conversation because as an Asian-American identity, we're still trying to figure out what that is."^[60] On February 5, 2022, Awkwafina tweeted, "My immigrant background allowed me to carve an American identity [...] as a non-black POC, I stand by the fact that I will always listen and work tirelessly to understand the history and context of AAVE".^[61]^[62] Certain activists criticized this response as being several years late and unapologetic.^[63]^[64] Conversely, Vulture writer Lauren Michele Jackson felt that Awkwafina does not "conjure blackness any more than Ed Sheeran's bars", adding that, "In conversations around Awkwafina's blaccent, the actress's regional and musical background has been used to both defend and attack her".^[59]

Other ventures

Before launching her entertainment career, she worked as an intern at the Gotham Gazette in New York City; as an intern at the Times Union newspaper in Albany, New York; and as a publicity assistant for publishing house Rodale Books,^[12] which fired her after they discovered her music videos. She later worked at a vegan bodega.^[17] In 2015, she released a New York City guidebook, Awkwafina's NYC.^[65] On May 16, 2019, she headlined The Infatuation's annual food festival, EEEEEATSCON where she spoke about her upbringing in Queens, and her family's Cantonese restaurant.^[66]

Filmography

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Bad Rap	Herself	Documentary
	Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising	Christine
	Storks	Quail	Voice role
2018	Dude	Rebecca
	Ocean's 8	Constance
	Crazy Rich Asians	Goh Peik Lin
2019	The Farewell	Billi Wang
	Paradise Hills	Yu
	The Angry Birds Movie 2	Courtney	Voice role
	Between Two Ferns: The Movie	Herself
	Jumanji: The Next Level	Ming Fleetfoot
2020	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run	Otto	Voice role
2021	Breaking News in Yuba County	Mina
Raya and the Last Dragon	Sisu^[67]	Voice role
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	Katy	^[47]^[68]
Swan Song	Kate
2022	The Bad Guys	Ms. Tarantula	Voice role
2022	The Bad Guys in Maraschino Ruby	Ms. Tarantula	Voice role; short film
2023	Renfield	Rebecca Quincy
	The Little Mermaid	Scuttle	Voice role
	Once Upon a Studio	Sisu	Voice role; short film
	Quiz Lady	Anne
	Migration	Chump	Voice role
2024	Migration: Fly Hard	Chump	Voice role; short film
	Kung Fu Panda 4	Zhen	Voice role
	Kung Fu Panda: Dueling Dumplings	Zhen	Voice role; short film
	IF	Bubble IF	Voice role
	Jackpot!	Katie
2025	The Bad Guys 2 †	Ms. Tarantula^[69]	Voice role; in production
2025	Wildwood †	Mrs. McKeel	Voice role; in production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014–2015	Girl Code	Herself	6 episodes
2015	Girl Code Live	Herself (co-host)	10 episodes^[70]
2015	Regular Show	Apple (voice)	Episode: "Hello China"
2015–2017	Tawk	Herself (host)	36 episodes
2016	Mary + Jane	Gina	Episode: "Noachella"
2017	Future Man	Woman at Video Game Store	3 episodes
2018	Animals.	Annie (voice)	Episode: "Roachella"
2018	Saturday Night Live	Herself (host)	Episode: "Awkwafina/Travis Scott"
2019	Weird City	Charlotta	Episode: "Below"
	The Simpsons	Carmen (voice) Dr. Chang (voice)	Episode: "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy" Episode: "D'oh Canada"
	Tuca & Bertie	Bertie's Left Boob (voice)	Episode: "The Promotion"
	The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance	skekLach the Collector (voice)	7 episodes
2020–present	Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens	Nora Lin	27 episodes Also co-creator, writer and executive producer
2020	One World: Together at Home	Herself	Television special
2022	The Boys Presents: Diabolical	Sky / Areola / Turd (voice)	Episode: "BFFS" Also writer
2024	A Real Bug's Life	Narrator	Documentary series
TBA	Unnamed Pet Resort Project	Saachi (voice) ^[71]	Main role

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	Discord: The Movie	Herself	With Danny DeVito

Discography

Studio albums
Title	Details
Yellow Ranger	Released: February 11, 2014 Label: self-released Format: Digital download
In Fina We Trust	Released: June 8, 2018 Label: self-released Format: Digital download

Studio singles
Title	Year	Album
"My Vag"	2012	Non-album single
"NYC Bitche$"	2013	Yellow Ranger
"Mayor Bloomberg (Giant Margaritas)"
"Queef"
"Daydreamin'"	2014	Non-album single
"Come Stop Me" (featuring Dumbfoundead)	2014
"Yellow Alert" (featuring Dumbfoundead)	2016
"Green Tea" (featuring Margaret Cho)	2016
"Pockiez"	2018	In Fina We Trust

Awards, nominations and recognitions

Awkwafina was honored as Kore Asian Media's Female Breakout of the Year in 2017.^[56] For her performance in the comedy-drama film The Farewell, she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Virtuoso Award, among numerous other nominations. Alongside the film's ensemble, she was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Awkwafina also received a nomination for the BAFTA Rising Star Award.

In 2023, Awkwafina was honored with two wax figures at Madame Tussauds New York.^[72]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Live action film with animated elements, including Awkwafina’s character.

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External links

[liveAction-4] Live action film with animated elements, including Awkwafina’s character.

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-'''Nora Lum'''<ref>Despite some sources that give "Nora Lum Ying", Awkwafina said in 2018 it is simply "Nora Lum". {{cite tweet|user=awkwafina|number=1008972165591523329|date=June 19, 2018|title=MY FULL NAME IS👏NORA👏LUM👏 NOT NORA LUM... YING.|archive-date=January 6, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200106165814/https://twitter.com/awkwafina/status/1008972165591523329|url-status=dead|author=Awkafina|access-date=February 16, 2020}}</ref> (born June 2, 1988),<ref name="金球奖首个亚裔影后！奥卡菲娜获喜剧电影最佳女主">{{cite web|last=|date=2020-01-06|title=金球奖首个亚裔影后！奥卡菲娜获喜剧电影最佳女主|url=https://www.163.com/ent/article/F273FT2M00038FO9.html|access-date=2021-05-25|website=网易|language=zh|archive-date=May 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525080717/https://www.163.com/ent/article/F273FT2M00038FO9.html|url-status=live}}</ref> known professionally as '''Awkwafina''', is an American actress, rapper, and comedian. She rose to prominence in 2012 when her rap song "My Vag" became popular on [[YouTube]]. She then released her debut album, [[Yellow Ranger (album)|''Yellow Ranger'']] (2014), and appeared on the [[MTV]] comedy series ''[[Girl Code]]'' (2014–2015). She expanded to films with supporting roles in the comedies ''[[Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising]]'' (2016), ''[[Ocean's 8]]'' (2018), ''[[Crazy Rich Asians (film)|Crazy Rich Asians]]'' (2018), and ''[[Jumanji: The Next Level]]'' (2019). For her starring role as a grieving young woman in ''[[The Farewell (2019 film)|The Farewell]]'' (2019), she won a [[Golden Globe Award]].
+'''Nora Lum'''<ref>Despite some sources that give "Nora Lum Ying", Awkwafina said in 2018 it is simply "Nora Lum". {{cite tweet|user=awkwafina|number=1008972165591523329|date=June 19, 2018|title=MY FULL NAME IS👏NORA👏LUM👏 NOT NORA LUM... YING.|archive-date=January 6, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200106165814/https://twitter.com/awkwafina/status/1008972165591523329|url-status=dead|author=Awkafina|access-date=February 16, 2020}}</ref> (born June 2, 1988),<ref name="金球奖首个亚裔影后！奥卡菲娜获喜剧电影最佳女主">{{cite web|last=|date=2020-01-06|title=金球奖首个亚裔影后！奥卡菲娜获喜剧电影最佳女主|url=https://www.163.com/ent/article/F273FT2M00038FO9.html|access-date=2021-05-25|website=网易|language=zh|archive-date=May 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525080717/https://www.163.com/ent/article/F273FT2M00038FO9.html|url-status=live}}</ref> known professionally as '''Awkwafina''', is an American actress, comedian 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 (album)|''Yellow Ranger'']] (2014), and appeared on the [[MTV]] comedy series ''[[Girl Code]]'' (2014–2015). She expanded to films with supporting roles in the comedies ''[[Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising]]'' (2016), ''[[Ocean's 8]]'' (2018), ''[[Crazy Rich Asians (film)|Crazy Rich Asians]]'' (2018), and ''[[Jumanji: The Next Level]]'' (2019). For her starring role as a grieving young woman in ''[[The Farewell (2019 film)|The Farewell]]'' (2019), she won a [[Golden Globe Award]].
-Since 2020, Awkwafina has been a co-creator, writer, and executive producer of the [[Comedy Central]] series ''[[Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens]]'', where she also plays a fictionalized version of herself. In 2021, she portrayed [[Katy (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Katy]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] superhero film ''[[Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/awkwafina-shang-chi-exclusive/|title= Awkwafina on her Shang-Chi role|website= Radiotimes|accessdate= August 21, 2022|archive-date= August 21, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220821135052/https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/awkwafina-shang-chi-exclusive/|url-status= live}}</ref> She has also performed voice roles in the animated films ''[[Storks (film)|Storks]]'' (2016), ''[[The Angry Birds Movie 2]]'' (2019), ''[[Raya and the Last Dragon]]'' (2021), ''[[The Bad Guys (film)|The Bad Guys]]'' (2022), ''[[The Little Mermaid (2023 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'', ''[[Migration (2023 film)|Migration]]'' (both 2023), and ''[[Kung Fu Panda 4]]'' (2024).
+Since 2020, Awkwafina has been a co-creator, writer, and executive producer of the [[Comedy Central]] series ''[[Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens]]'', where she also plays a fictionalized version of herself. In 2021, she portrayed [[Katy (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Katy]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] superhero film ''[[Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/awkwafina-shang-chi-exclusive/|title= Awkwafina on her Shang-Chi role|website= Radiotimes|accessdate= August 21, 2022|archive-date= August 21, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220821135052/https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/awkwafina-shang-chi-exclusive/|url-status= live}}</ref> She has also performed voice roles in the animated films ''[[Storks (film)|Storks]]'' (2016), ''[[The Angry Birds Movie 2]]'' (2019), ''[[Raya and the Last Dragon]]'' (2021), ''[[The Bad Guys (film)|The Bad Guys]]'' (2022), ''[[The Little Mermaid (2023 film)|The Little Mermaid]]''{{refn|group=note|name=liveAction|Live action film with animated elements, including Awkwafina’s character.}}, ''[[Migration (2023 film)|Migration]]'' (both 2023), ''[[Kung Fu Panda 4]]'', and ''[[IF (film)|IF]]''{{refn|group=note|name=liveAction}} (both 2024).
 ==Early life==
-Awkwafina was born in [[Stony Brook, New York]],<ref name="THR interview">Awkwafina in {{cite AV media|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/awards-chatter-podcast-awkwafina-farewell-1252390|date=November 10, 2019|host=Feinberg, Scott|title='Awards Chatter' Podcast — Awkwafina ('The Farewell')|access-date=January 6, 2019|time=02:13|quote=I was born in Stony Brook, Long Island. I was raised in Forest Hills, Queens. And my mom was, like, a painter and my dad was an IT guy.|archive-date=April 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407060932/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/awards-chatter-podcast-awkwafina-farewell-1252390|url-status=live}}</ref> to Wally Lum, a [[Chinese American]], and Tia Lum, a [[Korean American]].<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Fernandez |first=Alexia |date=2019-07-03 |title=Awkwafina Opens Up About How the Death of Her Mother at 4 Years Old Changed Her Life |url=https://people.com/movies/awkwafina-moms-death-changed-her-life/ |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=Peoplemag |language=en |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204180345/https://people.com/movies/awkwafina-moms-death-changed-her-life/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Her father worked in the [[information technology]] field,<ref name="THR interview"/> and comes from a family of [[restaurateur]]s—her great-grandfather immigrated to the United States in the 1940s, and opened the [[Cantonese restaurant]] ''Lum's'' in [[Flushing, Queens]],<ref name=usmagazine/> one of the neighborhood's first Chinese restaurants.<ref name=":0"/> Her mother was a painter who immigrated with her family to the United States from South Korea in 1972.<ref name=usmagazine>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/5-things-to-know-about-oceans-eight-star-awkwafina-w465908/|title=5 Things to Know About 'Ocean's Eight' Star Awkwafina|last=Chang|first=Rachel|date=February 25, 2017|magazine=[[Us Weekly]]|access-date=April 3, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141923/https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/5-things-to-know-about-oceans-eight-star-awkwafina-w465908/|url-status=live}}</ref> She died from [[pulmonary hypertension]] in 1992 when Awkwafina was four, and Awkwafina was subsequently raised by her father and paternal grandparents.<ref name=":8"/> She became especially close to her paternal grandmother, Powah Lum.<ref name=":8"/><ref name=":0">{{cite magazine|url=http://kore.am/september-cover-story-awkwafina-establishing-her-presence/|title=September Cover Story: Awkwafina Establishing Her Presence|magazine=KoreAm Journal|access-date=May 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331071848/http://kore.am/september-cover-story-awkwafina-establishing-her-presence/|archive-date=March 31, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/17/awkwafina-oceans-8-youtube-crazy-funny-nora-lum|title=Awkwafina: 'I was always the crazy one, the funny one. I'd do anything for a laugh'|last=Bertodano|first=Helena de|date=June 17, 2018|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=UK|access-date=January 6, 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=December 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226143020/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/17/awkwafina-oceans-8-youtube-crazy-funny-nora-lum|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Awkwafina was born in [[Stony Brook, New York]],<ref name="THR interview">Awkwafina in {{cite AV media|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/awards-chatter-podcast-awkwafina-farewell-1252390|date=November 10, 2019|host=Feinberg, Scott|title='Awards Chatter' Podcast — Awkwafina ('The Farewell')|access-date=January 6, 2019|time=02:13|quote=I was born in Stony Brook, Long Island. I was raised in Forest Hills, Queens. And my mom was, like, a painter and my dad was an IT guy.|archive-date=April 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407060932/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/awards-chatter-podcast-awkwafina-farewell-1252390|url-status=live}}</ref> the only child of Wally Lum, a [[Chinese American]], and Tia Lum, a [[Korean American]].<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Fernandez |first=Alexia |date=2019-07-03 |title=Awkwafina Opens Up About How the Death of Her Mother at 4 Years Old Changed Her Life |url=https://people.com/movies/awkwafina-moms-death-changed-her-life/ |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=Peoplemag |language=en |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204180345/https://people.com/movies/awkwafina-moms-death-changed-her-life/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Her father worked in the [[information technology]] field,<ref name="THR interview"/> and comes from a family of [[restaurateur]]s—her great-grandfather immigrated to the United States in the 1940s, and opened the [[Cantonese restaurant]] ''Lum's'' in [[Flushing, Queens]],<ref name=usmagazine/> one of the neighborhood's first Chinese restaurants.<ref name=":0"/> Her mother was a painter who emigrated with her family to the United States from South Korea in 1972.<ref name=usmagazine>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/5-things-to-know-about-oceans-eight-star-awkwafina-w465908/|title=5 Things to Know About 'Ocean's Eight' Star Awkwafina|last=Chang|first=Rachel|date=February 25, 2017|magazine=[[Us Weekly]]|access-date=April 3, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141923/https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/5-things-to-know-about-oceans-eight-star-awkwafina-w465908/|url-status=live}}</ref> She died from [[pulmonary hypertension]] in 1992 when Awkwafina was four, and Awkwafina was subsequently raised by her father and paternal grandparents.<ref name=":8"/> She became especially close to her paternal grandmother, Powah Lum.<ref name=":8"/><ref name=":0">{{cite magazine|url=http://kore.am/september-cover-story-awkwafina-establishing-her-presence/|title=September Cover Story: Awkwafina Establishing Her Presence|magazine=KoreAm Journal|access-date=May 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331071848/http://kore.am/september-cover-story-awkwafina-establishing-her-presence/|archive-date=March 31, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/17/awkwafina-oceans-8-youtube-crazy-funny-nora-lum|title=Awkwafina: 'I was always the crazy one, the funny one. I'd do anything for a laugh'|last=Bertodano|first=Helena de|date=June 17, 2018|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=UK|access-date=January 6, 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=December 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226143020/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/17/awkwafina-oceans-8-youtube-crazy-funny-nora-lum|url-status=live}}</ref>
-Awkwafina grew up in [[Forest Hills, Queens]], and attended [[Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School]], where she played the [[trumpet]] and was trained in [[classical music]] and [[jazz]].<ref name=":1">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/14/meet-awkwafina-an-asian-female-rapper-on-vaginas-tackling-racism-more.html|title=Meet Awkwafina: an Asian Female Rapper on Vaginas, Tackling Racism & More|last=Trinh|first=Jean|date=March 14, 2013|magazine=[[The Daily Beast]]|publisher=Newsweek/Daily Beast Company LLC|access-date=April 24, 2013|archive-date=September 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920225443/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/14/meet-awkwafina-an-asian-female-rapper-on-vaginas-tackling-racism-more.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/awkwafina17.html|title=Awkwafina|publisher=New York State Writers Institute, University of Albany, SUNY|access-date=December 29, 2017|archive-date=January 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117193706/https://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/awkwafina17.html|url-status=live}}</ref> At age 15, she adopted the stage name Awkwafina, "definitely a person I repressed" and an [[alter ego]] to her "quiet and more passive" personality during her college years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theringer.com/2017/5/23/16044386/awkwafina-interview-oceans-eight-crazy-rich-asians-fe3b3bbd360d|title=Awkwafina Won't Let You Forget Her Name|work=The Ringer|access-date=April 3, 2018|archive-date=April 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404073105/https://www.theringer.com/2017/5/23/16044386/awkwafina-interview-oceans-eight-crazy-rich-asians-fe3b3bbd360d|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="intothegloss1">{{cite web|url=https://intothegloss.com/2017/04/awkwafina-beauty/|title=Oceans Eight Star Awkwafina On Her Makeup Essentials|date=April 11, 2017|publisher=IntoTheGloss.com|language=en-US|access-date=April 3, 2018|archive-date=August 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826121428/https://intothegloss.com/2017/04/awkwafina-beauty/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="galoremag1">{{Cite news|url=https://galoremag.com/awkwafina-got-fired-from-her-office-job-after-writing-a-song-called-my-vag/|title=Awkwafina Got Fired From Her Office Job After Writing a Song Called "My Vag"|date=March 29, 2017|work=Galore|access-date=April 3, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=April 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403234703/https://galoremag.com/awkwafina-got-fired-from-her-office-job-after-writing-a-song-called-my-vag/|url-status=live}}</ref> She has cited [[Charles Bukowski]], [[Anaïs Nin]], [[Joan Didion]], [[Tom Waits]], and [[Chet Baker]] as early influences.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=December 24, 2014|title=13 Awkward Questions With Rapper Awkwafina|url=http://www.mochimag.com/article/rapper-awkwafina-yellow-ranger-girl-code-tawk-interview-music-viral/|magazine=[[Mochi (magazine)|Mochi]]|language=en|access-date=April 3, 2018|archive-date=July 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712052358/https://www.mochimag.com/article/rapper-awkwafina-yellow-ranger-girl-code-tawk-interview-music-viral/|url-status=live}}</ref> From 2006 to 2008, she learned [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] at [[Beijing Language and Culture University]] to communicate with her paternal grandmother.<ref name="金球奖首个亚裔影后！奥卡菲娜获喜剧电影最佳女主"/><ref>{{cite web |last=周小琪 |title=搏斗"刻板印象"的亚裔影后奥卡菲娜 |url=https://www.bjnews.com.cn/inside/2020/01/09/671986.html |accessdate=2021-05-25 |website=新京报 |language=zh |archive-date=May 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525085257/https://www.bjnews.com.cn/inside/2020/01/09/671986.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She majored in [[journalism]] and [[women's studies]] at the [[University at Albany, State University of New York]] and graduated in 2011.<ref name=":2"/>
+Awkwafina grew up in [[Forest Hills, Queens]], and attended [[Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School]], where she played the [[trumpet]] and was trained in [[classical music]] and [[jazz]].<ref name=":1">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/14/meet-awkwafina-an-asian-female-rapper-on-vaginas-tackling-racism-more.html|title=Meet Awkwafina: an Asian Female Rapper on Vaginas, Tackling Racism & More|last=Trinh|first=Jean|date=March 14, 2013|magazine=[[The Daily Beast]]|publisher=Newsweek/Daily Beast Company LLC|access-date=April 24, 2013|archive-date=September 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920225443/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/14/meet-awkwafina-an-asian-female-rapper-on-vaginas-tackling-racism-more.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/awkwafina17.html|title=Awkwafina|publisher=New York State Writers Institute, University of Albany, SUNY|access-date=December 29, 2017|archive-date=January 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117193706/https://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/awkwafina17.html|url-status=live}}</ref> At age 15, she adopted the stage name Awkwafina, "definitely a person I repressed" and an [[alter ego]] to her "quiet and more passive" personality during her college years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theringer.com/2017/5/23/16044386/awkwafina-interview-oceans-eight-crazy-rich-asians-fe3b3bbd360d|title=Awkwafina Won't Let You Forget Her Name|work=The Ringer|access-date=April 3, 2018|archive-date=April 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404073105/https://www.theringer.com/2017/5/23/16044386/awkwafina-interview-oceans-eight-crazy-rich-asians-fe3b3bbd360d|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="intothegloss1">{{cite web|url=https://intothegloss.com/2017/04/awkwafina-beauty/|title=Oceans Eight Star Awkwafina On Her Makeup Essentials|date=April 11, 2017|publisher=IntoTheGloss.com|language=en-US|access-date=April 3, 2018|archive-date=August 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826121428/https://intothegloss.com/2017/04/awkwafina-beauty/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="galoremag1">{{Cite news|url=https://galoremag.com/awkwafina-got-fired-from-her-office-job-after-writing-a-song-called-my-vag/|title=Awkwafina Got Fired From Her Office Job After Writing a Song Called "My Vag"|date=March 29, 2017|work=Galore|access-date=April 3, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=April 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403234703/https://galoremag.com/awkwafina-got-fired-from-her-office-job-after-writing-a-song-called-my-vag/|url-status=live}}</ref> Her stage name referenced the way that brands (like Neutrogena) feminize themselves, and her self-perception as "awkwardly fine".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garcia Lawler |first1=Opheli |title=Awkwafina talks living in China and New York and meeting the rest of Ocean’s 8 |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/04/24/awkwafina-q-a |access-date=19 August 2024 |publisher=Fader |date=April 24, 2018}}</ref>
+She has cited [[Charles Bukowski]], [[Anaïs Nin]], [[Joan Didion]], [[Tom Waits]], and [[Chet Baker]] as early influences.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=December 24, 2014|title=13 Awkward Questions With Rapper Awkwafina|url=http://www.mochimag.com/article/rapper-awkwafina-yellow-ranger-girl-code-tawk-interview-music-viral/|magazine=[[Mochi (magazine)|Mochi]]|language=en|access-date=April 3, 2018|archive-date=July 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712052358/https://www.mochimag.com/article/rapper-awkwafina-yellow-ranger-girl-code-tawk-interview-music-viral/|url-status=live}}</ref> From 2006 to 2008, she learned [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] at [[Beijing Language and Culture University]] to communicate with her paternal grandmother.<ref name="金球奖首个亚裔影后！奥卡菲娜获喜剧电影最佳女主"/><ref>{{cite web |last=周小琪 |title=搏斗"刻板印象"的亚裔影后奥卡菲娜 |url=https://www.bjnews.com.cn/inside/2020/01/09/671986.html |accessdate=2021-05-25 |website=新京报 |language=zh |archive-date=May 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525085257/https://www.bjnews.com.cn/inside/2020/01/09/671986.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She majored in [[journalism]] and [[women's studies]] at the [[University at Albany, State University of New York]] and graduated in 2011.<ref name=":2"/>
 ==Career==
-Awkwafina began rapping at 13.<ref name="galoremag1"/> She got her start producing music with [[GarageBand]] but eventually learned [[Logic Pro]] and [[Ableton Live|Ableton]].<ref name=":3">{{Citation|title=Awkwafina & The Race of Lyfe {{!}} TigerBelly 103|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doUfEWFiFa4|language=en|access-date=January 9, 2020|archive-date=April 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404205509/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doUfEWFiFa4&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, her song "My Vag" became popular on YouTube.<ref name=":1"/> She wrote the song in college<ref name=":3"/> as a response to [[Mickey Avalon]]'s "[[Mickey Avalon (album)|My Dick (Tribute to Nate)]]".<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/dec/28/nora-lum-awkwafina-genitalia-feminist-message|title=Awkwafina: 'I was just rapping about my genitalia – not making a feminist message'|last=Sawa|first=Dale Berning|date=December 28, 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=December 10, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=December 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210045150/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/dec/28/nora-lum-awkwafina-genitalia-feminist-message|url-status=live}}</ref> She was fired from her job at a publishing house when her employer recognized her in the video.<ref name=":3"/><ref name=":4"/> Her solo hip-hop album ''[[Yellow Ranger (album)|Yellow Ranger]]'' was released on February 11, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/5535610-Awkwafina|title=Awkwafina|publisher=Discogs|language=en|access-date=August 18, 2018|archive-date=August 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818083951/https://www.discogs.com/artist/5535610-Awkwafina|url-status=live}}</ref> Its 11 tracks include a number of her previous singles released on [[YouTube]], including the title track "Yellow Ranger", "Queef" and "NYC Bitche$". In 2014, Awkwafina appeared in six episodes of the third and fourth seasons of ''[[Girl Code]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Stedman|first=Alex|date=October 1, 2014|title=Q&A: ''Girl Code'' Creator Ryan Ling on Season 3, Social Media and New Comedians|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/ryan-ling-girl-code-season-3-guy-code-1201316847/|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=December 9, 2017|archive-date=April 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403234602/https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/ryan-ling-girl-code-season-3-guy-code-1201316847/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015 she co-hosted its spin-off, ''[[Girl Code Live]]'', on [[MTV]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=5 Things You Should Know About 'Ocean's 8' Star Awkwafina|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8071101/awkwafina-oceans-8-things-you-should-know|access-date=April 3, 2018|archive-date=May 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517052535/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8071101/awkwafina-oceans-8-things-you-should-know|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Awkwafina began rapping at 13.<ref name="galoremag1"/> She got her start producing music with [[GarageBand]] but eventually learned [[Logic Pro]] and [[Ableton Live|Ableton]].<ref name=":3">{{Citation|title=Awkwafina & The Race of Lyfe {{!}} TigerBelly 103| date=August 10, 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doUfEWFiFa4|language=en|access-date=January 9, 2020|archive-date=April 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404205509/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doUfEWFiFa4&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, her song "My Vag" became popular on YouTube.<ref name=":1"/> She wrote the song in college<ref name=":3"/> as a response to [[Mickey Avalon]]'s "[[Mickey Avalon (album)|My Dick (Tribute to Nate)]]".<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/dec/28/nora-lum-awkwafina-genitalia-feminist-message|title=Awkwafina: 'I was just rapping about my genitalia – not making a feminist message'|last=Sawa|first=Dale Berning|date=December 28, 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=December 10, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=December 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210045150/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/dec/28/nora-lum-awkwafina-genitalia-feminist-message|url-status=live}}</ref> She was fired from her job at a publishing house when her employer recognized her in the video.<ref name=":3"/><ref name=":4"/> Her solo hip-hop album ''[[Yellow Ranger (album)|Yellow Ranger]]'' was released on February 11, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/5535610-Awkwafina|title=Awkwafina|publisher=Discogs|language=en|access-date=August 18, 2018|archive-date=August 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818083951/https://www.discogs.com/artist/5535610-Awkwafina|url-status=live}}</ref> Its 11 tracks include a number of her previous singles released on [[YouTube]], including the title track "Yellow Ranger", "Queef" and "NYC Bitche$". In 2014, Awkwafina appeared in six episodes of the third and fourth seasons of ''[[Girl Code]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Stedman|first=Alex|date=October 1, 2014|title=Q&A: ''Girl Code'' Creator Ryan Ling on Season 3, Social Media and New Comedians|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/ryan-ling-girl-code-season-3-guy-code-1201316847/|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=December 9, 2017|archive-date=April 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403234602/https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/ryan-ling-girl-code-season-3-guy-code-1201316847/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015 she co-hosted its spin-off, ''[[Girl Code Live]]'', on [[MTV]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=5 Things You Should Know About 'Ocean's 8' Star Awkwafina|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8071101/awkwafina-oceans-8-things-you-should-know|access-date=April 3, 2018|archive-date=May 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517052535/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8071101/awkwafina-oceans-8-things-you-should-know|url-status=live}}</ref>
-In 2016, she collaborated with comedian [[Margaret Cho]] on "Green Tea", a song that pokes fun at Asian stereotypes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Awkwafina x Margaret Cho - GREEN TEA |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o23w8i0H-w |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630040347/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o23w8i0H-w |archive-date=June 30, 2018 |access-date=April 3, 2018 |via=youtube.com}}</ref> She was part of the lineup at [[Tenacious D]]'s [[Festival Supreme]] on October 25, 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|title=Tenacious D Combine Jokes and Jams for 2014 Festival Supreme Lineup|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tenacious-d-combine-jokes-and-jams-for-2014-festival-supreme-lineup-20140527|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=May 30, 2014|date=May 27, 2014|archive-date=May 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531045451/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tenacious-d-combine-jokes-and-jams-for-2014-festival-supreme-lineup-20140527|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was also a [[disc jockey]] (DJ) at bars in New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://firstwefeast.com/eat/2014/11/meet-eatgoodnyc-the-cupcake-hustlers-at-the-intersection-of-pastry-hip-hop-and-streetwear|title=Meet EatGoodNYC, the Cupcake Hustlers at the Intersection of Pastry, Hip-Hop, and Streetwear|website=First We Feast|date=October 21, 2014|language=en|access-date=January 13, 2020|archive-date=January 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113225540/https://firstwefeast.com/eat/2014/11/meet-eatgoodnyc-the-cupcake-hustlers-at-the-intersection-of-pastry-hip-hop-and-streetwear|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/awkwafina/photos/a.513383975403084/671714236236723/?type=3|title=Awkwafina|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=January 13, 2020|archive-date=April 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428033014/https://www.facebook.com/awkwafina/photos/a.513383975403084/671714236236723/?type=3|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=ASIANS IN NYC ft. Awkwafina {{!}} Fung Bros|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXOtCiNAJpM|language=en|access-date=January 13, 2020|archive-date=January 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200119072914/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXOtCiNAJpM|url-status=live}}</ref> She is profiled in the 2016 documentary ''[[Bad Rap (film)|Bad Rap]]'', an official selection at the 2016 [[Tribeca Film Festival]]. It puts the spotlight on her and Asian-American rappers such as [[Dumbfoundead]], Rekstizzy and Lyricks.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Frydenlund|first=Zach|date=May 24, 2014|title=Premiere: Watch a Sneak Peek of the "Bad Rap" Documentary|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2014/05/watch-a-sneak-peek-of-the-bad-rap-documentary|access-date=May 30, 2014|magazine=Complex|archive-date=June 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617143052/http://www.complex.com/music/2014/05/watch-a-sneak-peek-of-the-bad-rap-documentary|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?page=1&branch=NEWS&source=&category=world&art_id=2552822|trans-title=Jackie Joe movie 'Bad Rap' ... Life of Korean hip-hop musicians in documentary|title=재키 조 제작 영화 '배드 랩'…다큐로 보는 한인 힙합 뮤지션들의 삶|date=May 23, 2014|work=Korea Daily|access-date=May 30, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531124429/http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?page=1&branch=NEWS&source=&category=world&art_id=2552822|archive-date=May 31, 2014|publisher=LA Joongang Daily|language=ko}}</ref> She released a 7-track EP, ''In Fina We Trust'', on June 8, 2018;<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.papermag.com/awkwafina-new-ep-2574583420.html|title=Awkwafina Announces New EP, 'In Fina We Trust'|last=Ting|first=Jasmine|magazine=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]|access-date=June 2, 2018|language=en|archive-date=June 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180604223605/http://www.papermag.com/awkwafina-new-ep-2574583420.html|url-status=live}}</ref> it won the 2019 A2IM Libera Award for Best Hip-Hop/Rap Album.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://liberaawards.com/2019-winners/ |title=2019 Winners |website=Libera Awards |access-date=February 17, 2021 |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808064957/https://liberaawards.com/2019-winners/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[File:Ken Jeong & Awkwafina.png|thumb|left|Awkwafina with [[Ken Jeong]] in 2018]]
+In 2016, she collaborated with comedian [[Margaret Cho]] on "Green Tea", a song that pokes fun at Asian stereotypes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Awkwafina x Margaret Cho - GREEN TEA | date=May 31, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o23w8i0H-w |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630040347/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o23w8i0H-w |archive-date=June 30, 2018 |access-date=April 3, 2018 |via=youtube.com}}</ref> She was part of the lineup at [[Tenacious D]]'s [[Festival Supreme]] on October 25, 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|title=Tenacious D Combine Jokes and Jams for 2014 Festival Supreme Lineup|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tenacious-d-combine-jokes-and-jams-for-2014-festival-supreme-lineup-20140527|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=May 30, 2014|date=May 27, 2014|archive-date=May 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531045451/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tenacious-d-combine-jokes-and-jams-for-2014-festival-supreme-lineup-20140527|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was also a [[disc jockey]] (DJ) at bars in New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://firstwefeast.com/eat/2014/11/meet-eatgoodnyc-the-cupcake-hustlers-at-the-intersection-of-pastry-hip-hop-and-streetwear|title=Meet EatGoodNYC, the Cupcake Hustlers at the Intersection of Pastry, Hip-Hop, and Streetwear|website=First We Feast|date=October 21, 2014|language=en|access-date=January 13, 2020|archive-date=January 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113225540/https://firstwefeast.com/eat/2014/11/meet-eatgoodnyc-the-cupcake-hustlers-at-the-intersection-of-pastry-hip-hop-and-streetwear|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/awkwafina/photos/a.513383975403084/671714236236723/?type=3|title=Awkwafina|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=January 13, 2020|archive-date=April 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428033014/https://www.facebook.com/awkwafina/photos/a.513383975403084/671714236236723/?type=3|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=ASIANS IN NYC ft. Awkwafina {{!}} Fung Bros| date=September 10, 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXOtCiNAJpM|language=en|access-date=January 13, 2020|archive-date=January 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200119072914/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXOtCiNAJpM|url-status=live}}</ref> She is profiled in the 2016 documentary ''[[Bad Rap (film)|Bad Rap]]'', an official selection at the 2016 [[Tribeca Film Festival]]. It puts the spotlight on her and Asian-American rappers such as [[Dumbfoundead]], Rekstizzy and Lyricks.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Frydenlund|first=Zach|date=May 24, 2014|title=Premiere: Watch a Sneak Peek of the "Bad Rap" Documentary|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2014/05/watch-a-sneak-peek-of-the-bad-rap-documentary|access-date=May 30, 2014|magazine=Complex|archive-date=June 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617143052/http://www.complex.com/music/2014/05/watch-a-sneak-peek-of-the-bad-rap-documentary|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?page=1&branch=NEWS&source=&category=world&art_id=2552822|trans-title=Jackie Joe movie 'Bad Rap' ... Life of Korean hip-hop musicians in documentary|title=재키 조 제작 영화 '배드 랩'…다큐로 보는 한인 힙합 뮤지션들의 삶|date=May 23, 2014|work=Korea Daily|access-date=May 30, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531124429/http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?page=1&branch=NEWS&source=&category=world&art_id=2552822|archive-date=May 31, 2014|publisher=LA Joongang Daily|language=ko}}</ref> She released a 7-track EP, ''In Fina We Trust'', on June 8, 2018;<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.papermag.com/awkwafina-new-ep-2574583420.html|title=Awkwafina Announces New EP, 'In Fina We Trust'|last=Ting|first=Jasmine|magazine=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]|access-date=June 2, 2018|language=en|archive-date=June 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180604223605/http://www.papermag.com/awkwafina-new-ep-2574583420.html|url-status=live}}</ref> it won the 2019 A2IM Libera Award for Best Hip-Hop/Rap Album.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://liberaawards.com/2019-winners/ |title=2019 Winners |website=Libera Awards |access-date=February 17, 2021 |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808064957/https://liberaawards.com/2019-winners/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[File:Ken Jeong & Awkwafina.png|thumb|left|Awkwafina with [[Ken Jeong]] in 2018]]
 Awkwafina hosted the short-form talk show web series ''Tawk'' for the digital production company Astronauts Wanted from 2015 to 2017. The first season premiered on YouTube and was picked up for exclusive [[streaming media|streaming]] on [[Verizon]]'s [[Go90]] platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/judy-mcgraths-astronauts-wanted-strikes-839284|title=Judy McGrath's Astronauts Wanted Strikes Exclusive Content Deal With Go90 (Exclusive)|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 11, 2015|language=en|access-date=January 13, 2020|archive-date=January 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113225538/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/judy-mcgraths-astronauts-wanted-strikes-839284|url-status=live}}</ref> It was an Official Honoree at the 2016 [[Webby Awards]] and was nominated for a 2016 [[Streamy Award]] in the News and Culture category.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/go90-awkwafina-tawk-season-4-5-verizon-1201876213/|title=Go90 Reups Awkwafina's 'Tawk' for Seasons 4 and 5, But Is Verizon's Service Struggling to Win Fans?|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=October 3, 2016|work=Variety|access-date=August 18, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=March 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303160132/https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/go90-awkwafina-tawk-season-4-5-verizon-1201876213/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016 she played a supporting role as Christine, a member of Kappa Nu in ''[[Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/rapper-awkwafina-joins-neighbors-2-film-n428266|title=Rapper Awkwafina Joins 'Neighbors' Sequel|last=Lee|first=Traci G.|work=NBC News|access-date=March 14, 2016|date=September 16, 2015|archive-date=March 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315010328/http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/rapper-awkwafina-joins-neighbors-2-film-n428266|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2015/11/dude-adds-katharyn-prescott-alexandra-shipp-nora-lum-1201630631/|title=Indie Comedy 'Dude' Rounds Out Lead Cast With Trio Of Actresses|last=Lincoln|first=Ross A.|magazine=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en-US|access-date=March 14, 2016|archive-date=July 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726121530/https://deadline.com/2015/11/dude-adds-katharyn-prescott-alexandra-shipp-nora-lum-1201630631/|url-status=live}}</ref> and voiced Quail in the animated comedy film ''[[Storks (film)|Storks]]''. In 2018 she starred in the indie comedy ''[[Dude (film)|Dude]]'', playing Rebecca, one of four best friends. She was among the principal cast in ''[[Ocean's 8]],'' the all-female spinoff to the ''[[Ocean's Trilogy]]''. She then co-starred in the film ''[[Crazy Rich Asians (film)|Crazy Rich Asians]]'', directed by [[Jon M. Chu]], playing [[Goh Peik Lin]], a Singaporean college friend of lead character Rachel Chu ([[Constance Wu]]).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/crazy-rich-asians-adds-awkwafina-996699|title='Crazy Rich Asians' Adds Awkwafina|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=April 24, 2017|language=en|archive-date=April 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425085544/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/crazy-rich-asians-adds-awkwafina-996699|url-status=live}}</ref> She had a recurring role in the [[Hulu]] original series ''[[Future Man (TV series)|Future Man]]'' in 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Hulu's Future Man is fun but doesn't level up: EW review|url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/11/08/future-man-ew-review/|access-date=November 20, 2017|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|archive-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002132126/https://ew.com/tv/2017/11/08/future-man-ew-review/|url-status=live}}</ref> She hosted the 2018 [[iHeartRadio MMVAs]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/article-awkwafina-on-why-crazy-rich-asians-is-so-emotional-hosting-the-mmvas/|title='The summer of Awkwafina': The Crazy Rich Asians star on hosting the MMVAs|last=Lee|first=Cliff|date=August 22, 2018|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-date=August 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824025053/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/article-awkwafina-on-why-crazy-rich-asians-is-so-emotional-hosting-the-mmvas/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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 ==Public image==
 [[File:Awkwafina - Golden Globes 2020 - 01.png|thumb|right|Awkwafina on the red carpet of the [[77th Golden Globe Awards]] in 2020]]
-Awkwafina has developed a profile as a fashion model, appearing regularly on magazine covers including ''Vogue, Allure, Harpers Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire'' and feminist magazine ''Bust''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Symons |first=Alex |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1349461077 |title=Women Comedians in the Digital Age |date=2023 |publisher=Routledge |year=2023 |isbn=978-1-003-26868-0 |edition=1st |location=Abingdon, Oxon |pages=97 |oclc=1349461077}}</ref> In 2018, she was featured in [[Gap Inc.|Gap's]] "Logo Remix" campaign, which featured up-and-coming artists who "are remixing creative culture on their own terms" alongside [[SZA]], [[Sabrina Claudio]] and [[Naomi Watanabe]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://vmagazine.com/article/awkwafina-joins-now-generation-gap-logo-remix-campaign/|title=Awkwafina Joins the "Now Generation" for Gap Logo Remix Campaign|magazine=V Magazine.com|access-date=April 3, 2018|archive-date=April 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403234622/https://vmagazine.com/article/awkwafina-joins-now-generation-gap-logo-remix-campaign/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Awkwafina was honored as Kore Asian Media's Female Breakout of the Year in 2017.<ref name=":7"/>
+Awkwafina has developed a profile as a fashion model, appearing regularly on magazine covers including ''Vogue, Allure, Harpers Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire'' and feminist magazine ''Bust''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Symons |first=Alex |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1349461077 |title=Women Comedians in the Digital Age |publisher=Routledge |year=2023 |isbn=978-1-003-26868-0 |edition=1st |location=Abingdon, Oxon |pages=97 |oclc=1349461077}}</ref> In 2018, she was featured in [[Gap Inc.|Gap's]] "Logo Remix" campaign, which featured up-and-coming artists who "are remixing creative culture on their own terms" alongside [[SZA]], [[Sabrina Claudio]] and [[Naomi Watanabe]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://vmagazine.com/article/awkwafina-joins-now-generation-gap-logo-remix-campaign/|title=Awkwafina Joins the "Now Generation" for Gap Logo Remix Campaign|magazine=V Magazine.com|access-date=April 3, 2018|archive-date=April 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403234622/https://vmagazine.com/article/awkwafina-joins-now-generation-gap-logo-remix-campaign/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Awkwafina was honored as Kore Asian Media's Female Breakout of the Year in 2017.<ref name=":7"/>
 Awkwafina has expressed support for [[Time's Up (organization)|Time's Up]], a movement started by Hollywood celebrities against [[sexual harassment]].<ref name=":6">{{cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/awkwafina-young-hollywood-2018|title=Awkwafina Isn't Here for Hollywood's Tired Excuses|last=Bergado|first=Gabe|website=Teen Vogue|date=March 2018|language=en|access-date=January 27, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726122707/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/awkwafina-young-hollywood-2018|url-status=live}}</ref> She has also advocated for more female directors and against the stereotyping of Asians in media.<ref name=":6"/>
-Awkwafina has faced criticism for [[cultural appropriation]] of [[AAVE]] and mannerisms stereotypic of the African-American community.<ref>{{cite web |last=Zhang |first=Muqing M. |title=Performing Blackness Won't Fill Our Asian-American Culture Deficit |url=https://www.colorlines.com/articles/performing-blackness-wont-fill-our-asian-american-culture-deficit-op-ed |website=Colorlines |date=August 22, 2018 |access-date=7 February 2022 |archive-date=January 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111055121/https://www.colorlines.com/articles/performing-blackness-wont-fill-our-asian-american-culture-deficit-op-ed |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Jackson">{{cite web |last=Jackson |first=Lauren Michele |title=Who Really Owns the 'Blaccent'? |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/08/awkwafina-blaccent-cultural-appropriation.html |website=Vulture |date=August 24, 2018 |access-date=7 February 2022 |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213163350/https://www.vulture.com/2018/08/awkwafina-blaccent-cultural-appropriation.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, she said, "I welcome that conversation because as an Asian-American identity, we're still trying to figure out what that is."<ref>{{cite web |last=Flint |first=Hanna |title='Crazy Rich Asians' star Ken Jeong defends 'Hangover' stereotype |url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/awkwafina-addresses-black-cultural-appropriation-criticism-crazy-rich-asians-role-exclusive-104603805.html?guccounter=1 |website=Yahoo Movies UK |date=September 12, 2018 |access-date=7 February 2022 |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207030000/https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/awkwafina-addresses-black-cultural-appropriation-criticism-crazy-rich-asians-role-exclusive-104603805.html?guccounter=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> On February 5, 2022, Awkwafina tweeted, "My immigrant background allowed me to carve an American identity off the movies and tv shows I watched, the children I went to public school with, and my undying love and respect for hip hop. I think as a group, Asian Americans are still trying to figure out what that journey means for them – what is correct and where they don't belong ... As a non-black POC, I stand by the fact that I will always listen and work tirelessly to understand the history and context of AAVE".<ref>{{cite news |last=Levenson |first=Eric |title=Awkwafina issues statement addressing accusations that she has used a 'blaccent' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/06/entertainment/awkwafina-blaccent/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=7 February 2022 |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209020715/https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/06/entertainment/awkwafina-blaccent/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Carras |first=Christi |title=Awkwafina vows to 'always listen,' then quits Twitter after 'blaccent' criticism |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-02-06/awkwafina-blaccent-criticism-statement-twitter |newspaper=[[LA Times]] |date=February 6, 2022 |access-date=7 February 2022 |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213092406/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-02-06/awkwafina-blaccent-criticism-statement-twitter |url-status=live }}</ref> Certain activists criticized this response as being several years late and unapologetic.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cao |first=Steffi |title=Activists Feel That Awkwafina's Statement Finally Addressing Her "Blaccent" Controversy Is Too Little, Too Late |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stefficao/awkwafina-blaccent-appropriation-backlash |website=Buzzfeed News |date=February 6, 2022 |access-date=7 February 2022 |archive-date=February 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212181721/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stefficao/awkwafina-blaccent-appropriation-backlash |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Baysinger |first=Tim |title=Awkwafina's 'Blaccent' Apology Draws Wince From MSNBC's Tiffany Cross and Guests |url=https://www.thewrap.com/awkwafinas-blaccent-apology-draws-wince-from-msnbcs-tiffany-cross-and-guests/ |website=The Wrap |date=February 12, 2022 |access-date=13 February 2022 |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213023830/https://www.thewrap.com/awkwafinas-blaccent-apology-draws-wince-from-msnbcs-tiffany-cross-and-guests/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
+Awkwafina has faced criticism for [[cultural appropriation]] of [[AAVE]] and mannerisms stereotypic of the African-American community.<ref>{{cite web |last=Zhang |first=Muqing M. |title=Performing Blackness Won't Fill Our Asian-American Culture Deficit |url=https://www.colorlines.com/articles/performing-blackness-wont-fill-our-asian-american-culture-deficit-op-ed |website=Colorlines |date=August 22, 2018 |access-date=7 February 2022 |archive-date=January 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111055121/https://www.colorlines.com/articles/performing-blackness-wont-fill-our-asian-american-culture-deficit-op-ed |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Jackson">{{cite web |last=Jackson |first=Lauren Michele |title=Who Really Owns the 'Blaccent'? |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/08/awkwafina-blaccent-cultural-appropriation.html |website=Vulture |date=August 24, 2018 |access-date=7 February 2022 |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213163350/https://www.vulture.com/2018/08/awkwafina-blaccent-cultural-appropriation.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, she said, "I welcome that conversation because as an Asian-American identity, we're still trying to figure out what that is."<ref>{{cite web |last=Flint |first=Hanna |title='Crazy Rich Asians' star Ken Jeong defends 'Hangover' stereotype |url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/awkwafina-addresses-black-cultural-appropriation-criticism-crazy-rich-asians-role-exclusive-104603805.html?guccounter=1 |website=Yahoo Movies UK |date=September 12, 2018 |access-date=7 February 2022 |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207030000/https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/awkwafina-addresses-black-cultural-appropriation-criticism-crazy-rich-asians-role-exclusive-104603805.html?guccounter=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> On February 5, 2022, Awkwafina tweeted, "My immigrant background allowed me to carve an American identity [...] as a non-black POC, I stand by the fact that I will always listen and work tirelessly to understand the history and context of AAVE".<ref>{{cite news |last=Levenson |first=Eric |title=Awkwafina issues statement addressing accusations that she has used a 'blaccent' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/06/entertainment/awkwafina-blaccent/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=7 February 2022 |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209020715/https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/06/entertainment/awkwafina-blaccent/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Carras |first=Christi |title=Awkwafina vows to 'always listen,' then quits Twitter after 'blaccent' criticism |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-02-06/awkwafina-blaccent-criticism-statement-twitter |newspaper=[[LA Times]] |date=February 6, 2022 |access-date=7 February 2022 |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213092406/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-02-06/awkwafina-blaccent-criticism-statement-twitter |url-status=live }}</ref> Certain activists criticized this response as being several years late and unapologetic.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cao |first=Steffi |title=Activists Feel That Awkwafina's Statement Finally Addressing Her "Blaccent" Controversy Is Too Little, Too Late |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stefficao/awkwafina-blaccent-appropriation-backlash |website=Buzzfeed News |date=February 6, 2022 |access-date=7 February 2022 |archive-date=February 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212181721/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stefficao/awkwafina-blaccent-appropriation-backlash |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Baysinger |first=Tim |title=Awkwafina's 'Blaccent' Apology Draws Wince From MSNBC's Tiffany Cross and Guests |url=https://www.thewrap.com/awkwafinas-blaccent-apology-draws-wince-from-msnbcs-tiffany-cross-and-guests/ |website=The Wrap |date=February 12, 2022 |access-date=13 February 2022 |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213023830/https://www.thewrap.com/awkwafinas-blaccent-apology-draws-wince-from-msnbcs-tiffany-cross-and-guests/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Conversely, ''[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]'' writer [[Lauren Michele Jackson]] felt that Awkwafina does not "conjure blackness any more than [[Ed Sheeran]]'s bars", adding that, "In conversations around Awkwafina's blaccent, the actress's regional and musical background has been used to both defend and attack her".<ref name="Jackson" />
-[[Lauren Michele Jackson]] wrote: {{Blockquote|Awkwafina's antics don't, to me, conjure blackness any more than [[Ed Sheeran]]'s bars. Is a 'blaccent' an evocation of blackness, or of something else — power, imperialism, commerce, the digital age? Maybe blaccent shouldn't function so metonymically, and maybe it shouldn't imply blackness at all (blackness has enough to contend with), but that something else instead, indicting not an individual instance of theft but a global phenomenon that makes it impossible to know whether a nonblack millennial from Forest Hills studied black culture like a textbook or grew up with the same media as most of us, where blaccents in the mouths of white, snappy performers has been autonomous and apart from the actual speech patterns of black people since America had a theater tradition to call its own... In conversations around Awkwafina's blaccent, the actress's regional and musical background has been used to both defend and attack her — she's either the most shrewd opportunist or the most down chick her side of the color line. These extremes of opinion aren't helped by the way certain profiles borderline fetishize the Awkwafina backstory, as if the idea that an Asian-American woman who grew up in Forest Hills (or literally anywhere in the country) loves rap is too absurd to be true.<ref name="Jackson" />}}
 ==Other ventures==
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 | Voice role
 |-
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+| rowspan="5" |2024
 ! scope="row" | ''Migration: Fly Hard''
 |Voice role; short film
 |-
 ! scope="row" | ''[[Kung Fu Panda 4]]''
+| rowspan="2" | [[List of Kung Fu Panda characters#Zhen|Zhen]]
-| Zhen
 | Voice role
 |-
+! scope="row" |[[Kung Fu Panda franchise#Dueling Dumplings (2024)|''Kung Fu Panda:'' ''Dueling Dumplings'']]
-! scope="row" style="background:#ffc;" | ''[[IF (film)|IF]]'' {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
+| Voice role; short film
+|-
+! scope="row" | ''[[IF (film)|IF]]''
 | Bubble IF
 | Voice role
 |-
+! scope="row" | ''[[Jackpot! (film)|Jackpot!]]''
-|-
-! scope="row" style="background:#ffc;" |''[[Jackpot (2024 film)|Jackpot]]'' {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
 | Katie
-| Post-production
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 | rowspan="2" |Voice role; in production
 |-
-! scope="row" style="background:#ffc;" |''[[Wildwood (film)|Wildwood]]'' {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
+! scope="row" style="background:#ffc;" | ''[[Wildwood (film)|Wildwood]]'' {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
 | Mrs. McKeel
 |}
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 ! scope="row" | ''[[Regular Show]]''
 | Apple (voice)
-| Episode: "Hello China"
+| Episode: "[[List of Regular Show episodes|Hello China]]"
 |-
 | 2015–2017
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 |-
 ! scope="row" | ''[[The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance]]''
-| [[Skeksis#skekLach|skekLach the Collector]] (voice)
+| [[Skeksis#Skeklach|skekLach the Collector]] (voice)
 | 7 episodes
 |-
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 | Episode: "BFFS"<br/>Also writer
 |-
-|2024
+| 2024
 ! scope="row" | ''A Real Bug's Life''
 |Narrator
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 Awkwafina was honored as Kore Asian Media's Female Breakout of the Year in 2017.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news|url=http://kore.am/unforgettable-female-breakout-of-the-year-awkwafina/|title=Unforgettable Female Breakout of the Year: Awkwafina|date=November 16, 2017|work=Kore.am|access-date=April 3, 2018|publisher=Kore Asian Media|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403234913/http://kore.am/unforgettable-female-breakout-of-the-year-awkwafina/|archive-date=April 3, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> For her performance in the comedy-drama film ''The Farewell'', she received the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical]], the [[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture|Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]], and the [[Santa Barbara International Film Festival|Santa Barbara International Film Festival Virtuoso Award]], among numerous other nominations. Alongside the film's ensemble, she was nominated for the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]. Awkwafina also received a nomination for the [[BAFTA Rising Star Award]].
-In 2023, Awkwafina was honored with two wax figures at [[Madame Tussauds New York]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Awkwafina is Nora from Queens and Now a Wax Figure!|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/new-york/information/news/awkwafina-is-nora-from-queens-and-now-a-wax-figure/|website=Madame Tussauds New York|access-date=2024-02-27}}</ref>"
+In 2023, Awkwafina was honored with two wax figures at [[Madame Tussauds New York]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Awkwafina is Nora from Queens and Now a Wax Figure!|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/new-york/information/news/awkwafina-is-nora-from-queens-and-now-a-wax-figure/|website=Madame Tussauds New York|access-date=2024-02-27}}</ref>
 ==See also==
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 * [[Koreans in New York City]]
 * [[Asian Americans in arts and entertainment]]
+==Notes==
+{{reflist|group=note}}
 == References ==
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+{{sister project links|d=Q15306031|n=no|b=no|v=no|voy=no|m=no|mw=no|wikt=no|s=no|species=no|c=Category:Awkwafina}}
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-[[Category:Television producers from New York City]]
+[[Category:Television producers from Queens, New York]]
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 [[Category:Writers from Queens, New York]]

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