Awkwafina is an award-winning actor, writer, and producer from Queens, New York. She grew up with her given name, Nora Lum, and has since used her trademark comedic style and signature flair to become a breakout talent in the entertainment industry.

Lum can be seen in her Comedy Central Show, Awkwafina is Nora From Queens, which she created and stars in, as well as Disney's Shang Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings, Jumanji: The Next Level, and MGM’s Breaking News in Yuba County. Lum received glowing reviews for her starring role in the indie darling The Farewell, where she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. She can also be heard in Universal's The Bad Guys as Ms. Tarantula, and Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon.

Lum brings an impressive range of talent to everything she does, most famously to Warner Bros' smash hit Crazy Rich Asians, opposite Constance Wu, Michelle Yeoh, Henry Golding, and Ken Jeong, in which she starred as Peik Lin. Lum hosted Saturday Night Live that same year as part of the show's 44th season.

Her first book, Awkwafina's NYC, a travel guide to New York, was published by Penguin Random House in 2015.

Lum became an internet sensation in 2012 with her satirical work in the viral video "My Vag," and her 2014 debut album, which featured her acclaimed raps "NYC Bitche$," "Mayor Bloomberg (Giant Margarita)," and the title track, "Yellow Ranger."She currently resides in Los Angeles.