In case you’re missing the extended Awkwafina moment now in progress, some background: She was born Nora Lum in 1988, raised in Queens. Using a stage name that has surely irked the lawyers at ...

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Awkwafina plays the leading role in the heartwarming film The Farewell, about a young writer coming to terms with her grandmother's impeding death Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE ...

Awkwafina said even she was surprised about how much the character moved her. “There was one specific thing that I told Lulu (Wang),” Awkwafina, 30, told Travers. “I don’t think I can cry.

In 2012, Awkwafina had her first paid gig — a rap performance at Sarah Lawrence College. “It wasn’t good,” she recalls, “but the kids were very supportive.” ...

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Awkwafina contains multitudes, and Nora From Queens gets a kick out of putting the main character, already grappling with her place in the world, in situations that give her the opportunity to ...

“Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” rises or falls on its star’s charisma. Thankfully, she has plenty to spare. The series is hardly the first to lend itself to comparisons to “Broad City ...

Awkwafina, left, stars in “The Farewell,” based on director Lulu Wang’s own experience about an American woman who joins a family trip to China to visit her beloved grandmother.

Still, Awkwafina and fellow executive producers Karey Dornetto, Teresa Hsiao, and “Broad City’s” Lucia Aniello need more time to establish an intimacy within their ensemble.

Awkwafina has made history at the 2020 Golden Globes. On Sunday, “The Farewell” actress became the first woman of Asian descent to win the award for lead actress in a movie comedy/musical.