EXCLUSIVE: Nora Lum, the actress, comedian, and producer better known as Awkwafina, has signed with CAA.
Earning a Golden Globe for her leading role in Lulu Wang’s The Farewell, which made her the first person of Asian descent to win one of their Lead Actress prizes, Lum will next be seen starring alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and Alan Ritchson in The Man with the Bag, Adam Shankman’s holiday comedy for Amazon MGM Studios.
Recently, she wrapped production on Thumb, a dark comedy from director Daina Oniunas-Pusić, where she stars alongside Milly Alcock, Kate McKinnon, and Sofia Vergara. Additionally, she voices a role in Wildwood, the upcoming stop-motion animated feature from Laika and director Travis Knight, which releases this October.
Other film credits for Lum include Jon M. Chu’s Crazy Rich Asians, Ocean’s 8, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and Jumanji: The Next Level. Additionally, from
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