| Net Worth: | $8 Million |
Awkwafina net worth and salary: Awkwafina is an American rapper, comedian, actress and television personality who has a net worth of $8 million. Awkwafina is probably best-known for appearing in movies such as “Crazy Rich Asians”, “The Farewell” and “Ocean’s Eight”. In 2020 she won a Golden Globe for her performance in “The Farewell”.
Awkwafina was born Nora Lum in New York City, New York. Growing up Forest Hills, Queens, she played trumpet in high school and was trained in classical and jazz music. Awkwafina started rapping and writings songs in GarageBand at 17 years of age and studied Mandarin at the Beijing Language and Culture University and journalism at SUNY Albany.
She had initially gained popularity in 2012 when she released the song “My Vag” which was a response to Mickey Avalon’s “My Dick”. Her music video for the song racked up several million views. She released her debut studio album Yellow Ranger in 2014 which included singles that had already been released on YouTube.
Awkwafina starred in the television series Girl Code in 2014. She has starred in the movies Bad Neighbors 2, Ocean’s Eight, and Dude. She released her second studio album In Fina We Trust in June 2018. Also in 2018 she appeared in the box office smash movie Crazy Rich Asians and she even hosted Saturday Night Live to promote the film.
In 2020 Akwayfina co-created, wrote and executive produced the Comedy Central series Akwafina is Nora from Queens.
Personal Life and Real Estate: In November 2019, Akwafina paid $2.277 million for a townhouse in West Hollywood.
In April 2021 Akwafina paid $3.5 million for a home in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles.