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Awkwafina became the first performer of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe Award on Sunday, but who is she? Nora Lum – also called Awkwafina – invented her comedic persona as a teenager to overcome stage fright, not particularly thinking the nickname would stick.

She also used humor as a coping mechanism to deal with the pain of having lost her mother when she was 4 years old.

The rapper and comic actress got serious in 2019, which culminated in a career-making turn in “The Farewell”

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