An American rapper and actress of Chinese and Korean heritage, Awkwafina was born on June 2, 1988, in New York to a Chinese-American father and a Korean-American mother. She grew up in Forest Hills in Queens, New York, and attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, where she received training in both classic and jazz music. She started rapping when she was 13 and got her big break in Hollywood in 2016. She is best known for Ocean's Eight (2018), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), and The Farewell (2019).