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Lori Tan Chinn (born July 7, 1948) is an American actress and comedian. She played a recurring character in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black and currently stars as Awkwafina 's grandmother on Comedy Central 's Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020–present).
Funny, adorable Lori Tan Chinn is a prolific theater house actress. Since the early 1980s she has played in minor yet memorable on-camera roles, particularly supporting Roseanne Barr in Susan Seidelman's dark comedy film She-Devil (1989), as Iris the hairdresser in the second season of Roseanne (1988), and as the persistent and vulgar waitress ...
Jan 24, 2020 · A rare Asian-American actor and dancer working at a time when issues of representation were largely ignored, Chinn says she lost many Asian-specific roles to white actors—including...
Apr 25, 2023 · For B.D. Wong and Lori Tan Chinn, being part of the series truly impacted their lives. For real. The actors shared more about the joy of portraying “real” Asian character in the series, and...
Apr 24, 2023 · 4.4K views 9 months ago. Lori Tan Chinn spoke with Greg Archer of MovieWeb about her hilarious grandma character in the hit Comedy Central show, Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens. ...more.
Sep 1, 2021 · On Comedy Central’s Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens, loving, foul-mouthed Grandma (Lori Tan Chinn) ups her delightfully audacious style on season two, which premiered Aug. 18, thanks to the joint...
Funny, adorable Lori Tan Chinn is a prolific theater house actress. Since the early 1980s she has played in minor yet memorable on-camera roles, particularly supporting Roseanne Barr in Susan Seidelman's dark comedy film She-Devil (1989), as Iris the hairdresser in the second season of Roseanne (1988), and as the persistent and vulgar waitress ...
