Lori Tan Chinn
Birthday: Born in 1948-07-07 in Seattle, Washington, USA
Deathday: Alive
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). Chinn began her acting career on Broadway, where she played Miss Higa Jiga in Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen (1970). She was also a notable member of the Katherine Dunham Company and performed African dance with Syvilla Fort. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lori Tan Chinn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
TV Credits
Orange Is the New Black
Character: Mei Chang (voice)
A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates....
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Character: Mrs. Park
The inner workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing through the prosecutors' complicated process of building a case, investigating leads and preparing witnesses for trial....
Jentry Chau vs the Underworld
Character: Gugu (voice)
As her 16th birthday approaches, a not-so-average teen rediscovers the fiery powers she's long suppressed and is forced to face her demons — literally....
Strange Planet
Character: Guide (voice)
Welcome to a distant planet not unlike our own, with hilarious yet poignant observations on life, love, and friendship—told in the most peculiar way....
Teenage Euthanasia
Character:
A former runaway teen mom is accidentally resurrected in her family's funeral home....
Spin City
Character: Samaritan Nun
Workaholic Mike Flaherty is the Deputy Mayor of New York City, serving as Mayor Randall Winston's key strategist and much-needed handler. Mike runs the city with the help of his oddball staff: an anxious and insecure press secretary; a sexist, boorish chief of staff; an impeccably groomed gay activist running minority affairs; a sharp and efficient, man-crazy accountant; and an idealistic young speechwriter. Like Mike, they are all professionally capable but personally challenged....
Law & Order
Character: SEC Investigator
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place....
Orange Is the New Black
Character: Mei Chang
A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates....
Awkwafina is Nora From Queens
Character: Grandma
Nora Lin leans on her family as she navigates life and young adulthood in outer borough-NYC....
A Man on the Inside
Character: Susan Yang
A retired professor gets a new lease on life when a private investigator hires him to go undercover inside a San Francisco retirement home....
Movie Credits
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
Character: Nerissa
A BBC documentary about a pre-rehearsal workshop held in New York prior to the Goodman Theater’s 1994 production of The Merchant of Venice, directed by Peter Sellars in Chicago....
Late Bloomers
Character: Inez
Louise, an aimless, 28 year-old Brooklynite, recently single, sort of a musician, depressed without admitting to it, drunkenly falls while doing something stupid and breaks her hip. This lands her in a physical therapy ward full of people twice her age. There, she meets Antonina - a cranky elderly Polish woman, who speaks no English. Louise gets a job caring for her. Neither woman loves the arrangement but it’s time to face the truth about aging. We all have to grow up sometime....
Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Character:
After months of a search for a serial killer, the police are able to catch the killer of some of the women. But the search is not over when the assistant of the attorney discovers some details in the last case that differ from the assassinations before......
South Pacific
Character: Bloody Mary
During World War II in the South Pacific love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque. The war is tearing them apart....
Final Recipe
Character: Mrs. Wang
Hao's Singaporean restaurant is in danger of going out of business. Hao's grandson, Mark, secretly travels to Shanghai to attend a cooking competition despite his grandfather's wishes for him to become an engineer. Mark takes the place of a contestant who did not show up and must now impress the host, Julia Lee, and her chef husband, David Chen. Chen, who is originally from Singapore and misses his family, eventually learns he is Mark's father....
Turning Red
Character: Auntie Chen (voice)
Thirteen-year-old Mei is experiencing the awkwardness of being a teenager with a twist – when she gets too excited, she transforms into a giant red panda....
Joy Ride
Character: Nai Nai Chen
When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye, Lolo's eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are....
From Other Worlds
Character: Mrs. Kim
FROM OTHER WORLDS is a sci-fi comedy about a depressed Brooklyn housewife who sleepwalks through her life until she encounters an alien force in her backyard. With the help of a fellow contactee, an African immigrant, she is determined to solve the mystery of her otherworldly experiences. Along the way, she finds romance, saves the planet and finds new meaning in her life....
Ghosts of Christmas Always
Character: Arlene
Katherine is a Ghost of Christmas Present and she must help one soul, Peter, rediscover his Christmas spirit. But this year has something unusual in store....
Glengarry Glen Ross
Character: Coat Check Girl
When an office full of Chicago real estate salesmen is given the news that all but the top two will be fired at the end of the week, the atmosphere begins to heat up. Shelley Levene, who has a sick daughter, does everything in his power to get better leads from his boss, John Williamson, but to no avail. When his coworker Dave Moss comes up with a plan to steal the leads, things get complicated for the tough-talking salesmen....
Kung Fu Panda 4
Character: Granny Boar (voice)
Po is gearing up to become the spiritual leader of his Valley of Peace, but also needs someone to take his place as Dragon Warrior. As such, he will train a new kung fu practitioner for the spot and will encounter a villain called the Chameleon who conjures villains from the past....
What About Bob?
Character: Bus Driver
Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob Wiley. An exemplar of neediness and a compendium of phobias, Bob follows Marvin to his family's country house. Dr. Marvin tries to get him to leave; the trouble is, everyone loves Bob. As his oblivious patient makes himself at home, Dr. Marvin loses his professional composure and, before long, may be ready for the loony bin himself....
She-Devil
Character: Vesta Rose Woman
A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist....
Miss D
Character: Mrs. Ling
A call from an ex-lover threatens to rekindles memories from a time far gone by for D - a lonely cross-dresser trying to come to terms with her new image....
Living in Oblivion
Character: Costume Designer
Nick is the director of a low-budget indie film. He tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious, beret-wearing director of photography, and lousy catering....
Mickey Blue Eyes
Character: Chinese Restaurant Owner
An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him....
Author! Author!
Character: Mrs. Woo
A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, and 5 children 4 of which belong to her....
Jentry Chau vs The Underworld
Character: Gugu (voice)
As her 16th birthday approaches, a not-so-average teen rediscovers the fiery powers she's long suppressed and is forced to face her demons — literally....