- Awkwafina was awarded the Golden Globes for her role as a young Chinese-American who returned to China to visit her grandmother who had incurable cancer.
- The family decided to hide the truth about their condition from the grandmother who believes them there for a marriage.
- "The Farewell" marks a turning point in Awkwafina's career and shows the extent of his register.
Does Awkwafina have all the talents? Rapper, author, animator and activist against sexual harassment, it is as an actress that the thirty-something has just been awarded the Golden Globes for Lulu Wang's Farewell .
Of her real name Nora Lum, the young American of Chinese and Korean origin is completely at home in this drama which shows a family hiding from her grandmother that the old lady has incurable cancer. Billi, whom she embodies, goes to China with her family but does not appreciate this lie that we force her to serve the grandmother whom she adores. But like them, she pretends to have made the trip for a wedding.
Find your roots
"I was totally terrorized at the idea of shooting a film where I was supposed to speak Chinese," admits Awkwafina in the press kit. She had to go back to Mandarin to play this young independent woman who finds her roots. After the martial arts ace of Jumanji: Next Level and the fofollle of Crazy Rich Asian , she further expands her register in this comedy full of tenderness. His stage name, a play on words on "Awkward" ("bad in his skin" in French) goes like a glove to his character who is struggling to find his place between American individualism and the collective Chinese spirit. His subtle performance impressed the voters.
A great first
"You see, I ended up finding a job," Akwafina told her father on the stage of the Golden Glodes where she was the first Asian woman to receive this distinction. Her multifaceted talent should allow her to find many other jobs in all the fields she chooses.
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