Lori Tan Chinn

Lori Tan Chinn

Born: July 7, 1948
in Seattle, Washington, USA
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.

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Kung Fu Panda 4
Title: Kung Fu Panda 4
Character: Granny Boar (voice)
Released: March 2, 2024
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Strange Planet
Character: Guide (voice)
Released: August 8, 2023
Type: TV
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.
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Joy Ride
Title: Joy Ride
Character: Nai Nai Chen
Released: June 22, 2023
Type: Movie
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.
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Late Bloomers
Title: Late Bloomers
Character: Inez
Released: March 10, 2023
Type: Movie
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.
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Ghosts of Christmas Always
Title: Ghosts of Christmas Always
Character: Arlene
Released: October 30, 2022
Type: Movie
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.
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Turning Red
Title: Turning Red
Character: Auntie Chen (voice)
Released: March 10, 2022
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Teenage Euthanasia
Released: September 6, 2021
Type: TV
A former runaway teen mom is accidentally resurrected in her family's funeral home.
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Title: Awkwafina is Nora From Queens
Character: Grandma
Released: January 22, 2020
Type: TV
Nora Lin leans on her family as she navigates life and young adulthood in outer borough-NYC.
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Final Recipe
Title: Final Recipe
Character: Mrs. Wang
Released: October 10, 2013
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Orange Is the New Black
Character: Mei Chang
Released: July 11, 2013
Type: TV
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.
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Title: Orange Is the New Black
Character: Mei Chang (voice)
Released: July 11, 2013
Type: TV
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.
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Miss D
Title: Miss D
Character: Mrs. Ling
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Character: Mrs. Park
Released: March 3, 2005
Type: TV
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.
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From Other Worlds
Title: From Other Worlds
Character: Mrs. Kim
Released: October 29, 2004
Type: Movie
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.
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South Pacific
Title: South Pacific
Character: Bloody Mary
Released: March 26, 2001
Type: Movie
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.
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Title: Mickey Blue Eyes
Character: Chinese Restaurant Owner
Released: August 16, 1999
Type: Movie
An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him.
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Title: Spin City
Character: Samaritan Nun
Released: September 17, 1996
Type: TV
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.
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Living in Oblivion
Title: Living in Oblivion
Character: Costume Designer
Released: July 21, 1995
Type: Movie
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.
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It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
Title: It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
Character: Nerissa
Released: December 31, 1994
Type: Movie
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.
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Glengarry Glen Ross
Title: Glengarry Glen Ross
Character: Coat Check Girl
Released: September 15, 1992
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: SEC Investigator
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
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.
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Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Title: Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Released: June 3, 1990
Type: Movie
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...
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She-Devil
Title: She-Devil
Character: Vesta Rose Woman
Released: December 8, 1989
Type: Movie
A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.
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Author! Author!
Title: Author! Author!
Character: Mrs. Woo
Released: June 18, 1982
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: A Classic Spy
Character: Susan
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Charles, a retired man, gets a new lease on life when he answers an ad from a PI and becomes a mole in a secret investigation.
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Title: Jentry Chau vs the Underworld
Character: (voice)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Follow Jentry Chau, a Chinese-American teen living in a small Texas town, who finds out a demon king is hunting her for the supernatural powers she’s been working her whole life to repress. With the help of her weapons expert great-aunt and a millennia-old jiangshi (Chinese hopping vampire), Jentry must now fight an entire underworld’s worth of monsters while balancing the horrors of high school.
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31 Candles
Title: 31 Candles
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Leo, a 30-year-old New Yorker who is having a Bar Mitzvah after meeting Eva, his longtime summer camp crush. In order to finish his mitzvah assignment and perhaps mature, he has to deal with, ex-partners, family members, and more.