Golden Globe winner and rapper Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Asians, Ocean’s Eight, The Farewell), stars as Nora Linn in this scripted comedy series, based on Awkwafina’s real-life beginnings in Queens, New York. The series will be available to stream exclusively on BBC iPlayer in the UK later this year.
Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens follows Nora as she navigates young adulthood in outer borough New York City, leaning on her wider family as she takes her first steps towards financial independence.
Vanity Fair said that the show “nails a specific contemporary milieu – the distinct brand of millennial anxiety that’s also been explored in its Comedy Central siblings Broad City and The Other Two…”
The cast also stars Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live, Isn’t It Romantic), as Nora’s cousin Edmund, BD Wong (Jurassic Park, Mr Robot) as her dad Wally, and Lori Tann Chinn (Orange Is The New Black), as Grandma.
Sue Deeks, Head of BBC Programme Acquisition, says: “Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens is fresh, funny and very engaging – we are delighted that the series is joining BBC Three’s strong and distinctive comedy line-up.”
Created by Awkwafina, the series is directed by Lucia Aniello, Natasha Lyonne and Steven K. Tsuchida.
