Awkwafina’s New Show Is Inspired by Her Real Life — So What Does Her Family Think?

Newly minted Golden Globe winner Awkwafina, real name Nora Lum, has a new show inspired by her life growing up in Queens.

So what does her family think of “Nora from Queens”? The actress insisted “there is kind of an unspoken trust that I’m not going to throw them under the bus too much. I watched it with my grandma and my dad and they loved it.”

Catch the series premiere January 22 on Comedy Central.

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