Awkwafina is Nora From Queens back for second season – what advice would cast members have for its eponymous star? ‘Don’t worry’
- Awkwafina is Nora from Queens, the semi-autobiographical comedy series co-created by and starring the Asian-American actor, rapper and comic, is back
- Asked what advice they would give its eponymous star – and by extension other young people – about growing up, cast members agree she should worry less
Nearly 18 months after it premiered on American cable channel Comedy Central, Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens, co-created by the actor-rapper-comedian Awkwafina, returns for a second season.
Awkwafina is the professional name of Asian-American Nora Lum, 33, who shot to fame in 2012 with the rap song My Vag. In this season of the series, Nora navigates life as an Asian-American woman in her late 20s living with her family in Queens, New York. She has to overcome her self-doubt while navigating relationships with her family and friends.
Nora idealises Edmund’s “perfect” life – going to an elite school, working at high-paying tech jobs, living away from home – without realising that he is as unhappy as she is.
Other than Awkwafina and Yang, the new season will also see the return of Lori Tan Chinn (who plays Nora’s grandmother), BD Wong (Wally, Nora’s father), and Jennifer Esposito as Brenda (Wally’s girlfriend). They all agree that their characters on the show, in one way or another, have shaped their own journeys.
Awkwafina, for instance, says she has drawn more from her own perspective in the second season of Nora. “I also addressed a couple of things, like, for instance, the absence of my mum.”