Lori Tan Chinn

Actress

Birthday July 7, 1948

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Age 76 years old

Nationality United States

#34987 Most Popular

1948

Lori Tan Chinn (born July 7, 1948) is an American actress and comedian.

Chinn was born on July 7, 1948 in Seattle, Washington.

She is of Hoisan Chinese descent.

1969

Chinn moved to New York City by herself in 1969.

1970

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.

2020

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).

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