Lori Tan Chinn
Birthday
1948/07/07 (76 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
Also know as
로리 탠 친
Biography
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. Descriptio...Read more
Acting
(1994) It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
as Nerissa
(2024) Late Bloomers
as Inez
(1990) Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
as ---
(2001) South Pacific
as Bloody Mary
(2013) Final Recipe
as Mrs. Wang
(2022) Turning Red
as Auntie Chen (voice)
(2023) Joy Ride
as Nai Nai Chen
(2004) From Other Worlds
as Mrs. Kim
(2025) 31 Candles
as ---
(2022) Ghosts of Christmas Always
as Arlene
(1992) Glengarry Glen Ross
as Coat Check Girl
(2024) Kung Fu Panda 4
as Granny Boar (voice)
(1991) What About Bob?
as Bus Driver
(1989) She-Devil
as Vesta Rose Woman
(2012) Miss D
as Mrs. Ling
(1995) Living in Oblivion
as Costume Designer
(1999) Mickey Blue Eyes
as Chinese Restaurant Owner
(1982) Author! Author!
as Mrs. Woo
(2024) Jentry Chau vs The Underworld
as Gugu (voice)
(2013) Orange Is the New Black
as Mei Chang (voice)
(2005) Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Mrs. Park
(2024) Jentry Chau vs the Underworld
as Gugu (voice)
(2023) Strange Planet
as Guide (voice)
(2021) Teenage Euthanasia
as ---
(1996) Spin City
as Samaritan Nun
(1990) Law & Order
as SEC Investigator
(2013) Orange Is the New Black
as Mei Chang
(2020) Awkwafina is Nora From Queens
as Grandma
(2024) A Man on the Inside
as Susan Yang