Lori Tan Chinn
Acting
Born July 7, 1948 · Seattle, Washington, USA
Biography
Lori Tan Chinn (born 1948 or 1949) is an American actress and comedian. She played a recurring character in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black and Awkwafina's grandmother on Comedy Central (2020–2023). Chinn began acting on Broadway, playing 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lori Tan Chinn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For · 37 titles
Law & Order
Orange Is the New Black
Spin City
Turning Red
Kung Fu Panda 4
A Man on the Inside
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Jentry Chau vs the Underworld
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Teenage Euthanasia
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
Strange Planet
Ransom
Roseanne
Glengarry Glen Ross
Mathnet
Joy Ride
She-Devil
Sleepwalker
What About Bob?
It's Like, You Know...
Mickey Blue Eyes
Living in Oblivion
Author! Author!
Late Bloomers
31 Candles
Chloe and Theo
Ghosts of Christmas Always
Final Recipe
The Guitar
Year of the Fish
From Other Worlds
South Pacific
Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Brass
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
Miss D