Lori Tan Chinn
Known for: Acting
Born: July 7, 1948
Place of birth: Seattle, Washington, USA
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.
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Filmography
24 movies · 13 TV shows, newest first
4.7
Sleepwalker
2026
5.5
31 Candles
2025
8.1
Jentry Chau vs the Underworld
2024
7.4
A Man on the Inside
2024
6.5
Late Bloomers
2024
7.0
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
6.1
Strange Planet
2023
6.5
Joy Ride
2023
6.8
Ghosts of Christmas Always
2022
7.3
Turning Red
2022
5.7
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
6.9
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
2020
5.8
Chloe and Theo
2015
6.9
Final Recipe
2013
7.7
Orange Is the New Black
2013
NR
Miss D
2012
5.6
The Guitar
2008
4.4
Year of the Fish
2007
8.1
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
3.9
From Other Worlds
2004
5.3
South Pacific
2001
5.7
Mickey Blue Eyes
1999
5.5
It's Like, You Know...
1999
6.7
Ransom
1996
7.0
Spin City
1996
7.2
Living in Oblivion
1995
NR
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
1994
7.7
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
1993
7.3
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
6.9
What About Bob?
1991
7.3
Law & Order
1990
8.0
Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
1990
6.0
She-Devil
1989
6.8
Roseanne
1988
7.0
Mathnet
1987
5.0
Brass
1985
6.0
Author! Author!
1982