Lori Tan Chinn

Lori Tan Chinn

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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TV Series

Orange Is the New Black

Orange Is the New Black

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Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

8.1
Jentry Chau vs the Underworld

Jentry Chau vs the Underworld

8.534
Strange Planet

Strange Planet

6.4
Teenage Euthanasia

Teenage Euthanasia

5.1
Spin City

Spin City

7.1
Law & Order

Law & Order

7.4
Orange Is the New Black

Orange Is the New Black

7.656
Awkwafina is Nora From Queens

Awkwafina is Nora From Queens

6.933
A Man on the Inside

A Man on the Inside

7.512

Movies

It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice

It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice

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Late Bloomers

Late Bloomers

6.3
Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler

Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler

0
South Pacific

South Pacific

4.9
Final Recipe

Final Recipe

6.3
Turning Red

Turning Red

7.3
Joy Ride

Joy Ride

6.561
From Other Worlds

From Other Worlds

3.833
31 Candles

31 Candles

0
Ghosts of Christmas Always

Ghosts of Christmas Always

6.8
Glengarry Glen Ross

Glengarry Glen Ross

7.343
Kung Fu Panda 4

Kung Fu Panda 4

7.06
What About Bob?

What About Bob?

6.9
She-Devil

She-Devil

5.9
Miss D

Miss D

0
Living in Oblivion

Living in Oblivion

7.174
Mickey Blue Eyes

Mickey Blue Eyes

5.68
Author! Author!

Author! Author!

5.9
Sleepwalker

Sleepwalker

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