Lori Tan Chinn

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Lori Tan Chinn

Acting 78 July 7, 1948

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…

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Turning Red

Turning Red

7.3 2022 Movie
Law & Order

Law & Order

7.3 1990 TV Show
Kung Fu Panda 4

Kung Fu Panda 4

7.0 2024 Movie
Orange Is the New Black

Orange Is the New Black

7.6 2013 TV Show
Ransom

Ransom

6.7 1996 Movie
Glengarry Glen Ross

Glengarry Glen Ross

7.3 1992 Movie
What About Bob?

What About Bob?

6.9 1991 Movie
Spin City

Spin City

7.0 1996 TV Show
Mickey Blue Eyes

Mickey Blue Eyes

5.7 1999 Movie
Joy Ride

Joy Ride

6.5 2023 Movie
She-Devil

She-Devil

6.0 1989 Movie
Roseanne

Roseanne

6.8 1988 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Sleepwalker

    Movie Bai Zhao

  2. 2025
    31 Candles

    Movie Jaya

  3. 2024
    Jentry Chau vs the Underworld

    TV show Gugu (voice)

  4. 2024
    A Man on the Inside

    TV show Susan Yang

  5. 2024
    Late Bloomers

    Movie Inez

  6. 2024
    Kung Fu Panda 4

    Movie Granny Boar (voice)

  7. 2023
    Strange Planet

    TV show Guide (voice)

  8. 2023
    Joy Ride

    Movie Nai Nai Chen

  9. 2022
    Ghosts of Christmas Always

    Movie Arlene

  10. 2022
    Turning Red

    Movie Auntie Chen (voice)

  11. 2021
    Teenage Euthanasia

    TV show

  12. 2020
    Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

    TV show Grandma

  13. 2015
    Chloe and Theo

    Movie Landlady

  14. 2013
    Final Recipe

    Movie Mrs. Wang

  15. 2013
    Orange Is the New Black

    TV show Mei Chang (voice)

  16. 2012
    Miss D

    Movie Mrs. Ling

More credits
  1. 2008
    The Guitar

    Movie Mrs. Tzu

  2. 2007
    Year of the Fish

    Movie Shuk Yee

  3. 2005
    Law & Order: Trial by Jury

    TV show Mrs. Park

  4. 2004
    From Other Worlds

    Movie Mrs. Kim

  5. 2001
    South Pacific

    Movie Bloody Mary

  6. 1999
    Mickey Blue Eyes

    Movie Chinese Waitress

  7. 1999
    It's Like, You Know...

    TV show Daisy

  8. 1996
    Ransom

    Movie Woman on Street #3

  9. 1996
    Spin City

    TV show Samaritan Nun

  10. 1995
    Living in Oblivion

    Movie Costume Designer

  11. 1994
    It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice

    Movie Nerissa

  12. 1993
    The Adventures of Pete & Pete

    TV show Gym Coach

  13. 1992
    Glengarry Glen Ross

    Movie Coat Check Girl

  14. 1991
    What About Bob?

    Movie Bus Driver

  15. 1990
    Law & Order

    TV show SEC Investigator

  16. 1990
    Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler

    Movie

  17. 1989
    She-Devil

    Movie Vesta Rose Woman

  18. 1988
    Roseanne

    TV show Iris

  19. 1987
    Mathnet

    TV show Miss Jessica

  20. 1985
    Brass

    Movie Hilda

  21. 1982
    Author! Author!

    Movie Mrs. Woo