Lori Tan Chinn
Acting
1948-07-07 · 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.
Filmography
TheatersThe Only Living Pickpocket in New York
2026 · Movie
Sleepwalker
2026 · Movie
31 Candles
2025 · Movie
Jentry Chau vs the Underworld
2024 · Series
A Man on the Inside
2024 · Series
Late Bloomers
2024 · Movie
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024 · Movie
Strange Planet
2023 · Series
Joy Ride
2023 · Movie
Ghosts of Christmas Always
2022 · Movie
Turning Red
2022 · Movie
Teenage Euthanasia
2021 · Series
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
2020 · Series
Chloe and Theo
2015 · Movie
Final Recipe
2013 · Movie
Orange Is the New Black
2013 · Series
Miss D
2012 · Movie
The Guitar
2008 · Movie
Year of the Fish
2007 · Movie
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 · Series
From Other Worlds
2004 · Movie
South Pacific
2001 · Movie
Mickey Blue Eyes
1999 · Movie
It's Like, You Know...
1999 · Series
Ransom
1996 · Movie
Spin City
1996 · Series
Living in Oblivion
1995 · Movie
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
1994 · Movie
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
1993 · Series
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992 · Movie
What About Bob?
1991 · Movie
Law & Order
1990 · Series
Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
1990 · Movie
She-Devil
1989 · Movie
Roseanne
1988 · Series
Mathnet
1987 · Series
Brass
1985 · Movie
Author! Author!
1982 · Movie