
Lori Tan Chinn
Department: Acting
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

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

Late Bloomers
2024

Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
1990

South Pacific
2001

Final Recipe
2013

Turning Red
2022

Joy Ride
2023

From Other Worlds
2004

31 Candles
2025

Ghosts of Christmas Always
2022

Glengarry Glen Ross
1992

Kung Fu Panda 4
2024

What About Bob?
1991

She-Devil
1989

Miss D
2012

Living in Oblivion
1995

Mickey Blue Eyes
1999

Author! Author!
1982

Sleepwalker
2026

Chloe and Theo
2015

Brass
1985

Year of the Fish
2007

The Guitar
2008

Ransom
1996

Orange Is the New Black
2013

Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005

Jentry Chau vs the Underworld
2024

Strange Planet
2023

Teenage Euthanasia
2021

Spin City
1996

Law & Order
1990

Orange Is the New Black
2013

Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
2020

A Man on the Inside
2024

Roseanne
1988

Mathnet
1987

The Adventures of Pete & Pete
1993

It's Like, You Know...
1999