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Lori Tan Chinn

Acting · 1.0 popularity

Age

78

Movies

24

TV

13

Born: July 7, 1948
From: Seattle, Washington, USA

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.

Works

24 films

Turning Red

Turning Red

20227.3

Kung Fu Panda 4

Kung Fu Panda 4

20247.0

Joy Ride

Joy Ride

20236.5

Ransom

Ransom

19966.7

Glengarry Glen Ross

Glengarry Glen Ross

19927.3

She-Devil

She-Devil

19896.0

What About Bob?

What About Bob?

19916.9

Mickey Blue Eyes

Mickey Blue Eyes

19995.7

Sleepwalker

Sleepwalker

20264.6

Author! Author!

Author! Author!

19825.9

Living in Oblivion

Living in Oblivion

19957.2

Late Bloomers

Late Bloomers

20246.5

Chloe and Theo

Chloe and Theo

20155.8

31 Candles

31 Candles

20255.5

The Guitar

The Guitar

20085.5

Final Recipe

Final Recipe

20136.9

South Pacific

South Pacific

20015.2

Brass

Brass

19855.0

From Other Worlds

From Other Worlds

20043.9

Ghosts of Christmas Always

Ghosts of Christmas Always

20226.8

Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler

Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler

19908.0

Year of the Fish

Year of the Fish

20074.4

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

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

1994

Miss D

Miss D

2012