
Lori Tan Chinn
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.…
Filmography

Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 · 8.1

Jentry Chau vs the Underworld
2024 · 8.1

The Adventures of Pete & Pete
1993 · 7.7

Orange Is the New Black
2013 · 7.6

A Man on the Inside
2024 · 7.4

Turning Red
2022 · 7.3

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
2026 · 7.3

Glengarry Glen Ross
1992 · 7.3

Law & Order
1990 · 7.3

Living in Oblivion
1995 · 7.2

Spin City
1996 · 7.0

Mathnet
1987 · 7.0

Kung Fu Panda 4
2024 · 7.0

Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
2020 · 6.9

Final Recipe
2013 · 6.9

What About Bob?
1991 · 6.9

Roseanne
1988 · 6.8

Ghosts of Christmas Always
2022 · 6.8

Ransom
1996 · 6.7

Joy Ride
2023 · 6.5

Late Bloomers
2024 · 6.4

Strange Planet
2023 · 6.1

Author! Author!
1982 · 6.0

She-Devil
1989 · 6.0

Chloe and Theo
2015 · 5.9

Teenage Euthanasia
2021 · 5.7

Mickey Blue Eyes
1999 · 5.7

The Guitar
2008 · 5.6

It's Like, You Know...
1999 · 5.5

31 Candles
2025 · 5.5

South Pacific
2001 · 5.3

Brass
1985 · 5.0

Sleepwalker
2026 · 4.4

Year of the Fish
2007 · 4.4

From Other Worlds
2004 · 3.9

It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
1994 · 0.0

Miss D
2012 · 0.0