"Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens" is the half-hour scripted comedy inspired by Awkwafina (real name Nora Lin) real-life growing up in Flushing, Queens. Raised by her Dad (B.D. Wong) and Grandma (Lori Tan Chinn) alongside her cousin (Bowen Yang), Nora Lin leans on her family as she navigates life and young adulthood in outer borough New York City.