Awkwafina to star in a Comedy Central sitcom titled Awkwafina

TVLine

The Crazy Rich Asians star and recent SNL host will star in a comedy inspired by her life on the 10-episode series. Awkwafina, who is a triple threat as an actress-writer-rapper, will play a 20-something living in Queens, striving for a larger than life existence while living with her father (played by BD Wong) and grandmother. Awkwafina co-wrote the pilot with Karey Dornetto and Teresa Hsiao. "Inspired by Awkwafina’s formative years in Queens, the show is both a personal look into one of comedy’s brightest stars and also a relatable, funny profile of a young hustler’s struggle,” said Sarah Babineau and Jonas Larsen, EVP and Co-Heads of Talent and Development for Comedy Central. “We’re happy to be used as a pawn in Awkwafina’s elaborate, EGOT endgame.”