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Awkwafina could say hi to you the next time you’re on a plane!

While making an appearance on A Little Late With Lilly Singh on Monday (January 20), the 31-year-old Golden Globe-winning actress revealed her typical reaction when she sees someone watching Crazy Rich Asians or Ocean’s Eight on a flight.

“Crazy Rich Asians on the plane, I love it! There’s been times when I’m watching Crazy Rich Asians and then I see people around me watching Crazy Rich Asians and Ocean’s Eight,” Awkwafina admitted. “I’ll go up to them. 1 out of 10 times they actually get that I was in the movies – the rest not too good.”

Awkwafina also spilled what it was like getting her start on YouTube, and dished about her upcoming series Awkwafina is Nora from Queens on Comedy Central.

READ MORE: Awkwafina Addresses Oscars 2020 Snub: ‘There’s Always More Work to Be Done’

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Awkwafina has had an incredible year, and she isn’t letting anything get in the way of that.

While promoting her upcoming show Nora From Queens at the 2020 TCA press tour, the 31-year-old actress reflected on all the success her film The Farewell has received – despite not being nominated for an Oscar for her role.

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“We had a couple of text messages but everything [was] just about how appreciative we all are of how long this run has been,” Awkwafina said via Entertainment Tonight. “The Farewell came out last January at Sundance and we really didn’t know where it would take us. To see all the attention that it’s gotten, that feels like a win.”

Awkwafina added: “Bottom line, there were some amazing performances this year. I think all of them were warranted as they should have been. That’s not also to say that we can’t ignore the fact that there are some incredible movies that were women-helmed, including mine, The Farewell. Me personally, I feel very grateful for where I am and where we’ve come.”

“My emotional reaction to all of this really is that I’m grateful for this journey. We didn’t know that The Farewell would literally have a home,” Awkwafina continued. “We didn’t know if anybody would buy The Farewell, that it would be on the screens. To express that as far as we’ve come, it’s so much more. It’s the journey. For that, me personally, I think there’s always more work to be done. Of course.”

Earlier this month, Awkwafina made history as the first Asian American to win a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her role in The Farewell.

“I’ve had a pretty exciting ride and I think with this show and with the movies that we’ve seen this year, representation existed in those movies and that’s what I know,” Awkwafina said. “In terms of anything else, I can’t be more grateful to do what I love to do and to be recognized, to be a little bit for that, is enough. It’s great.”

READ MORE: Tyler Perry Isn’t Happy with Academy Over Jennifer Lopez & Awkwafina’s Oscars 2020 Snubs

Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn are opening up about their decision to leave Project Runway!

While speaking at the Amazon studios panel during the 2020 Winter TCA Tour – Day 8 at The Langham Huntington on Tuesday (January 14), the 46-year-old host and 66-year-old mentor explained why they decided to “jump ship” from Project Runway ahead of it’s move to Bravo to create their forthcoming Amazon show Making the Cut, which debuts March 27.

“Our imagination was bigger than what we were allowed to do,” Heidi expressed (via THR). “Everything kind of fell apart.” She said the move from Lifetime back to Bravo was either going to mean returning to the “same old same old” or it was an “opportunity to jump ship.” She asked Gunn, “Do you want to jump with me?” Klum said, “It was scary. … We shopped it around and thought that Amazon was the best place, not only for the show but also for the designers.”

Heidi Klum and Tim were joined at the panel by Naomi Campbell, Nicole Richie, and Altuzarra creative director Joseph Altuzarra, who will appear as judges with them on Making the Cut.

Tim also hinted that executives at Project Runway were afraid of changing the format of the fashion reality show, even at the urging of Klum and Gunn. “We couldn’t break out of it because there was a fear — not among us, we’re the ones who were thinking creatively and innovatively about what we wanted to do.”

That same day, Awkwafina joined her co-stars BD Wong and Bowen Yang at their panel for their upcoming series Awkwafina is Nora from Queens during the Comedy Central segment of the 2020 Winter TCA Press Tour.

FYI: Naomi is wearing Noudar and Karen Suen jewelry.

Is Awkwafina going to go by Nora Lum?

The Crazy Rich Asians star opened up in an interview with the New York Times about her stage name, and the likelihood of dropping it for her real name.

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“I don’t see it right now. That’s not to say that it’s not a possibility. I created Awkwafina when I was a kid. What she represents to me is more than a persona — in the very beginning, I did see her as the confident one, the side that comes out that gives Nora the panic attacks,” she explained.

“But as I’ve grown older I’ve come to really be grateful for that name and what I’ve seen it written on. To see her name on a chair back or on a call sheet, that means a lot to me. I don’t think that I could shed her right now.”

READ MORE: Awkwafina Joins Her ‘The Farewell’ Co-Stars at Critics’ Choice Awards 2020

Jennifer Lopez and Awkwafina were just two of the stars totally snubbed from the Oscars 2020 nominations list, and Tyler Perry isn’t happy about it.

TMZ caught Tyler out and about after the nominations were announced and he said, “I’m upset, man.”

“JLo didn’t get nominated! Are you kidding me? And Awkwafina! She should have got nominated,” Tyler said.

JLo was expected to be recognized for her work in Hustlers, and Awkwafina, who won the Golden Globe this year, was expected to get love for The Farewell.

Be sure to check out the entire list of nominees for the 2020 Academy Awards.

Awkwafina steps out in style at the 2020 Critics’ Choice Awards on Sunday (January 12) at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.

The 31-year-old actress was joined at the event by her The Farewell co-stars Shuzhen Zhao and Tzi Ma.

The Farewell is up for several awards including Best Comedy and Best Actress for Awkwafina. Best of luck to all the nominees!

Make sure to tune in tonight for the Critics’ Choice Awards, hosted by Taye Diggs, which will air on The CW at 7pm EST. The show honors the best in both movies and TV.

FYI: Awkwafina is wearing Elie Saab.

Awkwafina makes an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, airing Monday (January 6), and discusses the high praise she has received for her role in The Farewell!

The 31-year-old actress picked up the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy last night (January 5), but she told host Ellen DeGeneres in a pre-taped interview that her grandmother wasn’t as impressed.

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“I showed her a screener of The Farewell and she got up basically at the most pivotal part,” Awkwafina admits. “And I was like, ‘Where are you going?’ And she was like, ‘I gotta cook.’ So I went on national television and I told that story, and she felt so guilty so now she goes to see all of my movies.”

“She got up in the middle, and then she went to see it in theaters and she was like, ‘I stayed, alright?,” Awkwafina adds.

Awkwafina also reveals her real name is Nora and explains why she changed it to Awkwafina when she was a teenager.