“This week has been so surreal,” the actor/rapper wrote in an Instagram post celebrating the nomination last month. Can’t believe I am nominated alongside such insanely talented women.”Prior to Awkwafina, only a few actors of Asian descent had been nominated in the lead actress musical/comedy movie category. Most recently, Constance Wu was nominated in the same category for “Crazy Rich Asians” last year. “And also on the brighter side, that it’s changing.”Oh, who co-hosted the 2019 Golden Globes, also took home the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama that year. Awkwafina told the Times that she watched the Golden Globes “every year” growing up, and that “if I would have seen someone like me up there it would have been different.”

Source: The Guardian January 06, 2020 12:11 UTC