Awkwafina wears clothing by Moncler; rings by Bulgari; hair products by L'Oréal Paris; makeup by Sisley Paris; nail enamel by Deborah Lippmann.

AGE: 29. PROVENANCE: Queens, New York. EARLY YEARS: "My mom passed away when I was four, and I learned to harness humor as a defense mechanism. I could hold a crowd at five years old." Her love of performance led her to the trumpet, which she studied at LaGuardia High School, a teen incubator for the arts. "They take the best of the city. I was the best in junior high but not the city, so it killed a lot of my music dreams. But it showed me the arts as a way of life." THE ALTER EGO: In 2014, Lum released Yellow Ranger; her fiercely funny debut rap album, under the name Awkwafina. "I was producing songs off my MacBook and started rapping on top of that. Music has always been a passion, whereas comedy is part of my fiber, so to mix those two was very natural." THE HEIST: Next month, she joins Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Rihanna, and Mindy Kaling in Ocean's 8 as Constance, a pickpocket from Lum's real-life home borough. "[Director] Gary Ross took a chance on me. These women are so empowering and the entire experience was incredibly humbling. It was an honor to play an authentic Queens girl." THE BREAKOUT: In August, Lum will star as Goh Peik Lin in the film adaptation of Kevin Kwan's best-selling novel, Crazy Rich Asians. "Peik Lin is me. I needed to do this movie, because it's going to be important for everyone who is Asian-American."