Élodie Yung (; born 22 February 1981) is a French actress. She is best known for her role as Elektra Natchios in the 2016 second season of the

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series ''

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'' and the 2017 Netflix miniseries '' The Defenders'', as well as Thony De La Rosa on the 2022 Fox series '' The Cleaning Lady''.

Early life

Yung was born in

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, on 22 February 1981. Her father is Cambodian and her mother is French. She grew up in

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. Her father enrolled her in

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classes at age 9, and she eventually became a black belt in her late teens. Yung earned a law degree at the

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with the intention of becoming a judge. However, at the age of 29, she instead pursued acting at the

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Career

Yung's first roles were on TV after she started receiving acting role proposals when she was 20 years old. Following her 2004 film debut as female lead Tsu in , she played the gang lord Tao in '' District 13: Ultimatum''. Yung returned to TV for the first three seasons of the successful police series '' Les Bleus'' with

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. Yung appeared in the 2011 film ''

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'' as Miriam Wu, a romantic interest of

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. In 2013, she appeared on the silver screen as the ninja

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in '' G.I. Joe: Retaliation''. She starred in the film ''

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'' (2016), as the goddess

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. In 2016 she starred as Amelia Roussel in the action comedy ''

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'' alongside Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson. She plays Elektra in

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of ''

'' in 2016, and reprised the role in 2017 in '' The Defenders''. In 2020, Yung played the role of Catherine in the

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film ''

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''. In 2022, Yung began starring as Thony in the Fox crime drama series '' The Cleaning Lady''.

Personal life

In June 2018, Yung announced she was pregnant with her first child. Her daughter with actor Jonathan Howard was born early August 2018.Jenna Anderson
'' 'Daredevil' Star Elodie Yung Welcomes Baby Girl''
comicbook.com, 14 August 2018

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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Élodie Yung
on Moviie.com

on vote model ranking {{DEFAULTSORT:Yung, Elodie 1981 births Living people 21st-century French actresses Actresses from Paris Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art College of Sorbonne alumni French film actresses French female karateka French people of Cambodian descent French television actresses Sportspeople from Paris 20th-century French women