Élodie Yung

Élodie Yung

Yung at the New York Comic Con, 2015
Born (1981-02-22) February 22, 1981
Paris, France
Occupation Actress
Years active 2002–present

Élodie Yung (French pronunciation: ​[elɔdi juŋ]; born February 22, 1981) is a French television and film actress. She is best known for her role as Elektra Natchios in the second season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Netflix series Daredevil and will reprise her role in the Netflix miniseries The Defenders.

Personal life

Yung was born in Paris, on February 22, 1981. Her father is Cambodian and her mother is French.[1] She graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and also has a master's degree in law from the University of Paris. As of 2004 she had practiced karate for over ten years.[2]

Career

Her first roles were on TV after she started receiving acting role proposals when she was 20 years old.[3] Following her 2004 film debut as female lead Tsu in Les fils du vent, 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 Clémentine Célarié.[4] Yung appeared in the 2011 film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Miriam Wu, a romantic interest of Lisbeth Salander. In 2013, she appeared on the silver screen as a ninja Jinx in G.I. Joe: Retaliation.[5] She starred in the film Gods of Egypt (2016), as the goddess Hathor.[6] She plays Elektra in season 2 of the Netflix series, Marvel's Daredevil in 2016.[7]

Filmography

Year Title Role Director Notes
2002-03 La vie devant nous Jade Perrin Vincenzo Marano, Alain Choquart, ... TV Series (30 Episodes)
2004 Les fils du vent Tsu Julien Seri
2005-07 Mademoiselle Joubert Fanny Ledoin Claudio Tonetti, Eric Summer, ... TV Series (3 Episodes)
2006-10 Les Bleus Laura Maurier Didier Le Pêcheur, Christophe Douchand, ... TV Series (29 Episodes)
2007 Fragile(s) Isa Martin Valente
Sécurité intérieure Joséphine Patrick Grandperret TV Mini-Series
2008 Home Sweet Home Marie-Jo Didier Le Pêcheur (2)
2009 District 13: Ultimatum Tao Patrick Alessandrin
Little Wenzhou Su Sarah Lévy TV Movie
2010 Opération Casablanca Isako Laurent Nègre
Let Her The woman Paul Mignot Short
2011 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Miriam Wu David Fincher
2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation Jinx Jon M. Chu
2014 10 Things I Hate About Life Gil Junger
Still Christina Simon Blake
Believe Murray's Wife Paul Mignot (2) Short
2015 Narcopolis Eva Gray Justin Trefgarne
2016 Gods of Egypt Hathor Alex Proyas
Of Kings and Prophets Rizpah Jeffrey Nachmanoff TV Series (1 Episode)
Daredevil Elektra Floria Sigismondi, Euros Lyn, ... TV Series (10 Episodes)
2017 The Hitman's Bodyguard Patrick Hughes Post-Production
The Defenders Elektra TV Series

References

  1. ↑ Kanara Ty (June 15, 2013). "Yung at Heart: G.I. Joe star Élodie Yung opens up". Audrey magazine. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ Tobias Grey (Summer 2004). "France's new urban superheroes". Paris Voice. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
  3. ↑ "La féminité est un atout, je n'hésite pas à en user" [Femininity is an asset, I don't hesitate to use it.]. Le Figaro. November 5, 2012. Élodie Yung, action girl. La belle eurasienne de Millenium et G.I. Joe... [Élodie Yung, action girl. The beautiful Eurasian woman from Millennium and G.I. Joe...]
  4. ↑ "Les Bleus, episode listings". Universal France DVD.
  5. ↑ Borys Kit (June 10, 2011). "G.I. Joe: Elodie Yung in talks to join new movie (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  6. ↑ Jen Yamato. "Elodie Yung joins Summit's Gods of Egypt". Deadline.com. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  7. ↑ Andrew Steinbeiser (July 7, 2015). "Elodie Yung cast as Elektra for Daredevil Season 2". ComicBook.com. Retrieved July 7, 2015.

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