Élodie Yung
{{short description|French actress (born 1981)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{EngvarB|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Élodie Yung
| image = Elodie Yung by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption = Yung at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
| occupation = Actress
| alma_mater = University of Paris
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
| nationality =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1981|02|22}}
| birth_place = Paris, France
| years_active = 2002–present
| spouse =
| children = 1
}}
Élodie Yung ({{IPA|fr|elɔdi juŋ|lang}}; born 22 February 1981) is a French actress. She is best known for her roles as Elektra Natchios in the second season of Daredevil (2016) and the miniseries The Defenders (2017), as well as Thony De La Rosa on the Fox series The Cleaning Lady (2022–2025).
Early life
Yung was born in Paris, on 22 February 1981. Her father is Cambodian and her mother is French.{{cite web |url=http://audreymagazine.com/spring-2013-cover-story-elodie-yung/ |title=Yung at Heart: G.I. Joe star Élodie Yung opens up |last=Ty |first=Kanara |work=Audrey |date=15 June 2013 |access-date=6 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525005404/http://audreymagazine.com/spring-2013-cover-story-elodie-yung/ |archive-date=25 May 2016 |url-status=dead }} She grew up in Seine-Saint-Denis.{{cite web |title=Elodie Yung Shines in 'The Cleaning Lady' |url=https://asamnews.com/2022/03/14/speaking-with-the-cleaning-lady/ |first=Jana |last=Monji |publisher=AsAmNews |date=March 14, 2022 |access-date=February 26, 2023}} Her father enrolled her in karate classes at age 9,{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/03/16/daredevil-actress-brings-black-belt-skills-to-elektra-but-what-about-handling-the-perils-of-love/ |title=This 'Daredevil' actress used her karate skills to play one of TV's toughest characters |last=Betancourt |first=David |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=16 March 2016 |access-date=23 November 2017}} and she eventually became a black belt in her late teens.{{cite news |url=http://www.parisvoice.com/voicearchives/04/summer04/html/showtime/feature.html |title=France's new urban superheroes |last=Grey |first=Tobias |work=Paris Voice |date=Summer 2004 |access-date=13 December 2011 }} Yung earned a law degree at the University of Paris with the intention of becoming a judge.{{cite web |url=https://thelast-magazine.com/elodie-yung/ |title=ELODIE YUNG |last=Kwong |first=Lily |work=The Last magazine |date=15 August 2017 |access-date=23 November 2017}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/elodie-yung-daredevil-marvel-interview |title=Daredevil Star Elodie Yung Kicks Butt On and Off the Red Carpet |last=Okwodu |first=Janelle |magazine=Vogue |date=7 April 2016 |access-date=23 November 2017}} However, she instead pursued acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Career
Yung began acting in 2002, in the French television series La vie devant nous{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/elodie-yung-movie-tv-roles/ | title=Elodie Yung Movies & TV Roles: Where You Know the Daredevil Star | website=Screen Rant | date=26 August 2020 }} and made her film debut as the female lead Tsu in 2004's {{lang|fr|Les fils du vent}}. She followed this with a performance as 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.universal-dvd.com/index.php?page=recherche&mode=intid&id=415821 |publisher=Universal France DVD |title=Les Bleus, episode listings }}
Yung appeared briefly in the 2011 film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Miriam Wu, a romantic interest of Lisbeth Salander and followed this with roles as the ninja Jinx in 2013's G.I. Joe: Retaliation{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/gi-joe-elodie-yung-talks-196655 |title=G.I. Joe: Elodie Yung in talks to join new movie (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=10 June 2011 |access-date=10 July 2011 |author=Borys Kit}} and Gods of Egypt (2016), as the goddess Hathor.{{cite web |author=Jen Yamato |title=Elodie Yung joins Summit's Gods of Egypt |url=https://deadline.com/2014/02/elodie-yung-summit-gods-of-egypt-686178/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=10 July 2014|date=20 February 2014 }} In 2016 she also starred as Amelia Roussel in the action comedy The Hitman's Bodyguard alongside Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson.
Yung's breakthrough performance was Elektra Natchios in season 2 of Daredevil in 2016. She reprised the role in 2017 in The Defenders.{{cite news |url=https://comicbook.com/2015/07/07/elodie-yung-cast-as-elektra-for-daredevil-season-2-/ |title=Elodie Yung cast as Elektra for Daredevil Season 2 |publisher=ComicBook.com |date=7 July 2015 |access-date=7 July 2015 |author=Andrew Steinbeiser }} In 2020, Yung played the role of Catherine in the Disney+ film Secret Society of Second-Born Royals.
In 2022, Yung began starring as Thony in the Fox crime drama series The Cleaning Lady.{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Peter |title='The Cleaning Lady' Drama Starring Elodie Yung Picked Up To Series At Fox |url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/fox-the-cleaning-lady-series-order-elodie-yung-1234751682/ |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=Deadline |date=7 May 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Pedersen |first1=Erik |title=Fox Midseason Premiere Dates: '9-1-1 Lone Star' Season Bow, 'Joe Millionaire' Return, New 'Monarch' & 'Cleaning Lady' & More |url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/fox-winter-premiere-dates-2022-monarch-cleaning-lady-911-lone-star-the-resident-i-can-see-your-voice-1234870045/ |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=Deadline |date=8 November 2021}} The show was renewed for its fourth season in 2024, with Yung set to return.{{cite web | url=https://www.thewrap.com/elodie-yung-cleaning-lady-season-3-adan-canto-interview/ | title=How Élodie Yung Headlined a 'Very Emotional' Season of 'The Cleaning Lady' | Digital Cover | date=21 May 2024 }}
Personal life
In August 2018, Yung gave birth to a daughter with actor Jonathan Howard.{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bjhh3NLHGxy/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/Bjhh3NLHGxy |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|website= Instagram|title= ELODIE ⚡️YUNG on Instagram: "Surprise! My little sunshine ☀️"}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BmMk2NjgqMX/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BmMk2NjgqMX |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|website= Instagram|title= Jonathan Howard on Instagram: "Friends, Instagrammers and Social Media, lend me your ears... Let me introduce you to the new love of my life.. Minavann Yung Howard!"}}{{cbignore}}Jenna Anderson: [https://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/08/15/elodie-yung-children-daughter-minavann-daredevil-the-defenders-elektra/ 'Daredevil' Star Elodie Yung Welcomes Baby Girl]. ComicBook.com, 14 August 2018
Filmography
File:Elodie Yung 2015.jpg 2015]]
=Film=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan=1|2004
| Tsu | |
| rowspan=1|2007
| Fragile(s) | Isa | |
| rowspan=1|2008
| Home Sweet Home | Marie-Jo | |
| rowspan=1|2009
| Tao | |
| rowspan=2|2010
| Opération Casablanca | Isako | |
| Let Her
| The woman | Short film |
| rowspan=1|2011
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Miriam Wu | |
| rowspan=1|2013
| |
| rowspan=3|2014
| | |
| Still
| Christina | |
| Believe
| Murray's Wife | Short film |
| rowspan=1|2015
| Eva Gray | |
| rowspan=1|2016
| Hathor | |
| rowspan=1|2017
| Amelia Roussel | |
| 2020
| Secret Society of Second-Born Royals | Queen Catherine | |
| 2025
| Worth the Wait | Amanda | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2002–2003
| Jade Perrin | Recurring role; 30 episodes |
| 2005–2007
| Mademoiselle Joubert | Fanny Ledoin | 3 episodes |
| rowspan=1|2006–2010
| Laura Maurier | Main cast; 29 episodes |
| 2007
| Sécurité intérieure | Joséphine | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
| 2009
| Little Wenzhou | Su | TV movie |
| rowspan=2| 2016
| Rizpah | 1 episode |
| Daredevil
| rowspan="2" | Elektra Natchios / | Main cast, |
| 2017
| Main cast, |
| 2021–2022
| Alice, Chantra (voice/motion capture) | 2 Episodes |
| 2022–2025
| Thony De La Rosa | Lead role; 44 episodes |
| 2024
| The Gamemaster (voice) | Episode: "Unreal Tournament: Xan" |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Voice role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2017
| Olivia Durant | |
References
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- [http://moviie.com/person/78147/%C3%89lodie-Yung Élodie Yung] on Moviie.com
- [http://votemodel.com/model-actor/167/%C3%A9lodie-yung.html Élodie Yung] on vote model ranking
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Category:21st-century French actresses
Category:Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Category:College of Sorbonne alumni
Category:French film actresses
Category:French female karateka
Category:French people of Cambodian descent
Category:French television actresses
Category:Martial artists from Paris