Élodie Yung
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Yung at the New York Comic Con, 2015
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| Born | February 22, 1981 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Élodie Yung (French pronunciation: [elɔdi juŋ]; born February 22, 1981) is a French television and film actress. She portrays Elektra in the second season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Netflix series Daredevil.
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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
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2004 | Les fils du vent | Tsu | |
| 2007 | Fragile(s) | Isa | |
| 2008 | Home Sweet Home | Marie-Jo | |
| 2009 | District 13: Ultimatum | Tao | |
| 2010 | Let Her | N/A | Short film |
| 2010 | Opération Casablanca | Isako | |
| 2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Miriam Wu | |
| 2013 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Jinx | |
| 2013 | 10 Things I Hate About Life | N/A | Unfinished film |
| 2014 | Still | Christina | |
| 2015 | Narcopolis | Eva Gray | |
| 2016 | Gods of Egypt | Hathor | |
| 2017 | The Hitman's Bodyguard | Filming |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | La vie devant nous | Jade Perrin | 8 episodes |
| 2005–07 | Mademoiselle Joubert | Fanny Ledoin | 3 episodes |
| 2006–10 | Les bleus: premiers pas dans la police | Laura Maurier | 29 episodes |
| 2007 | Sécurité intérieure | Joséphine | Episode: "Flash-Back" |
| 2009 | Little Wenzhou | Su | Television film |
| 2016 | Daredevil | Elektra Natchios | 10 episodes |
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External links
- Élodie Yung at the Internet Movie Database
- Élodie Yung on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Élodie Yung on Instagram
- Élodie Yung on Moviie.com
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- 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 karateka
- French people of Cambodian descent
- People of French descent
- French television actresses
- Sportspeople from Paris
