Lana Condor

Lana Therese Condor (born Tran Dong Lan, May 11, 1997)[1][2][3] is a Vietnamese-born American actress and YouTuber. She made her acting debut starring as Jubilee in the superhero film X-Men Apocalypse (2016). She gained international recognition for portraying Lara Jean Covey in the Netflix film series To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018–present). She has also portrayed Saya Kuroki in the television series Deadly Class (2019), and Koyomi in the film Alita: Battle Angel (2019).

Lana Condor
Condor at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con
Born
Tran Dong Lan

(1997-05-11) May 11, 1997
Cần Thơ, Vietnam
Occupation
  • Actress
  • YouTuber
Years active2016–present
Partner(s)Anthony De La Torre (2015–present)
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2020–present
Subscribers684,000
(October 22, 2020)
Total views19 million
(October 22, 2020)
100,000 subscribers 2020

Early life

Born in Vietnam,[4] she lived her first months in an orphanage in Cần Thơ under the name Tran Dong Lan. On October 6, 1997, she was adopted and renamed by American parents Mary Carol Condor (née Haubold) and Bob Condor in Chicago, Illinois.[5] Condor has an adoptive brother, Arthur.[1][6] Bob Condor is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist who formerly worked at the Chicago Tribune, was the vice president of Yahoo Sports media, and is currently a producer for the Seattle Kraken.[7][8] Condor and her family lived in Whidbey Island, Washington, and New York City.[9]

Condor studied ballet as a child, training with the Whidbey Island Dance Theater, Joffrey Ballet, The Rock School for Dance Education, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.[10] She continued dancing with the Los Angeles Ballet,[11] and also trained at The Groundlings in improvisational theatre. Condor took acting classes at the New York Film Academy and Yale Summer Conservatory for Actors,[5] and in 2014, was a theatre scholar at the California State Summer School for the Arts.[12] As a high school freshman, Condor was educated at the Professional Performing Arts School in New York City. In 2015, she graduated from Notre Dame Academy in Los Angeles.[11] In 2016, Condor was accepted at Loyola Marymount University but chose to defer enrollment to pursue acting.[13]

Career

Condor made her acting debut as the mutant Jubilation Lee / Jubilee in Bryan Singer's 2016 superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse.[14] That year, she also appeared in Peter Berg's drama film Patriots Day, which depicted the events and aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing.[15]

In 2017, Condor co-starred in the Lifetime romantic thriller film High School Lover, alongside James Franco and Julia Jones.[16] The following year, she gained worldwide fame for playing the lead role of Lara Jean Covey in Netflix's romantic drama film To All the Boys I've Loved Before, directed by Susan Johnson and based on Jenny Han's young adult novel of the same name.[17][18] For the role, she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award.[19]

In 2019, Condor portrayed the assassin Saya Kuroki in Syfy's action drama series Deadly Class, based on the Rick Remender comic book series of the same name.[20] She also appeared as Koyomi in Robert Rodriguez's science fiction film Alita: Battle Angel, produced by James Cameron and based on the graphic novel series by Yukito Kishiro.[21] Condor also voiced the character of Kaoru in the Netflix stop-motion animated series Rilakkuma and Kaoru (2019),[22] guest starred as the voice of Casey in the Netflix series BoJack Horseman,[23] and co-starred in the coming-of-age romantic comedy Summer Night (2019), directed by Joseph Cross.[24]

Condor in an interview in 2020

In 2020, Condor reprised her role as Lara Jean Covey in To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, directed by Michael Fimognari, the second film of the film series.[25] She has been cast alongside Brianna Hildebrand in the Marianna Palka-directed comedy Girls Night.[26] She is slated to star once again as Lara Jean Covey in To All the Boys: Always and Forever, Lara Jean, the third installment of the series.[27]

Within two months of posting her first video to YouTube in February 2020, Condor's channel had over 475,000 subscribers and more than 9.8 million views.[28]

Personal life

Condor has been dating singer and actor Anthony De La Torre since 2015.[29]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2016 X-Men: Apocalypse Jubilee
2016 Patriots Day Li
2018 To All the Boys I've Loved Before Lara Jean Covey
2019 Alita: Battle Angel Koyomi
2019 Summer Night Lexi
2020 To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You Lara Jean Covey
2020 Girls Night Alex Pre-production
2021 To All the Boys: Always and Forever, Lara Jean Lara Jean Covey Post-production
TBA Moonshot Sophie Pre-production

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2017 High School Lover Allison Television film
2019 Deadly Class Saya Kuroki Main role
2019 Rilakkuma and Kaoru Kaoru (voice) Main role; English dub
2019 BoJack Horseman Casey McGarry (voice) 2 episodes

Awards and nominations
Year Work Award Category Result Ref.
2019 To All the Boys I've Loved Before MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Kiss (with Noah Centineo) Won [30]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Drama Movie Actress Nominated [19]
Choice Movie Ship (with Noah Centineo) Nominated
2020 Herself Hollywood Critics Association Next Generation of Hollywood Won [31]

References
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  2. Condor, Lana [@lanacondor] (May 11, 2015). "It's my Bday!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. Schwartz, Dana (August 20, 2018). "Don't worry, To All the Boys star Lana Condor is Team Peter". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on August 18, 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2019. The actress, 21...
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  18. Jarvey, Natalie (July 21, 2017). "John Corbett, Lana Condor Join 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before' Film (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 19, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  19. Moreau, Jordan (June 19, 2019). "'Avengers: Endgame', 'Riverdale', 'Aladdin', Top 2019 Teen Choice Awards Nominations". Variety. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  20. Petski, Denise (November 9, 2017). "'Deadly Class': Syfy Sets Full Cast For Comic-Based Drama Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  21. McNary, Dave (October 11, 2016). "'X-Men' Star Lana Condor Joins James Cameron's 'Alita: Battle Angel'". Variety. Archived from the original on July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  22. Gill, Nav (March 25, 2019). "Lana Condor is voicing a character in Netflix's adorable new 'Rilakkuma and Kaoru' series". Insider Inc. Archived from the original on April 10, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
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  24. Kroll, Justin (November 13, 2017). "Joseph Cross Teams With James Ponsoldt on Directorial Debut 'Summer Night' (Exclusive)". Variety. Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
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