Élodie Yung () is a French actress and director.https://charactermedia.com/actor-elodie-yung-reflects-on-her-start-in-france-grieving-and-her-directorial-debut/ She is best known for her roles as Elektra Natchios in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2016–present), as well as Thony De La Rosa on the Fox series The Cleaning Lady (2022–2025).
Early life Yung's father is Cambodian and her mother is French. She grew up in Seine-Saint-Denis. Her father enrolled her in karate classes at age 9, and she eventually became a black belt in her late teens. Yung earned a law degree at the University of Paris with the intention of becoming a judge. 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 and made her film debut as the female lead Tsu in 2004's . 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.
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 and Gods of Egypt (2016), as the goddess Hathor. 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. 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. Yung headlined the show through four seasons until its cancellation in June 2025. She also directed an episode.https://extratv.com/2025/05/13/elodie-yung-reveals-key-to-directing-cleaning-lady-exclusive/
Personal life In August 2018, Yung gave birth to a daughter with actor Jonathan Howard.Jenna Anderson: 'Daredevil' Star Elodie Yung Welcomes Baby Girl. ComicBook.com, 14 August 2018
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes2004 Les fils du vent Tsu 2007 Fragile(s) Isa 2008 Home Sweet Home Marie-Jo2009 District 13: Ultimatum Tao 2010 Opération Casablanca Isako Let Her The woman Short film2011 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Miriam Wu 2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation Kim Arashikage / Jinx 2014 10 Things I Hate About Life Unfinished and unreleased Still Christina Believe Murray's Wife Short film2015 Narcopolis Eva Gray 2016 Gods of Egypt Hathor2017 The Hitman's Bodyguard Amelia Roussel 2020 Secret Society of Second-Born Royals Queen Catherine 2025 Worth the Wait Amanda
Television Year Title Role Notes 2002–2003 La vie devant nous Jade Perrin Recurring cast; 30 episodes 2005–2007 Mademoiselle Joubert Fanny Ledoin 3 episodes2006–2010 Les Bleus Laura Maurier Main cast; 29 episodes 2007 Sécurité intérieure Joséphine 3 episodes 2009 Little Wenzhou Su TV movie 2016 Of Kings and Prophets Rizpah 1 episode Daredevil Elektra Natchios / The Black Sky Main cast; 10 episodes 2017 The Defenders Main cast; 8 episodes 2021–2022 Love, Death & Robots Alice, Chantra (voice/motion capture) 2 episodes 2022–2025 The Cleaning Lady Thony De La Rosa Main cast; 44 episodes 2024 Secret Level The Gamemaster (voice) Episode: "Unreal Tournament: Xan" 2027 Daredevil: Born Again Elektra Natchios Season 3; Post-production
Video games Year Title Voice role Notes 2017 Call of Duty: WWII Olivia Durant
References
External links
Élodie Yung on Moviie.com Élodie Yung on vote model ranking