Élodie Yung

Élodie Yung
Élodie Yung
	Yung at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	22 February 1981 (age 43); Paris, France
Alma mater	University of Paris; London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present
Children	1

Élodie Yung (French: [elɔdi juŋ]; born 22 February 1981) is a French actress. She is best known for her roles as Elektra Natchios in the 2016 second season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Netflix series Daredevil and The Defenders, as well as Thony De La Rosa on the 2022 Fox series The Cleaning Lady.

Early life

Yung was born in Paris, on 22 February 1981. Her father is Cambodian and her mother is French.^[1] She grew up in Seine-Saint-Denis.^[2] Her father enrolled her in karate classes at age 9,^[3] and she eventually became a black belt in her late teens.^[4] Yung earned a law degree at the University of Paris with the intention of becoming a judge.^[5]^[6] However, at the age of 29, she instead pursued acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.^[6]

Career

Yung began acting in 2002, in French television series La vie devant nous^[7] and made her film debut as female lead Tsu in 2004's Les fils du vent. She followed this with a performance as gang lord Tao in District 13: Ultimatum.^[6]

Yung returned to TV for the first three seasons of the successful police series Les Bleus with Clémentine Célarié.^[8]

Yung appeared briefly in the 2011 film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Miriam Wu, a romantic interest of Lisbeth Salander^[6] and followed this with roles as the ninja Jinx in 2013's G.I. Joe: Retaliation^[9] and Gods of Egypt (2016), as the goddess Hathor.^[10] In 2016 she also starred as Amelia Roussel in the action comedy The Hitman's Bodyguard alongside Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson.

Hu's breakthrough performance was Elektra Natchios in season 2 of Daredevil in 2016. She reprised the role in 2017 in The Defenders.^[11] 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.^[12]^[13] The show was renewed for its fourth season in 2024, with Yung set to return.^[14]

Personal life

In June 2018, Yung announced she was pregnant with her first child.^[15] Her daughter with actor Jonathan Howard was born early August 2018.^[16]^[17]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Les fils du vent	Tsu
2007	Fragile(s)	Isa
2008	Home Sweet Home	Marie-Jo
2009	District 13: Ultimatum	Tao
2010	Opération Casablanca	Isako
2010	Let Her	The woman	Short film
2011	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Miriam Wu
2013	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	Kim Arashikage / Jinx
2014	10 Things I Hate About Life
	Still	Christina
	Believe	Murray's Wife	Short film
2015	Narcopolis	Eva Gray
2016	Gods of Egypt	Hathor
2017	The Hitman's Bodyguard	Amelia Roussel
2020	Secret Society of Second-Born Royals	Queen Catherine

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–2003	La vie devant nous	Jade Perrin	Recurring role
2005–2007	Mademoiselle Joubert	Fanny Ledoin	3 episodes
2006–2010	Les Bleus	Laura Maurier	Main cast
2007	Sécurité intérieure	Joséphine	Miniseries
2009	Little Wenzhou	Su	TV movie
2016	Of Kings and Prophets	Rizpah	1 episode
2016	Daredevil	Elektra Natchios	Main cast season 2
2017	The Defenders	Elektra Natchios	Miniseries, main cast
2021–2022	Love, Death & Robots	Alice, Chantra (voice/motion capture)	2 Episodes
2022–present	The Cleaning Lady	Thony De La Rosa	Title role