Lana Condor Biography

Lana Therese Condor (born May 11, 1997) is a Vietnamese-American actress and dancer. She made her debut as Jubilation Lee / Jubilee in the 2016 superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse and had her first lead role as Lara Jean Covey in the 2018 film adaptation of To All the Boys I've Loved Before. She is set to star as Koyomi K. in the science fiction film Alita: Battle Angel (2018), and will portray Saya Kuroki in the upcoming Syfy drama series Deadly Class.

Early life

Condor was born in C?n Th?, Vietnam and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She was adopted by American parents, Mary Carol (ne Haubold) and Bob Condor, on October 6, 1997, alongside her non-biological brother, Arthur. Condor's name at birth was Tran Dong Lan, but she was baptised Lana Therese Condor after her adoption. Bob Condor is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and the former Vice President of Yahoo! Sports. Condor and her family lived in Whidbey Island, Washington and New York City, before settling in Santa Monica, California when she was 15.

Condor studied ballet as a child, training with the Joffrey Ballet, The Rock School for Dance Education, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She continued dancing with the Los Angeles Ballet, 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, and in 2014, was a theatre scholar at the California State Summer School for the Arts. 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. Condor has been accepted to Loyola Marymount University.

Career

Condor made her acting debut as the mutant Jubilation Lee / Jubilee in Bryan Singer's superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse, released on May 27, 2016. She next appeared in Peter Berg's drama film Patriots Day, depicting the events and aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing. The film premiered at AFI Fest and was theatrically released on December 21, 2016. The following year, she co-starred in the romantic thriller television film High School Lover, alongside James Franco and Julia Jones, which premiered on Lifetime on February 4, 2017.

Condor portrayed the lead role of Lara Jean Covey in Susan Johnson's romantic drama film To All the Boys I've Loved Before, based on Jenny Han's young adult novel of the same name. The film was released by Netflix on August 17, 2018. She has been cast as Koyomi K. in Robert Rodriguez's science fiction film Alita: Battle Angel, produced by James Cameron and based on the graphic novel series by Yukito Kishiro. The film is set for release on December 21, 2018.

She is also set to co-star in the coming-of-age romantic comedy Summer Night, alongside Analeigh Tipton and Justin Chatwin, directed by Joseph Cross and produced by James Ponsoldt. Condor has been cast as Saya Kuroki in Syfy's television series Deadly Class, based on the Rick Remender graphic novel series of the same name, opposite Benedict Wong. She is also set to appear in the upcoming sci-fi thriller Warning, opposite Laura Harrier, James D'Arcy and Alex Pettyfer.

Filmography

Film performances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	X-Men: Apocalypse
	Patriots Day	Li
2018	To All the Boys I've Loved Before		Unforgettable Award for Breakout in Film
2019	Alita: Battle Angel	Koyomi K.	Post-production
	Summer Night	Lexi	Post-production

Television performances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	High School Lover	Allison	Television film
2019	Deadly Class		Upcoming series