Élodie Yung

Yung's father is Cambodian and her mother is French.^[2] She grew up in Seine-Saint-Denis.^[3] Her father enrolled her in karate classes at age 9,^[4] and she eventually became a black belt in her late teens.^[5] Yung earned a law degree at the University of Paris with the intention of becoming a judge.^[6][7] However, she instead pursued acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.^[7]

Yung began acting in 2002, in the French television series La vie devant nous^[8] and made her film debut as the female lead Tsu in 2004's Les fils du vent. She followed this with a performance as gang lord Tao in District 13: Ultimatum.^[7]

Yung returned to TV for the first three seasons of the successful police series Les Bleus with Clémentine Célarié.^[9]

Yung appeared briefly in the 2011 film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Miriam Wu, a romantic interest of Lisbeth Salander^[7] and followed this with roles as the ninja Jinx in 2013's G.I. Joe: Retaliation^[10] and Gods of Egypt (2016), as the goddess Hathor.^[11] 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.^[12] 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.^[13][14] Yung headlined the show through four seasons until its cancellation in June 2025.^[15] She also directed several episodes.^[16]

In August 2018, Yung gave birth to a daughter with actor Jonathan Howard.^[17][18][19]