Actress Elodie Yung: biography, films, photos

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Elodie Yung is a film and television actress from France, who became famous after the release of the film "Gods of Egypt" directed by Alex Proyas. The girl is also known for her role as Elektra Nachios in the television series Daredevil and The Defenders.

Childhood and youth

Elodie was born on February 22, 1981 in Paris, the capital of France. The girl's mother is French, and her father, a native of Cambodia, moved to France in 1975 because of the communist movement in his native country and the Khmer Rouge that came to power. It is thanks to the genes that the girl has such a bright appearance. In addition to Elodie, the family brought up two more younger children.

After graduating from school, Jung went to study at the Sorbonne at the Faculty of Law. At the age of twenty, the girl starred in a television series for the first time. It was a French TV series directed by Vincenzo Marano, Alain Chocard and Ivan David "Life before us". Jung was so carried away by filming and acting that she went to study in the UK at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. At the time, it was managed by Robert Cordier.

Besides law and acting, girlalso interested in martial arts. Elodie has been known to practice karate for ten years.

Career

Until 2011, the actress lived in France and filmed with French directors. Especially often the girl was invited to work in the series.

In 2004, the film "Yamakashi 2" directed by Julien Seri was released, where the actress played the role of a girl named Tsu.

From 2005 to 2007, Elodie Yung starred in the television series Mademoiselle Joubert as Fanny Ledoux. This series is a school drama about a teacher, her teenage son, and difficult students in her class.

From 2006 to 2010, the actress starred in the project "Interns: First steps in the police." Here the actress played the role of Laura Maurier. The series was warmly received by the audience and lasted four seasons.

In 2007, the girl appeared as Josephine in three episodes of the series "National Security". In the same year, the actress was entrusted with a small role in the film "Fragile" directed by Martin Valente.

Painting "13th District: Ultimatum"

2009 was a really successful year for Elodie Yung. Photos of the girl came to Luc Besson, and the actress was invited to star in the crime thriller "13th District: Ultimatum". In this film, Elodie got one of the main roles - a character named Tao.

Besides her, the main roles in the film were played by actors David Belle, Cyril Rafaelli, Fabio Felzinger, rapper from Cameroon MC Jean Gab'l and Daniel Duval.

Thisthe film is the second part of the story about David Bell, released in 2004. Luc Besson is the film's producer and Patrick Alessandren is directing.

At the box office, the tape did not pay for itself: with a project budget of twelve million euros, the fees amounted to only eight million dollars. Nevertheless, actress Elodie Yung was noticed, and her career went up after this film.

Other movies

Starting in 2011, Elodie began acting in the US in Hollywood films. The films "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" directed by David Fincher, where the actress played the role of Miriam Wu, "G. J, Joe: Rise of the Cobra 2", where Elodie played Jinx, "Narcopolis" and others.

The actress can boast that in her filmography there are TV shows and films that are truly popular all over the world. Elodie Yung starred in Gods of Egypt in 2016, The Hitman's Bodyguard in 2017, Daredevil (Season 2 as Elektra Nachios) and The Defenders (also as Elektra Nachios).

Fantastic movie "Gods of Egypt"

In 2016, the premiere of the adventure film directed by Alex Proyas "Gods of Egypt" took place. The main roles in the film were played by such giants of the film industry as Gerard Butler, Geoffrey Rush and Nikolai Coster-Waldau. The plot of the film is based on Egyptian mythology. The role of the goddess of love Hathor was played by Elodie Yung.

"Gods of Egypt" grossed over $150 million at the box office. The tape was very warmly received by the audience, in particular because of the chic special effects, which the creators did not stint on. The production cost $140 million.

Critics for the most part scolded the film for the simplification of the plot, the abuse of special effects and stereotyped characters. In particular, in the film, both eyes of the god Horus are torn out for entertainment, while in Egyptian myths only one is torn out.

Private life

Elodie lives in a civil marriage with British actor Jonathan Howard, who played in the films "Thor 2: The Dark World", "Megan Leavey" and the television series "Episodes", "Downton Abbey". The couple is raising a daughter named Minnawan, born in August 2018.