Lana Therese Condor (born Trần Đồng Lan; May 11, 1997) is an American actress and YouTuber. She made her acting debut starring as Jubilee in the

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'' X-Men: Apocalypse'' (2016), and gained international recognition for portraying Lara Jean Covey in the romantic comedy ''To All the Boys'' film series (2018–2021). She has also portrayed Saya Kuroki in the television series '' Deadly Class'' (2019) and Koyomi in the film '' Alita: Battle Angel'' (2019). More recently, Condor voiced the titular character in the animated teen comedy film '' Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken'' (2023).

Early life

Born in Vietnam, Condor lived her first months in an orphanage in

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under the name Trần Đồng Lan. On October 6, 1997, she was adopted and renamed by American parents Mary Carol Condor (née Haubold) (died July 2024) and Bob Condor in

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, Illinois. Condor has a brother, Arthur, who is three months older and was adopted from the same orphanage. Condor and her family lived in

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, Washington, and

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. Condor studied ballet as a child, training with the Whidbey Island Dance Theater,

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, the Rock School for Dance Education, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She continued dancing with the

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, and also trained at the Groundlings in

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. She studied acting at the

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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, she attended the

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in New York City, and graduated from Notre Dame Academy in Los Angeles in 2015. In 2016 she was accepted at

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but chose to postpone it to pursue acting.

Career

Condor made her acting debut as the mutant Jubilation Lee / Jubilee in

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's 2016 superhero film '' X-Men: Apocalypse''. That year, she also appeared in

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's drama film '' Patriots Day'', which depicted the events and aftermath of the

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. In 2017, Condor co-starred in the Lifetime romantic thriller film '' High School Lover''. The following year, she gained recognition for her lead role as Lara Jean Covey in

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's romantic drama film '' To All the Boys I've Loved Before'', directed by Susan Johnson and based on Jenny Han's young adult novel of the same name. For the role, she was nominated for a

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. In 2019, Condor portrayed the assassin Saya Kuroki in Syfy's action drama series '' Deadly Class'', based on the Rick Remender

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of the same name. She also appeared as Koyomi in

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's science fiction film '' Alita: Battle Angel'' based on the graphic novel series by Yukito Kishiro. Condor also voiced the character of Kaoru in the Netflix stop-motion animated series ''

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'' (2019)'','' guest starred as the voice of Casey McGarry in the Netflix series ''

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'', and co-starred in the coming-of-age romantic comedy '' Summer Night'' (2019), directed by Joseph Cross. In 2020, Condor reprised her role as Lara Jean Covey in '' To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You'', directed by Michael Fimognari, the second installment of the

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. The following year, she starred once again as Lara Jean Covey in '' To All the Boys: Always and Forever'', the third and final installment of the trilogy. Within two months of posting her first video to

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in February 2020, Condor's channel had over 475,000 subscribers and more than 9.8million views. In 2022, Condor executive produced and starred in the lead role of high schooler Erika Vu in the Netflix comedy-drama series '' Boo, Bitch''. That same year, she headlined the romantic sci-fi film '' Moonshot'' as Sophie Tsukino, alongside Cole Sprouse. She then voiced the title character in the animated film '' Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken'' for DreamWorks. In 2025, she portrayed army medic Stephanie Selby in the military thriller '' Valiant One''. Condor will next star in the upcoming action-thriller '' Ballerina Overdrive'' and the romantic-comedy ''Worth the Wait'', an Asian-American version of ''

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''. She will have a supporting role as Paige Avery in the

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live action comedy film '' Coyote vs. Acme'', opposite Will Forte and

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Personal life

Condor began a relationship with actor Anthony De La Torre in August 2015 shortly after they met at an

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party. As of 2020, they lived together in

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. They got engaged in December 2021 while on vacation in

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, and married in 2024 in an intimate ceremony in

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Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

41. Mazzeo, Esme (July 28, 2024
Lana Condor Shares Emotional Tribute to Her Mother Days After Her Death: ‘I Miss You with My Whole Soul’
Retrieved July 29, 2024.

External links

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