Mi Kwan Lock is a French actress.

Biography

Lock was born in Mulhouse, France. She is of Chinese desecent and from the age of 10 grew up in

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

. She resides in Paris, France. She lived in Los Angeles, USA, from 2017 to 2020. She won the "Artist of the year" Award at the UP(st)ART Awards 2018. She plays the female lead in the 2015 film '' A Korean in Paris'' directed by Jeon Soo-il which screened at the

20th Busan International Film Festival The 20th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 1 to October 10, 2015 at South Korea's Busan Cinema Center and was hosted by Song Kang-ho and Marina Golbahari. In this year's festival, a total of 302 films from 75 countries wa ...

and at the

Palm Springs Film Festival Palm Springs International Film Festival (sometimes stylized shortly as PSIFF) is a film festival held in Palm Springs, California. Originally promoted by Mayor Sonny Bono and then sponsored by Nortel,here for Table of Contents it started in 1989 ...

. She plays the leading female role in several films by director Christian Lara including ''The Legend'' featuring

Barry Primus Barry Primus (born February 16, 1938) is an American television and film actor, director, and writer. Career While Primus is primarily an actor, he has also worked as a writer and director in films in which he has acted. For the first decade ...

, ''Summer in Provence'' which screened at the

Pan African Film Festival Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) is a non-profit corporation in Los Angeles, California, United States, that states its goal is to promote "cultural understanding among peoples of African descent" through exhibiting art and film. It hosts a film ...

and ''Esclave et Courtisane'' which screened at the

FESPACO The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (, or FESPACO) is a film festival in Burkina Faso, held biennially in Ouagadougou, where the organization is based. It accepts for competition only films by African filmmakers and chief ...

and on

TV5 Monde TV5Monde (), formerly known as TV5, is a French public television network, broadcasting several channels of French-language programming. It is an approved participant member of the European Broadcasting Union. The network is available across ...

. Lock has studied with Blanche Salant in Paris, France as well as with

Jack Waltzer Jack Waltzer (born June 6, 1926) is an American acting coach and actor. Biography Waltzer is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio and trained with educators of the Stanislavsky method such as Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, Lee Strasberg, and Ut ...

from the

Actors Studio The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights located on West 44th Street in Hell's Kitchen in New York City. The studio is best known for its work refining and teaching method actin ...

. She made her directorial, producer, and scriptwriter debut with the award-winning short film “Red Karma”. She hosted the 2015 Paris Shanghai Film Festival (France), was a member of the jury at the 3rd Film Festival of the Lagoons (Ivory Coast), was president of the jury at cal of Carros (France) in 2015, then a judge of the 2021 Future Drifter Screenwriting contest, jury of the 2022 Festival du Film Merveilleux under the patronage of

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International secur ...

, the 2023 Paris International Film Festival and most recently, Mi Kwan was a jury member at the 2023 Fantasy Film Festival (Paris, France).

Filmography

* ''Noce de muguet'' – Laetitia (2023) * '' Le nouveau jouet'' – Cadre (2022) * ''Le pangolin'' – Hui (2021) * ''Rat Trap'' – Chef (2019) * ''Extra Ordinary'' – Dr Edi (2019) * ''Trivial Pursuit'' – Sheehy (2019) * ''Meta'' – Xiao Li (2018) * ''Red Karma'' – Elle (2018) * '' A Korean in Paris'' – Chang (2015) * ''Mooncake'' – La soeur (2014) * ''Summer in Provence'' – Lilly Chang (2012) * '' The Legend'' – Benedicte Coen Schneidre (2012) * ''Un Mari Idéal'' – Carine (2012)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lock, Mi Kwan French film actresses Living people French people of Chinese descent Year of birth missing (living people)