Lana Condor, an American actress and YouTuber, rose to fame by playing Jubilee in the 2016 superhero movie X-Men: Apocalypse. She gained global acclaim for her role as Lara Jean Covey in the romantic comedy trilogy To All the Boys (2018-2021). Additionally, she has appeared as Saya Kuroki in the TV show Deadly Class (2019) and as Koyomi in the film Alita: Battle Angel (2019).
Lana Condor Profile Summary
Full name: Lana Therese Condor
Date of birth: 11 May 1997
Age: 26 years (2024)
Zodiac sign: Leo
Place of birth: Can Tho, Vietnam
Nationality: American
Mother: Mary Condor
Father: Bob Condor
Siblings: Arthur Condor
Marital status: Engaged
Partner: Anthony De La Torre
College: Notre Dame Academy and Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, USA
Profession: Actress and YouTuber
Early Life
Condor was originally born as Tran Dong Lan in Vietnam and spent her early months in a Can Tho orphanage. However, she was later adopted by Mary Carol Condor (née Haubold) and Bob Condor, an American couple from Chicago, Illinois, on October 6, 1997.
Her new family also included her brother Arthur, who was three months older and was also adopted from the same orphanage. Ultimately, Condor and her family resided in both Whidbey Island, Washington, and New York City.
Education
As a young girl, Condor pursued ballet and received instruction from various prestigious institutions such as the Whidbey Island Dance Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Rock School for Dance Education, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
She later joined the Los Angeles Ballet and expanded her performance skills by training at the Groundlings for improvisational theatre.
In 2014, she was a theatre scholar at the California State Summer School for the Arts after studying acting at the New York Film Academy and Yale Summer Conservatory for Actors.
After completing her first year of high school, she enrolled in the Professional Performing Arts School in New York City. She then finished her high school education at Notre Dame Academy in Los Angeles in 2015.
In the following year, she received acceptance to Loyola Marymount University but decided to delay her enrollment to pursue her acting career.
Career
In 2016, Lana Condor’s first acting role was as Jubilation Lee, a mutant, in Bryan Singer’s superhero movie X-Men: Apocalypse. She also starred in Peter Berg’s drama film Patriots Day that same year, which told the story of the Boston Marathon bombing and its aftermath.
Condor’s acting career took off in 2017 when she appeared in Lifetime’s romantic thriller High School Lover. The next year, she received widespread acclaim for her portrayal of Lara Jean Covey in Netflix’s romantic drama To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. The film, directed by Susan Johnson and adapted from Jenny Han’s novel, earned her a Teen Choice Award nomination.
Lana Condor took on the role of Saya Kuroki, the assassin, in the 2019 Syfy action drama series Deadly Class, which was adapted from the Rick Remender comic book series. Additionally, she played Koyomi in Robert Rodriguez’s science fiction movie Alita: Battle Angel, based on the graphic novel series by Yukito Kishiro.
Furthermore, Condor lent her voice to the character of Kaoru in the 2019 stop-motion animated series Rilakkuma and Kaoru on Netflix, made a guest appearance as the voice of Casey on the Netflix show BoJack Horseman, and played a supporting role in the romantic comedy Summer Night (2019) directed by Joseph Cross.
In 2020, Lana Condor took on the role of Lara Jean Covey once again in the second part of the film series, To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, under the direction of Michael Fimognari. The next year, she played Lara Jean Covey again in the third and last movie in the trilogy, To All the Boys: Always and Forever.
In just two months after uploading her first video on YouTube in February 2020, Condor’s channel gained over 475,000 subscribers and received more than 9.8 million views.
In 2022, Lana Condor took on dual roles as executive producer and lead actress in the Netflix show Boo, Bitch, portraying high school student Erika Vu. Additionally, she played the main character Sophie Tsukino alongside Cole Sprouse in the romantic science fiction movie Moonshot.
She also had a supporting part in the Looney Tunes live-action comedy Coyote vs. Acme, appearing alongside Will Forte and John Cena.
Lana Condor lent her voice to the lead role in the animated movie Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, alongside Forte for DreamWorks. She has two new films in the works: the military thriller Valiant One and the action-packed Ballerina Overdrive. In 2023, Condor completed filming on the romantic comedy Worth The Wait, a Love Actually remake with an Asian-American twist.
Personal Life
Lana Condor and singer-actor Anthony De La Torre have been in a relationship since 2015. On January 28, 2022, the couple revealed their engagement and currently reside together in Seattle, Washington.
Net Worth
As reported by multiple sources, Lana Condor’s net worth as of 2024 is $3 million. She earns an annual income of $125,000, mainly from her acting and television work, as well as her additional income from her YouTube channel.
