Élodie Yung

Élodie Yung (French: [elɔdi juŋ]; born 22 February 1981) is a French actress. She is best known for her role as Elektra Natchios in the 2016 second season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Netflix series Daredevil and the 2017 Netflix miniseries The Defenders, as well as Thony De La Rosa on the 2022 Fox series The Cleaning Lady.

Yung was born in Paris, on 22 February 1981. Her father is Cambodian and her mother is French.[1] She grew up in Seine-Saint-Denis.[citation needed] Her father enrolled her in karate classes at age 9,[2] and she eventually became a black belt in her late teens.[3] Yung earned a law degree at the University of Paris with the intention of becoming a judge.[4][5] However, at the age of 29, she instead pursued acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art