Lana Condor

Lana is in a relationship with actor Anthony De La Torre.

She is a supporter of an environmental group named ‘Heal the Bay.’

She set up a scholarship with the ‘Asia Foundation’ in 2017. It provides schooling to girls from Cần Thơ, Vietnam, for four years.

Lana Therese Condor was born in Cần Thơ, Vietnam, on May 11, 1997. She was adopted by her American parents, Mary Carol (Haubold) and Bob Condor, on October 6, 1997, and was raised in Chicago, Illinois.

Her father is a two-time ‘Pulitzer Prize’-nominated journalist and the former vice president of ‘Yahoo! Sports.’ She also has a non-biological brother named Arthur Robert, who was adopted along with her.

She was named “Tran Dong Lan” at the time of her birth. However, her name was changed to “Lana Condor” after her adoption. Her father wrote about the adoption of Lana and her brother in the ‘Chicago Tribune’ on December 21, 1999.

Lana lived on Whidbey Island, Washington, and then in New York City, before moving with her family to Santa Monica, California, at the age of 15. As a child, Lana studied ballet at ‘The Rock School for Dance Education’ in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

She trained in dance at the ‘Spectrum Dance Theater’ in Seattle. After moving to New York, she performed at places such as the ‘Joffrey School of Classical Ballet,’ the ‘Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater,’ and the ‘Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet.’.

In 2014, Lana starred as ‘Amber Von Tussle’ in the ‘Notre Dame Academy's production of ‘Hairspray.’ She was in her senior year when she auditioned for the role of ‘Jubilation Lee,’ or ‘Jubilee,’ for ‘X-Men: Apocalypse.’

She was in the study hall for a history test when she found out that she had been selected to star as a mutant in the popular ‘X-Men’ movie. Condor made her acting debut with ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ in 2016.

The movie, which was the ninth installment of the ‘X-Men’ franchise, became the fourth-highest-grossing film of the series. The same year, Lana appeared in Peter Berg’s crime drama ‘Patriots Day.’ The film was a box-office failure but was chosen by the ‘National Board of Review’ as one of the top 10 films of 2016. Lana played ‘Li’ in the film.

In 2017, she appeared as ‘Allison’ in the TV movie ‘High School Lover.’ Her role as mutant ‘Jubilee’ had already made her quite popular with the audiences, but it was her next release that became her acting breakthrough.

In 2017, Lana was announced as the lead in film adaptation of the book ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’ by Jenny Han. The movie was released on August 17, 2018, on ‘Netflix,’ and became an international hit soon after its release.