Biography
Lola Tung is an American actress, singer and model who gained notoriety for her role in the Amazon Prime Video series The Summer I Turned Pretty, which was inspired by Jenny Han’s book of the same name.
Age
She is 21 years old as of 28 October 2023. She was born in 2002 in New York, New York, United States.
Family – Education
Her father is from Eastern Europe, while her mother is Swedish and Chinese. Her grandma on her mother’s side is Swedish.She took involved in Little Shop of Horrors and The Wizard of Oz plays in middle school.She majored in acting and graduated in 2020 from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.She participated in school plays while enrolled in the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama’s BFA acting program, which she started in the fall of 2020.
Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches(1.67 m).
Fashion
Tung and her co-stars, Christopher Briney and Gavin Casalegno, joined American Eagle as partners following the debut of the first season of The Summer I Turned Pretty in 2022. Tung was named the face of Coachtopia, a new sub-brand from Coach that aims to create a more circular future for fashion, in April 2023. She also starred in Coachtopia’s 2023 holiday campaign, “Have a Wasty Holiday,” which sought to raise awareness of the garbage generated during the festive season.
The Summer I Turned Pretty
She appeared as Isabel “Belly” Conklin in the American coming-of-age romantic drama television series The Summer I Turned Pretty. As she and her family reconcile with Susannah Fisher and her two kids, Jeremiah and Conrad (the latter of whom Belly has had a crush on since she was 10), the story follows Isabel “Belly” Conklin, who is set to turn sixteen.
Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher’s relationship with Belly has been influenced by events from past summers as she struggles with growing up and her first love. She learns that taking chances pays off and that change is a given. Belly spends every summer at the Cousins Beach home of her mother’s closest friend. She was the youngest and only girl among the four children, thus as a child, she felt excluded. But Conrad and Jeremiah have noticed a significant change in the past year this summer. Their interest in her gives Belly the feeling that this will be a summer to remember.
Career
Tung participated in LaGuardia’s virtual senior acting showcase her final year of high school, where her current manager saw her for the first time. A few months later, Tung received an email from the manager inviting her to an audition and to start working together during the second semester of her freshman year at Carnegie Mellon University. The Summer I Turned Pretty, the television adaption of Jenny Han’s best-selling trilogy on Amazon Prime, is a television series. The audition was for the lead part of Isabel “Belly” Conklin. Tung took virtual college classes and used Zoom to try out for the show.
Later on, she was hired for the role, which counts as her first acting credit. Shortly after being cast in the lead role of The Summer I Turned Pretty, in September 2021, Tung signed a talent agency contract with Creative Artists Agency, an American company. The second season of the show was filmed in the summer of 2022 after it was renewed by Amazon Prime prior to the first season’s premiere. The third season of the show was renewed in August 2023. However, the SAG-AFTRA strike caused a delay in the production.
Tung participated in the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s developmental residence of Almost Famous in November 2023 alongside Tom Kitt and Cameron Crowe in the role of Penny Lane. The workshop was read aloud to the public on November 11, 15, and 18, 2023. Tung debuted on Broadway as Eurydice in the Tony-winning musical Hadestown in February 2024. For a brief run (February 9 to March 17), she took Solea Pfeiffer’s place, playing opposite Jordan Fisher as Orpheus. Tung received her first nomination for favorite replacement (female) for 2024 later in May of that year. Broadway.com Awards of the Audience Choice.