Lauren Tsai

Lauren Tsai (born February 11, 1998) is an American illustrator, model and actress.[3][2] She is best known to Western audiences for her appearance in the Fuji TV and Netflix series Terrace House: Aloha State. She made her acting debut in the third and final season of Legion, a television series based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.

Lauren Tsai
Lauren Tsai at the 2019 WonderCon
Born (1998-02-11) February 11, 1998
Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S.[1]
Nationality
  • United States
Occupation
Years active2014-present
Modeling information
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Hair colorBrown[3]
Eye colorBrown[3]
Websitelauren-tsai.com

Biography

Lauren Tsai was born on February 11, 1998 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States[1] to a Chinese-American father and a European-American mother and has two older sisters. Tsai is a niece of Ming Tsai[4]. Tsai's family moved to Honolulu, Hawaii when she was seven years old. Then she went back to Massachusetts for a year for boarding school.[2] She visited Japan for the first time at eleven years old and returned to study in Hiroshima for six weeks while a sophomore when she was studying at Pacific Buddhist Academy.[5][6]

In 2014, she began modeling in Japan under the name "Lala." In November 2016, she auditioned for Terrace House.

After moving out of the show's Honolulu house, she continued to pursue her modeling and artistic work. As a model, she's since appeared in a number of magazines, commercials, catalogs and fashion shows, including in Japan and Hawaii.

In 2018, she drew a variant cover for issue No. 1 of West Coast Avengers.[7] In 2019, she followed with a variant cover for Captain Marvel No. 1.[8] She also collaborated with Marc Jacobs on a line of apparel and accessories.[9]

In January 2019, she was cast in the third and final season of the FX series Legion as Switch, a young mutant who has time travelling abilities.[10] She will next star in Moxie, directed by Amy Poehler for Netflix.[11] Tsai is represented by WME.

Personal life

Tsai is vegan.[2]

Artistry

Influences

Tsai is inspired by animated films, fantasy, surrealism and music.[2]

Works
TitleYearNotes
Captain Marvel #12019Variant Cover[8].
Nike Collaborations2019Air Force 1 and Nike Air Max[12].
West Coast Avengers #12019Variant Cover[13].
Brooklyn Mural #12019Mural for Mortal Kombat.
Revlon JP2019
Be@RBRICK Series 382019
"It's All For You"2018200-page hardbound book of original drawings[14].
LAUREN TSAI X MARC JACOBS2017Featured as designer and illustrator[15].
Starbucks Collaboration2017Starbucks Harajuku B-Side[16]
"Gateway to Fantasy"2017Art installation at Lucua Department Store in Osaka
"It's All Over"2017At Sezon Art Gallery in Omotesando[17].
“18”2017Illustration gallery at ARS Cafe

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
TBAMoxieClaudiaPost-production

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2016–2017Terrace House: Aloha StateHerself17 episodes
2017Shōsuke Tanihara's 25th MealHerself
2019LegionJia-yi / SwitchMain role (season 3)

Music videos
Year Title Artist Notes
2016RererepeatFrederic
2017Summer DreamJung Yong-hwa[18]
2017Positive Shadow, Negative LightBehind the Shadow Drops
gollark: Well, it probably still needs some of the rest of the body for maintenence.
gollark: If the brain is dead, it isn't much use.
gollark: Ideally we would remove the brains from people's skulls and directly feed them input data via the existing nerve I/O bits, but nooooo, apparently that's "unethical" and "impractical".
gollark: Kidnap some psychology students?
gollark: From a very self-selected group, though.

References
  1. "ローレン・サイ" (in Japanese). IMG. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  2. "Private Eyes: On the Road with Lauren Tsai". DEW Magazine. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  3. "Lauren Tsai, Japanese WOMEN, Image Models". Image Models. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  4. Ming Tsai (March 18, 2018). "Ming Tsai on Twitter: "So proud of my niece @LaLaChuu @nikejapan… "". Twitter. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  5. Pacific Buddhist Academy (April 18, 2015). "Congratulations to Lauren Tsai, PBA..." Facebook. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  6. Pacific Buddhist Academy (October 24, 2015). "Congratulations to Pacific Buddhist..." Facebook. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  7. Markus, Tucker Chet. "Terrace House's Lauren Tsai Draws a Variant for West Coast Avengers No. 1 | News | Marvel". Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  8. "Lauren Tsai Creates a Variant Cover for 'Captain Marvel #1' | News | Marvel". Marvel Entertainment.
  9. Feitelberg, Rosemary; Feitelberg, Rosemary (October 10, 2018). "Influence Peddler: Lauren Tsai Talks Marc Jacobs Collaboration, New Book, Marvel Comic Book Covers". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  10. Otterson, Joe (January 9, 2019). "'Legion' Season 3 Casts Lauren Tsai (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  11. N'Duka, Amanda (October 14, 2019). "Hadley Robinson, Lauren Tsai Star In Amy Poehler-Directed Netflix Film 'Moxie'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  12. "Lauren Tsai's Hand-Painted Nike Air Force 1 Is One-Of-A-Kind". HYPEBAE. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  13. "Terrace House's Lauren Tsai Draws a Variant for West Coast Avengers #1 | News | Marvel". Marvel Entertainment.
  14. "It's all for you". Google Books. 青幻舎. October 29, 2018.
  15. "Terrace House Star Lauren Tsai on Her New Marc Jacobs Collaboration, Her Style, and Becoming an Artist". Vogue.
  16. "Lauren Tsai Links Up with Starbucks for a Special Christmas Collab". HYPEBAE.
  17. "セゾンアートギャラリー(SEZON ART GALLERY) – Terrace House Fun" (in Japanese).
  18. "CNBLUE Jung Yonghwa Summer Dream Japan Solo Comeback For Summer Calling Album". Kimchislap.com. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
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