Loan Chabanol

Loan Chabanol (born 30 December 1982^[1][2]) is a French-American actress, artist, and model.^[3] She is best known for her role in John Turturro's comedy Fading Gigolo, the romantic drama Third Person, the action thriller The Transporter Refueled and the horror drama anthology TV series Tales of the Walking Dead.

Loan Chabanol
Born	(1982-12-30) 30 December 1982 (age 42) Paris, France
Occupation(s)	Actress, artist, model
Years active	2013–present
Known for	Fading Gigolo The Transporter Refueled Tales of the Walking Dead

Life and career

Loan Chabanol was born in Paris, France^[2] on 30 December 1982.^[1][2] She is of Vietnamese, German, and Italian descent.^[4] Her early years were spent in art classes with artist Bernard Bistes.^[5] Discovered at the age of 16 by Elite Model Management, she has been on the covers of magazines such as Elle and Marie Claire.^[6] In 2010, she moved to New York to study acting at Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.^[6]

Acting

Chabanol got her first feature film role in John Turturro's comedy Fading Gigolo. In 2014, she was cast as Sam in Third Person playing a significant compassionate character along with Mila Kunis.^[7] In 2015, she was cast as a lead "femme fatale" in The Transporter Refueled.^[8] In 2022, Chabanol entered The Walking Dead universe playing a lead in the first installment of the anthology series, Tales of the Walking Dead, the latest incarnation of the successful AMC series.^[9]

Art work

In 2015, Chabanol opened her first solo art exhibition in New York City, ^[10] "Born in Blue" curated by Monica Watkins.^[10] The show included a short animated film depicting the birth of a phoenix coming to life from the bottom of the ocean. Her following body of work, "Namsis," was introduced in a LA exhibition in 2018,^[11] followed by the group show "WeRise"^[12] along many other artists. In 2019, she released her first children's book, Blueboo.^[13]

Personal life

In February 2020, Chabanol became an American citizen.^[14] She currently lives in Los Angeles with her partner Wally Pfister.

Filmography

Feature films

• Fading Gigolo (2013)
• Third Person (2014)
• The Transporter Refueled (2015)

TV series

• Tales of the Walking Dead (2022)

Short films

• Psycho Nacirema (2013), Buster Keaton