Lauren Tsai

Lauren Tsai was born on February 11, 1998, in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States,[1] to American management consultants Linda Marie (neé Milkowski) and Stephen Ming-Hsi Tsai.[4][5] She has two older sisters, Christine and Michelle.[4] Through her father, she is a great-granddaughter of Chinese composer Lee Pao-Chen,[4] and niece of American restaurateur Ming Tsai.[6]

Tsai is of Eurasian descent. Her mother is of European descent, while her father is of Chinese descent.[7]

Her family moved to Honolulu, Hawaii when she was seven years old. She visited Japan for the first time at the age of eleven. She studied at Punahou School,[8] then attended a large boarding school in Massachusetts in the ninth grade.[3][7] After a year in Massachusetts, she moved back to Hawaii and attended Pacific Buddhist Academy,[9][10] when she started to take Japanese classes. Then, she studied in Hiroshima for six weeks when an exchange program.[3][7]

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.[11] In 2019, she followed with a variant cover for Captain Marvel No. 1.[12] She also collaborated with Marc Jacobs on a line of apparel and accessories.[13]

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.[14] She will next star in Moxie, directed by Amy Poehler for Netflix.[15]

Tsai is vegan.[3]

In April 2020, Tsai adopted a cat through the rescue center,[16] and named it Sasha.[17]

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