Lana Condor: Biography, Age, Marriage, and Vietnamese Heritage

Every now and then a rom-com lands at exactly the right moment, and for millions of Netflix subscribers that moment arrived with Lara Jean Covey. Lana Condor was born in Cần Thơ, Vietnam, and adopted by American parents who brought her to the United States in October 1997, before her first birthday (VnExpress International (Vietnamese news outlet)). This profile sorts the facts fans keep arguing about: her real name, her Vietnamese heritage, how her love life played out, and what Noah Centineo actually is to her.

Full name: Trần Đồng Lan ·
Date of birth: May 11, 1997 ·
Place of birth: Cần Thơ, Vietnam ·
Known for: Lara Jean Covey in the To All the Boys franchise ·
Spouse: Anthony De La Torre (m. 2024) ·
Children: None

Most fan arguments about Condor start with one of these eight details — her real name, her height, whether she has kids — so it helps to pin them all down in one place (Wikipedia (community encyclopedia); IMDb (film database); VnExpress International).

Who is Lana Condor?

Condor is the professional name of Trần Đồng Lan (VnExpress International), a name that still follows her through Vietnamese records and fan pages. Born in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ, she spent her first months in a local orphanage before being adopted by Mary Carol Haubold and Bob Condor, a journalist associated with the Chicago Tribune (IMDb (film database)).

• Arrived in the US in October 1997, before her first birthday (VnExpress International)
• Raised on Whidbey Island, Washington, where she started dance training; moved to New York around age 11 for classical ballet (IMDb (film database))
• Studied at the Joffrey School of Classical Ballet, Gelsey Kirkland Academy, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (IMDb (film database))
• Adoptive brother: Arthur Robert (IMDb (film database))

Her school years bounced between New York and Los Angeles: the Professional Performing Arts School, the New York Film Academy, the Yale Summer Conservatory for Actors, then graduation from Notre Dame Academy in 2015 (IMDb (film database); Phú Thọ Department of Foreign Affairs (Vietnamese provincial government)). According to the same government source, she was accepted to Loyola Marymount University but chose the acting path instead.

The acting bet paid off fast. She made her film debut as Jubilee in X-Men: Apocalypse (IMDb (film database)) and appeared in Patriots Day (Fandango (ticketing and film database)), but her real breakthrough came when Netflix cast her as Lara Jean Covey.

• Breakout: Lara Jean Covey in To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, released in August 2018 (Wikipedia (community encyclopedia))
• Sequels: P.S. I Still Love You (2020) and Always and Forever (2021) (Fandango (ticketing and film database))
• Lead role: Moonshot (2022) (Fandango (ticketing and film database))

Can Lana Condor speak Viet?

The honest answer is: not fluently, and she has said so herself. Condor grew up with English as her first language, and her Vietnamese remains a work in progress; in an interview with Capital FM, she told the outlet that she definitely wants to learn more Vietnamese. When she greeted fans in Vietnamese, VnExpress International covered the moment under the headline “American-Vietnamese actress greets fans in local language.”

Is Lana Condor fully Vietnamese?

• By birth: yes — born in Cần Thơ, Vietnam (Wikipedia (community encyclopedia))
• By nationality: American — adopted and raised in the US (IMDb (film database))
• By identity: Vietnamese-American — she has spoken openly about her heritage (VnExpress International)

“Fully Vietnamese” is the wrong frame, because ethnicity and nationality are doing different work here. She is of Vietnamese descent, raised by American parents from infancy, and she has talked publicly about wanting to reconnect with the language and culture that the adoption process took away.

The implication: language was the one thing the adoption didn’t carry over, and Condor treating it as unfinished business is what makes her heritage story feel lived-in rather than performative.

Did Lana Condor get married?

Yes. Condor and Anthony De La Torre announced their engagement in November 2021 and married in 2024 (Wikipedia (community encyclopedia)). It was a relationship she kept largely out of the spotlight — no red-carpet buildup, just a quiet confirmation that the rom-com era of her life had a real-life happy ending.

How old was Lana Condor in To All the Boys I Loved Before?

• Born: May 11, 1997 (Wikipedia (community encyclopedia))
• Film released: August 2018 (Wikipedia (community encyclopedia))
• During filming: age 20 (Wikipedia (community encyclopedia))

The math is worth spelling out because fans routinely assume Lara Jean’s age was Condor’s age: Condor was 20 when production began, and 21 by the time the film reached Netflix. The character she played was still in high school; the actor already wasn’t.

Does Lana Condor have a child?

• As of 2025: no children
• Status: married since 2024, no pregnancy announcement (Wikipedia (community encyclopedia))

The question keeps popping up in search, so the state of play is simple: Condor and De La Torre have no children as of 2025.

Did Lana Condor and Noah Centineo like each other?

• On screen: Lara Jean and Peter Kavinsky were the couple
• Off screen: close friends, never dated (Wikipedia (community encyclopedia))

As Condor told Teen Vogue: “We’re incredibly close, but we’ve never dated. He’s like a brother to me.” The chemistry that made the franchise work was real friendship, not romance — at least according to her own account.

Lana Condor: key dates

Eight dates, one pattern: a Vietnamese-born baby adopted into an American family in 1997 became the face of an American teen franchise by 2018.

What this means: the arc from a Cần Thơ orphanage to a Hollywood wedding took 27 years — and it’s that curve, not the rom-com script, that gives her story its weight.

What’s confirmed and what’s still unclear

Confirmed facts

• Born May 11, 1997, in Cần Thơ, Vietnam (Wikipedia (community encyclopedia))
• Birth name Trần Đồng Lan (VnExpress International)
• Film debut as Jubilee in X-Men: Apocalypse (IMDb (film database))
• Married Anthony De La Torre in 2024 (Wikipedia (community encyclopedia))

What this means: the confirmed record is small but solid — and everything else about Condor’s life is filtered through what she chooses to share.

What’s unclear

• Her actual Vietnamese fluency level — she has said she’s learning (VnExpress International)
• Whether she’ll continue acting after her marriage
• Details about her birth parents, which remain private
• Her net worth; no official figure has been published

The gaps in Condor’s public record line up exactly with the areas she has kept private: birth-family details, finances, and whatever comes next.

Lana Condor in her own words

“I definitely want to learn more Vietnamese.”

— Lana Condor, in an interview with Capital FM

“We’re incredibly close, but we’ve never dated. He’s like a brother to me.”

— Lana Condor, in an interview with Teen Vogue

“American-Vietnamese actress greets fans in local language”

— VnExpress International headline (VnExpress International)

“Forever yours, Mr. and Mrs. De La Torre.”

— Lana Condor, announcing her wedding on Instagram

Why this matters: Condor’s own statements fill in what the databases can’t — that she’s still working on Vietnamese, that her friendship with Centineo was never romantic, and that the marriage she kept private is the one she chose to announce on her own terms.

The through-line across Condor’s story is identity: a Vietnamese-born adoptee who turned heritage into a Hollywood career, then a marriage that quietly reframed her public life. What happens next depends on one decision — whether she doubles down on the rom-com lane that made her famous or pivots toward roles that test her range. For fans who grew up with Lara Jean, the implication is clear: follow Condor’s actual choices, not the franchise, or risk mistaking the character for the woman who played her.

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