# Lola Tung
**Lola Tung** (born 2002) is an American actress best known for playing Isabella "Belly" Conklin in the Prime Video series *The Summer I Turned Pretty*, a role she won while a college student with no prior professional acting credits. She has since appeared on Broadway in *Hadestown* and moved into film with the horror movie *[Forbidden Fruits](https://www.edgepedia.org/forbidden-fruits)*.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 2002, New York City[1](https://fliphtml5.com/qfnr/bxrt/9798384916710/) |
| Breakout role | Belly Conklin in *The Summer I Turned Pretty*; casting announced April 2021, filming of season 1 began July 2021[1](https://fliphtml5.com/qfnr/bxrt/9798384916710/) |
| Broadway debut | Eurydice in *Hadestown* (2024), opposite Jordan Fisher as Orpheus and Ani DiFranco as Persephone[2](https://www.theatermania.com/news/ani-difranco-jordan-fisher-and-lola-tung-on-hadestown-and-its-personal-healing-power_1731455/) |
| Recognition | Named to the 2025 TIME100 Next list, with her entry written by Jenny Han[3](https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318869/lola-tung/) |
| Film work | Pumpkin in *Forbidden Fruits* (2026); *Chasing Summer* (2026); *The Young People*; the A24 film *Please*[4](https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion/cover-features/forbidden-fruits-cast-interview) • [5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/lola_tung) • [6](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/a73247174/lola-tung-named-coach-global-ambassador-interview/) |
| Fashion work | Coachtopia partner (2023); Coach global ambassador for eyewear, watches, and fragrance (2026)[1](https://fliphtml5.com/qfnr/bxrt/9798384916710/) • [6](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/a73247174/lola-tung-named-coach-global-ambassador-interview/) |
## Early life and casting
Tung was born in New York City in 2002[1](https://fliphtml5.com/qfnr/bxrt/9798384916710/). In the fall of 2020 she moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to attend [Carnegie Mellon University](https://www.edgepedia.org/carnegie-mellon-university)[1](https://fliphtml5.com/qfnr/bxrt/9798384916710/). Her interest in acting began early, and she had trained as a theater student in New York before college[7](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-summer-i-turned-pretty-season-3-lola-tung-life-beyond-belly-cover-story-july-august-2025).
In early 2021 she began auditioning for the lead role of Belly in the television adaptation of [Jenny Han](https://www.edgepedia.org/jenny-han)'s novel *The Summer I Turned Pretty*, and the media announced her casting in April 2021[1](https://fliphtml5.com/qfnr/bxrt/9798384916710/). Filming of the first season began in July 2021[1](https://fliphtml5.com/qfnr/bxrt/9798384916710/).
Han later described the casting in her TIME100 Next profile of Tung: after meeting several talented young women for the part, "there was just something about 18-year-old Lola Tung that touched my heart"[3](https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318869/lola-tung/). Han said she was looking for somebody who genuinely felt like a teenage girl going through an awakening[8](https://time.com/6187609/jenny-han-the-summer-i-turned-pretty-interview/).
## The Summer I Turned Pretty
The series, which premiered in 2022, follows a coastal New England love triangle between Belly Conklin and brothers Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher, and ran for three seasons[4](https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion/cover-features/forbidden-fruits-cast-interview). It was Tung's breakout role[9](https://1883magazine.com/lola-tung/), and she made her screen debut as the teen protagonist[8](https://time.com/6187609/jenny-han-the-summer-i-turned-pretty-interview/).
In 2022, Tung also narrated the audiobook versions of *The Summer I Turned Pretty* trilogy as the character of Belly[1](https://fliphtml5.com/qfnr/bxrt/9798384916710/). A movie continuing the series is in the works[4](https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion/cover-features/forbidden-fruits-cast-interview).
The role made Tung a household name for a generation of viewers, and she came of age alongside the character across the show's four years of production[10](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a66040936/lola-tung-interview-the-summer-i-turned-pretty-season-3/).
## Stage work
In 2024, Tung made her Broadway debut as Eurydice in the Tony-winning musical *Hadestown* at the Walter Kerr Theatre, joining a cast led by [Jordan Fisher](https://www.edgepedia.org/jordan-fisher) as Orpheus, with the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter [Ani DiFranco](https://www.edgepedia.org/ani-difranco) as [Persephone](https://www.edgepedia.org/persephone)[2](https://www.theatermania.com/news/ani-difranco-jordan-fisher-and-lola-tung-on-hadestown-and-its-personal-healing-power_1731455/). The role marked a return to the stage roots she had before her screen career[7](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-summer-i-turned-pretty-season-3-lola-tung-life-beyond-belly-cover-story-july-august-2025).
## Film and later projects
After *The Summer I Turned Pretty* concluded, Tung sought roles far from Belly. In *Forbidden Fruits* (2026), an indie horror film directed by Meredith Alloway and produced by [Diablo Cody](https://www.edgepedia.org/diablo-cody), she plays Pumpkin, a quiet, calculating observer who slowly drives a wedge between the women of a cult operating out of a suburban mall; the cast includes [Lili Reinhart](https://www.edgepedia.org/lili-reinhart), Victoria Pedretti, and [Alexandra Shipp](https://www.edgepedia.org/alexandra-shipp)[4](https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion/cover-features/forbidden-fruits-cast-interview). "From the get-go, I wanted to do completely different things. That's the fun in being an actor," she told Who What Wear[4](https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion/cover-features/forbidden-fruits-cast-interview).
Her slate since the series has spanned genres: the horror film *The Young People*, directed by Osgood Perkins and co-starring [Nico Parker](https://www.edgepedia.org/nico-parker)[10](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a66040936/lola-tung-interview-the-summer-i-turned-pretty-season-3/); the indie film *[Chasing Summer](https://www.edgepedia.org/chasing-summer-film)*[5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/lola_tung); *Please*, an A24 project[6](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/a73247174/lola-tung-named-coach-global-ambassador-interview/); and *Ripe!*, a sapphic soccer romance set on the Spanish coast, developed from a short film directed by [Kelley O'Hara](https://www.edgepedia.org/kelley-ohara)[11](https://los40.com/2026/05/05/lola-tung-ficha-por-un-romance-lesbico-sobre-futbol-con-escenario-espanol/). She has also appeared in music videos for Laufey's "Madwoman" and Royel Otis's "who's your boyfriend?"[6](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/a73247174/lola-tung-named-coach-global-ambassador-interview/).
## Recognition and public image
Tung was named to the 2025 TIME100 Next list of rising stars[3](https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318869/lola-tung/). In fashion, she partnered with the sustainable brand Coachtopia in 2023[1](https://fliphtml5.com/qfnr/bxrt/9798384916710/) and in 2026 became Coach's global ambassador for eyewear, watches, and fragrance[6](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/a73247174/lola-tung-named-coach-global-ambassador-interview/).
She keeps a deliberately limited social media presence. In a 2025 [Teen Vogue](https://www.edgepedia.org/teen-vogue) cover story she described it as self-preservation rather than career strategy, saying her mind feels a lot clearer without social media on her phone and that she avoids posting family members so they can keep their privacy[7](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-summer-i-turned-pretty-season-3-lola-tung-life-beyond-belly-cover-story-july-august-2025).
## References
1. [Lola Tung biography timeline, FlipHTML5](https://fliphtml5.com/qfnr/bxrt/9798384916710/)
2. [Ani DiFranco, Jordan Fisher, and Lola Tung On Hadestown, TheaterMania](https://www.theatermania.com/news/ani-difranco-jordan-fisher-and-lola-tung-on-hadestown-and-its-personal-healing-power_1731455/)
3. [Lola Tung: TIME100 Next 2025, TIME](https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318869/lola-tung/)
4. [The Women of Forbidden Fruits Are Rewriting the Gospel of Girlhood, Who What Wear](https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion/cover-features/forbidden-fruits-cast-interview)
5. [Lola Tung Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/lola_tung)
6. [Lola Tung Is Coach's Newest Global Ambassador, Harper's Bazaar](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/a73247174/lola-tung-named-coach-global-ambassador-interview/)
7. [The Summer I Turned Pretty Star Lola Tung on Life Beyond Belly, Teen Vogue](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-summer-i-turned-pretty-season-3-lola-tung-life-beyond-belly-cover-story-july-august-2025)
8. [Jenny Han Knows The Summer I Turned Pretty Will Get You in Your Feelings, TIME](https://time.com/6187609/jenny-han-the-summer-i-turned-pretty-interview/)
9. [Lola Tung, 1883 Magazine](https://1883magazine.com/lola-tung/)
10. [Lola Tung on Belly's Single Era and the End of The Summer I Turned Pretty, Harper's Bazaar](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a66040936/lola-tung-interview-the-summer-i-turned-pretty-season-3/)
11. [Lola Tung ficha por un romance lésbico sobre fútbol con escenario español, LOS40](https://los40.com/2026/05/05/lola-tung-ficha-por-un-romance-lesbico-sobre-futbol-con-escenario-espanol/)
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