London Thor

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London Thor
Occupation(s)Actress, Singer-songwriter
Years active2013-present
Television Gen V
Parent Cameron Thor (father)

London Thor is an American singer, songwriter and actress. On the Amazon Prime Video superhero series Gen V , Thor plays the female form of Jordan Li. [1]

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Early life

Thor was born and raised in Los Angeles, and grew up in Agoura Hills. Her parents Cameron Thor and Alice Carter ran an acting studio in Studio City. [2] Thor has one older brother named Dylan Ace. Thor is of partial Korean heritage. [3]

Career

Music

Thor is a singer-songwriter. She started writing music as a 12 year-old, and by the age of 15 years-old had independently released her first single. Her songs have appeared in film and television shows such as The Girl on the Train and Girls Like Magic. She has also written and performed music with artists and DJs such as Markus Schulz , Farius, AWAY, TyDi , Shane 54, Christopher Tin and Jerome Isma-Ae. [4] [2] She has also written and performed with Gareth Emery and Alastor. [5]

Acting

Thor had roles in You , Shameless and the Greta Gerwig feature film Lady Bird . [6] She also appeared in Never Have I Ever . [7]

Thor joined the Amazon Prime Video superhero series Gen V in May 2022. [8] Thor plays the female form of Jordan Li, sharing the role with Derek Luh. She said that it "really easy sharing a character with Derek," adding that the pair were "open to talking about the character and open to each other's opinions. We built this character from the ground up." [9] Luh told Variety that when the character Jordan is in Thor's female form, "they have more swag and are a little more punk rock and a little more confrontational and [have] that dry humor." [10]

Filmography

Key
Denotes works that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
2015The Rolling SoldierSadie4 episodes
2016-2018 Shameless Olivia5 episodes
2017 Lady Bird Merrily We Roll Along performerFilm
2021 You Stephanie1 episode
2022 Never Have I Ever Stella1 episode
2023 Gen V Jordan LiMain role
TBAInfinitely DenseLaylaPost-production

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