Lauren Tsai

Lauren Tsai is an American actress and illustrator. Born on February 11, 1998, she first became known to audiences in 2016 through her appearance in the Fuji TV and Netflix reality series Terrace House: Aloha State.

Tsai was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts, to a Chinese-American father and a White-American mother. When she was seven years old, her family relocated to Honolulu, Hawai'i.

After moving out of the Terrace House home in Honolulu, Tsai pursued work in both modeling and the visual arts. As a model, she has been featured in publications including Vogue, Marie Claire, and Women's Wear Daily, and she served as a global ambassador for Shiseido. In 2018, she drew variant covers for West Coast Avengers No. 1 and Captain Marvel No. 1. She has collaborated with designer Marc Jacobs on apparel and accessories, as well as brands and creators including Nike, A24, Kojima Productions, and YOASOBI. Additionally, Tsai has released collectibles with Medicom and How2Work, and published two books, titled It's All for You and Passenger Seat. Her artwork and likeness are also featured in Hideo Kojima's video game Death Stranding 2: On the Beach.

In September 2023, Tsai made her directorial debut by creating the animated music video for the song Cool About It by Boygenius. She received a Clio award for her design of a Boygenius Hollywood Bowl tour poster. In March 2025, she created her first large-scale immersive installation, My Dream: Our Hill, in partnership with The Landmark, which was accompanied by a panel discussion at Art Basel Hong Kong. Her animated short film, The Dying World: Forgetting, premiered at the Annecy Festival in June 2025. Tsai's first solo immersive exhibition, titled The Dying World, took place in November 2025 on the grounds of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, featuring a full-sized house, paintings, sculptures, drawings, sketchbooks, curated soundscapes, and stop-motion animation. In March 2026, she made her art fair debut and first collaboration with Perrotin Gallery at Art Basel Hong Kong, where she presented an immersive rendition of The Dying World that included a life-sized sculpture of her character Astrid, referred to as a "Poison Little Girl." During the event, she also participated in a panel discussion titled "Reinventing Luxury: Youth Imagination, Creative Worlds, and the Future of Design" at the Harrod's Hive.

Tsai made her acting debut playing the time-traveling mutant Switch in the third and final season of the FX television series Legion. She subsequently starred in the 2021 Netflix feature film Moxie, directed by Amy Poehler. Tsai also stars in the HBO comedy series Rooster alongside Steve Carell, created by Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses.