Born and raised in the south of France and Paris, Loan Chabanol studied painting and drawing at a young age before embarking on a successful international modeling career. At age 15 she won the Elite Model Look contest and soon graced the covers of Elle, Marie Claire and several other major fashion publications. In 2010 she shifted her focus to acting and began work at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. Her studies quickly paid off and in 2013 she was cast by Director/Actor John Turturro in Fading Gigolo, performing in a notable scene alongside Woody Allen. This caught the attention of Director, Paul Haggis who next cast Loan in a co-starring role playing alongside James Franco and Mila Kunis, in his film Third Person. During this time she also continued her painting and exhibited her work in four different shows around NY. In 2015 Loan was cast in a lead role in The Transporter Refuelled, alongside actor Ed Skrein. In 2022 Loan was cast as a female lead in the first installment of the anthology series, Tales of the Walking Dead, the latest incarnation of the successful AMC series. Loan lives in Los Angeles, and speaks fluent French and English.