Vietnamese beauties act in international films

Maggie Q, Linh Dan or Le Thi Hiep... are all actresses with Vietnamese blood and have left their mark in many Hollywood and European films.

Linh Dan

Linh Dan is one of the famous Vietnamese-origin actresses in the world art film industry. Leaving Saigon with her family to France in 1975, she attracted attention when she participated in the film Indochina (1992) by French director - Régis Wargnier.

This work won the Oscar for "Best Foreign Language Film". And her role as the adopted daughter of a female rubber plantation owner in Saigon during the French colonial period brought Linh Dan a nomination for "Promising Actress" from the French Academy.

In 2005, Linh Dan returned to cinema after 10 years of working in the economic field on the advice of her family. In the film Mr. Nobody (2009), Linh Dan played one of three female leads - the wife of a man over 100 years old, Nemo Nobody. She acted alongside two stars Jared Leto and Diane Krudger. The film premiered at the 66th Venice Film Festival and was highly appreciated by critics.

Thuy Trang

Thuy Trang was born in 1973 in Saigon and moved to the US with her family when she was three years old. She studied civil engineering but after graduating from university, she became passionate about acting.

In 1993, Thuy Trang was cast in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers television series. In the series, she played the yellow superhero Trini Kwan, who had a bright smile and was good at martial arts. Thuy Trang learned martial arts since ninth grade. After two years of participating in nearly 90 episodes of the series that became a hit in North America in the early 1990s, Thuy Trang and two other actors left the crew due to disagreements about salary.

She continued to participate in film projects including Spy Hard and The Crow: City of Angels in the late 1990s. In 2001, on a fateful bus trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles, Thuy Trang passed away in a tragic accident.

Le Thi Hiep

In early 1990, Le Thi Hiep was a physics student at the University of California, USA. By chance, she went with her friends to audition for Oliver Stone's Heaven & Earth, and she beat out over 1,000 candidates to become the lead actress in the famous film about the Vietnam War.

In the film, Hiep plays a Vietnamese woman from 13 to 38 years old who goes through a series of ups and downs and misfortunes. Director Oliver Stone was so impressed with Le Thi Hiep that he did not require her to take acting lessons and just let her act naturally. Hiep's performance in the film, along with that of other American and Asian stars, was highly appreciated by the North American press after the film was released.

Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan commented: "This is a talented amateur actor." After Heaven & Earth, Le Thi Hiep acted in many more films but none of them became famous. In addition to acting, the actress born in 1969 also owns a restaurant in Venice, Italy.

Do Thi Hai Yen

In 2001, Do Thi Hai Yen beat out 2,000 domestic and foreign candidates to be chosen for the female lead role in the film The Quiet American (directed by Phillip Noyce). This was the first time in Vietnamese history that a native actress played an English-speaking character in a Hollywood film.

In this film, she plays a Vietnamese girl trapped in a love triangle with a British journalist and a young American man. Two world-famous actors, Sir Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser, co-star with Hai Yen. The simple, charming, pure Vietnamese beauty and natural acting style of the Vietnamese beauty were praised by foreign press. Hai Yen was invited to attend a series of world film festivals. The work was later recognized by experts as one of the 10 best films of 2002.

After this film, Do Thi Hai Yen became one of the most highly regarded female stars of Vietnamese cinema. Recently, the beauty returned with a role in the film Father, Son and... directed by Phan Dang Di.

Maggie Q

Maggie Q is associated with the image of a strong and sexy "action woman" in a series of famous Hollywood movies. In two episodes of the film adaptation series - Divergent (2014) and Insurgent (released in April), Maggie Q plays the role of a mutant accompanying the female lead Beatrice. This film adaptation series earned over 500 million USD and is among the most famous works for young audiences, along with The Hunger Games.

Before Divergent, Maggie Q starred in the three-year-long and popular TV series in North America - Nikita. The script was developed from the French film of the same name by French director - Luc Besson. The plot is about a female assassin who takes revenge on a secret organization that wanted to kill her. Each episode of this action series attracts nearly 2.5 million viewers on TV. Since Nikita, Maggie Q has been nailing the image of a sexy female assassin.

Maggie Q was born in 1979 with the Vietnamese name Ly My Ky. Her mother is Vietnamese and her father is Polish-Finnish. Previously, the beauty acted in many famous action movies such as Live Free or Die Hard, Mission: Impossible III, and Rush Hour 2. Maggie Q is a rare actress of Vietnamese origin.become famouswith the dream of cinema in the international market.

Lee Balan

In 2009, when she was a 16-year-old high school student in Hanoi, Luu De Ly (Lee Balan) passed the audition and was invited to Poland to play the female lead in the movie Moja Krew (My Flesh My Blood).

In this film, De Ly plays a Vietnamese girl who immigrates to Poland and agrees to be a surrogate mother for a dying martial artist. However, the two later fall in love. The role in the film requires De Ly to understand the lives of Vietnamese people abroad and to act out intimate scenes with the male lead.

The film was later nominated for "Best Film" at the 2009 European Film Festival. Previously, the script won the "Best Screenplay" award and was sponsored by Opus Film. After Moja Krew, the actress born in 1991 has been active in showbiz in Hanoi but has not had any new roles.

Ngo Thanh Van

Ngo Thanh Van was born in 1979 in Tra Vinh. At the age of 16, she followed her mother to Norway to settle down. In 1999, Ngo Thanh Van returned to Vietnam and joined showbiz after winning the title of 2nd runner-up in the Miss Vietnam Photogenic contest. In the early 2000s, she became well-known as a singer. In 2004, Ngo Thanh Van was chosen by MTV Asia to play the role of Thuy - a Vietnamese girl who is good at martial arts and a member of the spy group in the TV series Rouge (Red Angels). After this role, Ngo Thanh Van became associated with the image of a "female fighter" through movies such as Heroic Blood, Dragon Trap, and Buddha's Fire. The beauty also actively sought opportunities to participate in international film projects.

Last year, Ngo Thanh Van was included in the cast of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2. In the second part of the martial arts film loved by many fans around the world, the Vietnamese "action girl" played alongside Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen and Harry Shum Jr. Ngo Thanh Van's character is an assassin named Mantis - the right-hand man of the main characters. The actress went to New Zealand and China to film. She also had many martial arts scenes with spears and swords.

The film is directed by Yuen Woo-ping. The script is based on the martial arts novel Thiet Ky Ngan Binh by writer Vuong Do Lu. In January, the film projectrevealfirst scenes. The film is expected to be released in early 2016.

Levy Tran

Although only playing a small role in Fast & Furious 7, Levy Tran immediately became a name that caught the attention of Asian fans early this summer because this blockbuster made a huge impact.recordfifth highest-grossing film in history - grossing over $1.5 billion. In the film, Levy Tran appears in the very first scene, as the girl waving the racetrack flag andshow off curvesfire.

Levy Tran (real name: Tran Le Vy) is a Vietnamese American living in San Jose. After graduating from high school, instead of continuing her education at Mortuary College to become a kindergarten teacher, the beauty dropped out of school to become a model.She has appeared on MTV's Guy Code and has modeled for tattoo magazines such as Inked and Tattoo Life.

Quite famous in America for her attractive appearance and dense tattoos all over her body, Levy caught the eye of the director.James Wan with actor and producer Vin Diesel. Levy can speak fluent Vietnamese, is active on social media and is determined to pursue cinema in the future.

Loan Chabanol

The actress with four bloodlines: Vietnamese, French, Italian and German has just had a baby.big stridein her film career after becoming the female lead in the fourth part of the famous series - The Transporter. Loan transformed into a scheming but charming woman, alongside actor Ed Skrein. "Anna is a woman with a deadly mysterious charm. She is the type of person who is intelligent, has a personality and has a story that contains many secrets behind that you need to discover", Loan said.

The actress shared that she was excited to work with the famous team of director Camille Delamarre - who made Transporter 3 and Taken 2. Before coming to Transporter, Loan had only acted in three European and American films: Third Person, Fading Gigolo and the short film Buster Keaton. Before pursuing acting, Loan Chabanol had been on the catwalk since she was 16 years old. The beauty born in 1982 used toappeared on the covers of many famous fashion magazines such as Elle, Marie Claire or Glamour.

Lana Condor

On August 11, Lana Condor was directed by Bryan Singer.announceis a new member of the star cast in X-Men: Apocalypse.This is her acting debut.cVietnamese girl 1.57 m tall. Lana transformed into one of the youngest mutants namedJubilee. This character in the comics was originally aAn Asian with the ability to create dazzling fireworks that are undetectable by psychics. Jubilee was described as having an orphaned past, introduced to Professor Xavier's mutant school after escaping from her enemies.

Lana Condor was born in 1996 in Vietnam.with birth name is Tran Dong Lan. In 1997, she was adopted by Mary and Bob Condor along with her younger brother Arthur. The young actress lives in California and graduated from high school in 2014. She won a California Arts scholarship. In addition to pursuing acting, Lana is also a dancer. She attended the famous Joffrey Ballet School and has performed with the Los Angeles Ballet.

According to VNE