Như Quỳnh
Acting
Born: 1954-01-01 in Hanoi, Vietnam
Biography
Nguyễn Như Quỳnh (born in 1954, known as Như Quỳnh) is a Vietnamese actress and People's Artist (NSND). She is also known as an amateur poet. She graduated in 1971 from the Vietnam Theatre School, today the University of Theatre and Film, Hanoi (SKDA). Two years later, she acted as one of the two female leads in her first film, Bài ca ra trận ("The Song of Battle", d. Trần Đắc, 1973). Then with her role as Nết in Đến hẹn lại lên ("We'll Be Seeing Us Again", d. Trần Vũ, 1974), Như Quỳnh won the Best Actress Award at the 3rd Vietnam Film Festival in 1975. Her roles in a series of French co-productions, Indochine (1992), Cyclo (1995) and Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000) introduced her to a foreign audience.
Known For
Cyclo
Madam
The Third Wife
Bà Lao
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
Suong
The Chinese Botanist's Daughters
Director
Noble
Madame Linh
Adrift
Ms. Vân (Hải's mum)
The Story of Pao
Ms. Kía
The White Silk Dress
The Governor's wife
Rise
Diệu’s Grandma
Between shadow and soul
The Journey of Heroes
Mẹ Nhân (410)
Bride of Silence
Lý An's mum
Touch Happiness
We Will Meet Again
Nết
Long Legged Girls
Ngọc's Mother
Blood Curse
Wharf of Widows
Mrs. Hon
Spirit Guardians: The Last Secret of the First Emperor
Nữ quan Phạm Thị Trân
Money, Money!
Quiet Night
Chiêu
A Love Will Come
Dung
Trading Happiness
Nghi
White Butterfly
Bác Vy
First Love
Diễm Hương
Pearls of the Far East
Mrs. Da Quy
The Holy Day
Ái
Nesting Season in Hanoi
Nguyệt
Time in the Jungle
Nam
March to the Front
Mai
The Last Hope
Vân
Runaway
Bà Mai
Eleven Men
(archive footage)
Lady of the Flowers
The Consultant's Wife
Broken Space
Huệ Anh
The Girl from the Mountain Village
Mrs. Tê Hun
The Population Planning Minister
Nhất's wife
Vũ Điệu Đam Mê
Sư Tâm