Như Quỳnh

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

The Chinese Botanist's Daughters
The Chinese Botanist's Daughters
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
Cyclo
Cyclo
Money, Money!
Money, Money!
Trading Happiness
Trading Happiness
Touch Happiness
Touch Happiness
Quiet Night
Quiet Night
A Love Will Come
A Love Will Come
Pao's Story
Pao's Story

Filmography

2024 White Butterfly
as Bác Vy
2023 Touch Happiness
as
2020 Between Shadow and Soul
as
2020 Trading Happiness
as Nghi
2019 The Third Wife
as Ba Lao
2014 Rise
as Diệu’s Grandma
2014 Noble
as Madame Linh
2012 Pearls of the Far East
as Mrs. Da Quy
2012 Blood Curse
as
2009 Adrift
as
2007 Saigon Eclipse
as Ba Tu
2006 The White Silk Dress
as
2006 The Chinese Botanist's Daughters
as Director
2006 Pao's Story
as
2004 Long Legged Girls
as
2001 Wharf of Widows
as Mrs. Hon
2000 The Vertical Ray of the Sun
as Suong
1996 Cyclo
as Madam
1996 Flee
as Bà Mai
1990 Dumb Luck
as Mrs. Văn Minh (Mrs. Civilized)