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.
Filmography
Spirit Guardians: The Last Secret of the First Emperor
2026
as Nữ quan Phạm Thị Trân
White Butterfly
2024
as Bác Vy
Touch Happiness
2023
Between shadow and soul
2020
Trading Happiness
2020
as Nghi
The Third Wife
2019
as Bà Lao
Eleven Men
2016
as (archive footage)
Rise
2014
as Diệu’s Grandma
Noble
2014
as Madame Linh
Pearls of the Far East
2012
as Mrs. Da Quy
Blood Curse
2012
Vũ Điệu Đam Mê
2010
as Sư Tâm
Adrift
2009
as Ms. Vân (Hải's mum)
- No poster
Saigon Eclipse
2007
as Ba Tu
The White Silk Dress
2007
as The Governor's wife
The Girl from the Mountain Village
2007
as Mrs. Tê Hun
The Chinese Botanist's Daughters
2006
as Director
The Story of Pao
2006
as Ms. Kía
Bride of Silence
2005
as Lý An's mum
Long Legged Girls
2004
as Ngọc's Mother
Wharf of Widows
2001
as Mrs. Hon
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
2000
as Suong
Broken Space
1998
as Huệ Anh
Runaway
1996
as Bà Mai