Trần Nữ Yên Khê

Trần Nữ Yên Khê

Actor

Đà Nẵng, Central Vietnam
March 18, 1968

Biography

Tran Nu Yen Khe (born 12 March 1968) is a French-Vietnamese actress, sculptor and painter. Best known for her collaborations with her director husband Tran Anh Hung, she is a leading lady in his films, notably Scent of the Green Papaya, Cyclo and Vertical Ray of the Sun, and had briefly served as his art director and costume designer. She also owns a visual art practice with exhibitions in Paris and Ho Chi Minh City; in 2019, her work Borderline (2018) was acquired by Musée Guimet, making history as the first contemporary artwork from Southeast Asia to be included in the French National Collections

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Representative Works

Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood
6.4
/ Japanese
Cyclo
Cyclo
6.9
/ Vietnamese
The Third Wife
The Third Wife
6.5
/ Vietnamese
Eternity
Eternity
5.6
/ French
The Deserted Valley
The Deserted Valley
5.5
/ Vietnamese
Lumina
Lumina
No Rating Yet
/ French

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

The Taste of Things
2023Nominee

Best Performance

The Taste of Things

The Scent of Green Papaya
1993Nominee

Best Performance

The Scent of Green Papaya

Norwegian Wood
2010Nominee

Best Performance

Norwegian Wood

Career Highlights

Cyclo
1995Highlight

Best Performance

Cyclo

The Third Wife
2019Highlight

Best Performance

The Third Wife