Như Quỳnh
ActingNguyễn 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
Filmography — Acting
The Third Wife
Bà Lao
Noble
Madame Linh
Cyclo
Madam
The Chinese Botanist's Daughters
Director
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
Suong
Adrift
Ms. Vân (Hải's mum)
Saigon Eclipse
Ba Tu
Blood Curse
Runaway
Bà Mai
Time in the Jungle
Nam
We Will Meet Again
Nết
Rise
Diệu’s Grandma
The Last Hope
Vân
Dumb Luck
Mrs. Văn Minh (Mrs. Civilized)
Hộ Linh Tráng Sĩ - Bí ẩn mộ vua Đinh
Nữ quan Phạm Thị Trân
Pearls of the Far East
Mrs. Da Quy
Between Shadow and Soul
The White Silk Dress
The Governor's wife
Trading Happiness
Nghi
The Story of Pao
Ms. Kía
Bride of Silence
Lý An's mum
Debt of love
Hiên
The Holy Day
Ái
Wharf of Widows
Mrs. Hon
The Population Planning Minister
Nhất's wife
Cơn Lốc Biển
Phung
Broken Space
Huệ Anh
Money, Money!
Touch Happiness
Long Legged Girls
Ngọc's Mother
First Love
Diễm Hương
Eleven Men
(archive footage)
Quiet Night
Chiêu
Nesting Season in Hanoi
Nguyệt
White Butterfly
Bác Vy
The Girl from the Mountain Village
Mrs. Tê Hun
March to the Front
Mai
A Love Will Come
Vũ Điệu Đam Mê
Sư Tâm
Lady of the Flowers
The Consultant's Wife
Tears in the New Era
Trinh’s mother