Như Quỳnh
Known for: Acting
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
Dumb Luck
Mrs. Văn Minh (Mrs. Civilized)
1990
Film
Long Legged Girls
Ngọc's Mother
2004
Film
First Love
Diễm Hương
1977
Series
Hương vị tình thân
Cụ Dần
2021
Film
Cyclo
Madam
1995
Series
Không thời gian
Bà Hà Thị Hồi
2024
Series
Đừng bắt em phải quên
2020
Debt of love
Hiên
1987
Series
Hành trình công lý
Bà Giang
Film
The Third Wife
Bà Lao
2019
Series
12A và 4H
Bà Quang
1995
Film
The Chinese Botanist's Daughters
Director
2006
Film
Time in the Jungle
Nam
1988
Film
Quiet Night
Chiêu
1984
Film
Nesting Season in Hanoi
Nguyệt
1978
Film
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
Suong
2000
Film
Noble
Madame Linh
2014
Film
The Holy Day
Ái
1976
Film
Runaway
Bà Mai
1996
Film
Money, Money!
1989
Film
March to the Front
Mai
1973
Film
Vũ Điệu Đam Mê
Sư Tâm
2010
Film
The Story of Pao
Ms. Kía
2006
Tears in the New Era
Trinh’s mother
1996
Film
Blood Curse
2012
Film
Wharf of Widows
Mrs. Hon
2001
Film
Rise
Diệu’s Grandma
2014
Film
Adrift
Ms. Vân (Hải's mum)
2009
Film
Touch Happiness
2023
Film
Pearls of the Far East
Mrs. Da Quy
2012
Film
The Girl from the Mountain Village
Mrs. Tê Hun
2007
Film
Spirit Guardians: The Last Secret of the First Emperor
Nữ quan Phạm Thị Trân
2026
Film
Between shadow and soul
2020
Film
White Butterfly
Bác Vy
2024
Film
We Will Meet Again
Nết
1974
Film
The White Silk Dress
The Governor's wife
2007
Film
A Love Will Come
Dung
1983
Film
The Last Hope
Vân
1981
Film
Broken Space
Huệ Anh
1998
Film
Lady of the Flowers
The Consultant's Wife
1989
Saigon Eclipse
Ba Tu
2007
Film
The Population Planning Minister
Nhất's wife
1984
Film
Cơn Lốc Biển
Phung
1984
Film
Eleven Men
(archive footage)
2016
Film
Trading Happiness
Nghi
2020
Film
Bride of Silence
Lý An's mum
2005