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