Trần Nữ Yên Khê (born March 18, 1968)[1] is a Vietnamese-born French actress married to the director Tran Anh Hung.[2] She has appeared in all his films, with the exception of Norwegian Wood, Eternity and The Taste of Things.
Trần Nữ Yên Khê | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Trần Nữ Yên Khê in 2023 | |
| Born | March 18, 1968 |
| Nationality | French Vietnamese |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse | Tran Anh Hung |
Early life and education
editTrần Nữ Yên Khê was born on March 18, 1968 in Hanoi, Vietnam.[3] Her mother had been a professor of literature and Chinese at Huế University.[1]
Trần left Vietnam in 1974 at the age of one with her mother and sisters before the end of the Vietnam War.[1] She grew up in Paris. After high school, she attended École du Louvre for one year, before enrolling at École Camondo, where she studied design and interior architecture.[1]
Although Trần is from the central region of Vietnam, she speaks Vietnamese with a northern accent, which she has said discontented her mother.[1]
She has alleged, "French people only offer me stereotypical roles of Asian women that men fantasise about".[4]
Partial filmography
edit- The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)
- Cyclo (1995)
- The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000)
- I Come with the Rain (2009)
- The Third Wife (2018)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Berthon, Magali An (October 1, 2014). "Between two-cultures: Euro-Asian creative personalities (part I)". ASEF culture360.
- ^ Giovanni Fazio (7 June 2009). "Director Tran talks of moving from violence to Murakami's famed 'Norwegian Wood'". Japan Times.
- ^ "Trần Nữ Yên Khê". Oh Les Beaux Jours !. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ Sylvie Blum-Reid, East-West encounters: Franco-Asian cinema and literature, pg 78