Trang Thanh Lan

Trang Thanh Lan (1953-    ) is a famous Vietnamese singer and actress.

Born as Nguyễn Lệ Liễu on June 7, 1953 in Chợ Lớn, South Vietnam, she began studying music with legendary musician/voice coach Tùng Lâm while in her early teen years.  At the age of 15, she made her first live performance as a singer in front of a large gathering as a featured new talent billed as Lệ Liễu in a music festival concert organized by her teacher, Tùng Lâm, held at the Quốc Thanh Auditorium in Saigon.  Immediately following that debut performance, Tùng Lâm decided to give her a new professional stage name as Trang Thanh Lan, which coincided with several of his other pupils he had also given stage names to with the prefix name of "Trang" such as Trang Mỹ Dung, Trang Kim Yến and Trang Kim Phụng.  In 1973, she costarred in the film, Xa Lộ Không Đèn, with Thanh Nga, Hoài Trung, Túy Hoa, Trần Văn Trạch and Dũng Thanh Lâm.

Trang Thanh Lan and Quang Bình

After the Fall of Saigon, Trang Thanh Lan married Quang Bình, the son of legendary singer/actor Hùng Cường.  The two formed a singing duo that became quite popular throughout the 1980s in Vietnam.  Among their most popular songs included Cô Gái Ba Lan Kiêu Kỳ and Ra Giêng Anh Cưới Em.  Quang Bình and Trang Thanh Lan performed nightly at various major venues throughout Ho Chi Minh City.  In 1992, the pair left Vietnam and resettled in Southern California.  In 1993, Quang Bình and Trang Thanh Lan made their debut appearance on volume 20 of Thúy Nga's Paris By Night video series with a performance of the song, Rước Tình Về Với Quê Hương (written by Hoàng Thi Thơ).  Quang Bình and Trang Thanh Lan would be invited back on the Paris By Night stage several more times during the 1990s appearing in ensemble performances with Hương Lan, Phương Hồng Quế and Elvis Phương.  Toward the late 1990s, Trang Thanh Lan began acting in various comedy sketches on the Paris By Night series alongside other performers such as Ái Vân, Thái Châu, Mỹ Huyền, Hồng Đào, Quang Minh, Chí Tài, Loan Châu and Hoài Linh.  Trang Thanh Lan has also acted in comedy sketches featured on the popular live show video series produced by Blue Ocean and Vân Sơn Entertainment.  In 2002, after 20 years of marriage, Quang Bình and Trang Thanh Lan divorced.  Quang Binh decided to move back to Vietnam, while Trang Thanh Lan remained in the United States.     


On February of 2009, Trang Thanh Lan performed live in concert in Vietnam for the first time since she emigrated in 1992.  In a sold out live concert show called Đêm Hội Ngộ Trang Thanh Lan held at the 126 Outdoor Venue in Ho Chi Minh City, she was accompanied with special guest stars Đàm Vĩnh Hưng, Giao Linh, Elvis Phương, Ngọc Sơn, Hiền Thục and Nguyễn Phi Hùng.  The following month, Trang Thanh Lan held another successful concert event in Ho Chi Minh City titled as Trang Thanh Lan và Những Chàng Trai with special guests Đàm Vĩnh Hưng, Thái Châu, Giang Tử, Mạnh Đình, Thế Anh and Quang Bình, marking their first performance together since their divorce back in 2002. 

Trang Thanh Lan resides in Orange County, California.  She is a mother of a grown son.