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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc

For the singer, see Lan Ngọc. 



Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc (1990-    ) often credited simply as Lan Ngọc, is a beautiful Vietnamese film actress.

Born on April 4, 1990 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc is the middle child in a family of three children.  She has an older sister and a younger brother.  After graduating from high school, Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc attended the Saigon Conservatory of Dramatic Arts (Đại Học Sân khấu – Điện ảnh, TPHCM).  During her sophomore year, in 2009 she landed a small role in her first television mini-series, Gia Đình Phép Thuật, starring Viet Anh, Kim Xuan, Hoa Hiep, Ly Thanh Thao and Van Trang.  This would be followed with another small part in the television movie, Người Đẹp Bình Dương, that same year.  In 2010, she was cast in what has been considered as her breakthrough film role as Nương in Cánh Đồng Bất Tận (The Floating Lives) costarring Dustin Nguyen, Do Thi Hai Yen and Tang Thanh Ha.  She would go on to win two of the most coveted accolades in the Vietnamese film industry, the Cánh Diều Vàng (Golden Kite Award) and the Mai Vàng (Golden Orchid Award) for Best Actress in a Feature Film of 2010.  Her next two acting projects were a starring role in the television mini-series, Mệnh Lệnh Hoa Hồng (2010) with Gia Bao and Nguyet Anh and a supporting role as Xuân in the comedy blockbuster feature film, Long Ruồi (2011) starring Thai Hoa, Tinna Tinh, Khuong Ngoc and Phi Thanh Van.  Despite the enormous success Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc had achieved in film and television within a short period of time with all the signs of a promising acting career underway, she decided to take a break from acting for a couple of years as she was determined to finish college.  She has since publicly admitted in several interviews that she had made a poor decision in going into hiatus from films at such an early stage in her career.

After earning her bachelor's of fine arts degree from the Saigon Conservatory of Dramatic Arts at the end of the year in 2012, Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc wanted very much to resume her acting career at full force.  Unfortunately, after an absence of almost two years it seemed as if the Vietnamese film and television industries had forgotten about her with few offerings for roles.  Undaunted, she forged ahead in pursuit of her dreams of a career in films and television.  To re-familiarize herself with the general audience, Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc settled for supporting roles in various light comedy feature films such as Tèo Em (2013) starring Thai Hoa, Ngoc Diep and Johnny Tri Nguyen and Xui Mà Hên (Crazy Lucky) (2014) starring Nhung Kate, Hieu Hien and Tan Beo.  Finally in 2013, she was cast in the lead role of a serious Korean feature film, Thuy (The original title in Korean was An-nyung Thuy).  Written and directed by up and coming Korean filmmaker, Jae-han Kim, Thuy is a poignant depiction of the life of a Korean man's Vietnamese widow living in a small island village of South Korea and her struggles to triumphantly find justice for her husband's murder.  With less than a month to learn the lines verbatim in Korean, Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc delighted film critics both in Korea and Vietnam with an incredibly believable performance in Thuy which again brought about international acclaim for the actress surpassing the success of her breakthrough role in Cánh Đồng Bất Tận nearly five years prior.  For Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc, 2014 proved to be a stellar year as she rounded out the year with another unforgettable performance in a supporting role as Lua in the highly rated Vietnamese television mini-series, Vừa Đi Vừa Khóc, starring Minh Hang, Luong Manh Hai, Nha Phuong and Phuong Thanh.   


Actor Minh Luan Photographed With Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc
 
(September, 2015)
In recent years, Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc has risen to be one of the top leading ladies of Vietnamese cinema and television.  Feature films in which Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc had received top billing include Bên Nhau Trọn Đời (2015) costarring Hong Dang, Tang Thanh Ha and Tran Bao Son, Trúng Số (Jackpot) (2015), a comedy directed and produced by leading actor, Dustin Nguyen with his wife, Bebe Pham, costarring Chi Tai, Kim Xuan and Phi Thanh Van, Tấm Cám Chuyện Chưa Kể (2016) directed by costar Ngo Thanh Van and also featuring cast members Ngoc Trai, Hieu Hien and veteran Cai Luong actress Ngoc Giau, Phim Trường Ma (2016) costarring Le Khanh and Ha Viet Dung and Găng Tay Đỏ (2016) opposite actor Quang Su. On the small screen, Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc has taken the lead roles in mini-series such as Truy Tìm Hung Thủ (2015) costarring Than Thuy Ha and Duc Hai, Nhân Tình Lạc Lối (2016) costarring Chi Bao and Huynh Dong and Nguyệt Thực (2016) costarring Duc Thinh, Don Nguyen and Tuong Vy.  


Promo Advertisement for 6th Season
of Bước Nhảy Hoàn Vũ (2015)
On the 6th season of the popular television show, Bước Nhảy Hoàn Vũ, the Vietnamese version of Dancing With the Stars, Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc took first prize beating out fellow Vietnamese celebrity competitors Angela Phuong Trinh, Chi Pu, Diep Lam Anh, Huong Giang, Vuong Khang and the Vietnamese-American hip hop artist known as Dumbo.




Link(s):

30 Sexiest Vietnamese Celebs of 2016
Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc Facebook Page 

 

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Nam Cuong


Nam Cuong (1985-    ) is a popular Vietnamese singer and actor.

Born as Nguyễn Nam Cường on September 16, 1985 in Da Nang, Central Vietnam, Nam Cuong had developed a love for singing at a very early age.  His family neither encouraged nor supported his childhood interests in music.  Therefore, Nam Cuong did not receive any formal music training as a child and was a self-taught vocalist.  During his sophomore year in Phan Chau Trinh High School in Da Nang, he entered and won a school sponsored talent contest for his singing talents.  He was selected by his school for the next two consecutive years to enter the Da Nang Citywide Students Association Annual Talent Contest, for which he would win the coveted first prize Huy Chuong Vang Award for the vocals competition in his senior year.  Right after his high school graduation, he entered the televised Yo! Cùng Ước Mơ Xanh talent show sponsored by YoMost Food and Beverage Company and VTV3 Television Network.  Impressing the judges immensely with his live renditions of songs such as Tạm Biệt and Tình khúc Vàng, Nam Cuong ended up in a four-way tie for first place along with fellow contestants Toc Tien, Minh Thu and Viet Thanh.  That same year, the four winners of Yo! Cùng Ước Mơ Xanh (2003) formed the short-lived Yoband!, a pop music group which played for local gigs around Da Nang and made numerous television appearances on the VTV3 Network in hopes of widening their exposure to the general public.  Nam Cuong would manage to win over television viewer audiences with his performances of songs such as Tình Ca written by Quoc Bao and Phút Yêu Đầu written by Bao Lu, as part of Yoband!.  Soon after, the four original members of Yoband! would go their separate ways in order to concentrate on solo careers.  

After the dismantling of Yoband!, Nam Cuong made the decision to relocate to Ho Chi Minh City.  He enrolled at Sân Khấu Điện Ảnh Conservatory to study acting.  Among his television and film acting credits have included Tham Vọng (2009) starring Ngan Khanh and Cao Minh Dat, Những Thiên Thần Áo Trắng (2010) starring Midu, Lan Phuong, Miu Le, Nha Phuong and Phi Thanh Van, Lòng Dạ Đàn Bà (2011) starring actress Ngoc Lan, Van Trang and Duong Cam Lynh, Trúng Số Tình (2013) starring Chi Tai and Phuong Thanh, Lạc Giới (2014) starring Mai Thu Huyen and Huynh Anh and Con Nhà Giàu (2015) starring actress Ngoc Lan and Quoc Truong.  

Since 2008, Nam Cuong has resumed his singing career recording and releasing a series of well-received solo studio albums including Đồng Thoại (2008), Bay Giữa Ngân Hà (2009), Phải Là Anh (2010), Lời Hứa (2011), Tìm Trong Kỷ Niệm (2011) and Sợ (2012).  In 2010, he along with Vietnamese pop singer Ho Quynh Huong were invited to perform as featured special guests alongside Vietnamese-Japanese pop singer Phongchi at the annual Vietnam Festival held at Yoyogi Park in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, Japan.  He is signed with Music Box Entertainment, a management company founded and headed by singer Thanh Thao.



Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Truong Ngoc Anh

Truong Ngoc Anh (1976-    ) is a beautiful Vietnamese actress, fashion model, film producer and entrepreneur.

Born on November 12, 1976 in Hanoi, Truong Ngoc Anh began her modeling and acting careers while still a teenager.  She attended college at Ho Chi Minh City Open University and spent a semester studying abroad in Singapore.  In 1992, she was cast in the role of Diễm in Em Còn Nhớ Hay Em Đã Quên, a feature film starring the late actor Le Cong Tuan Anh that was based on the songs written and composed by Trinh Cong Son.  Impressed with her acting skills, her costar Le Cong Tuan Anh would suggest to director/actor Phuoc Sang to cast her in the lead role in her next feature film, Em và Michael Jackson (1994) which costarred Huynh Anh Tuan, Phuong Thao and Ngoc Giau.  Her other feature films include the comedy, Khi đàn ông có bầu (2005) with an all-star cast including Nguyen Phi Hung, Tan Beo, Hong Nga, comedic actress Hong Van, Phuong Thanh and Thuy Nga, Áo Lụa Hà Đông (The White Silk Dress) (2006) costarring Quoc Khanh, Kim Thu and Tu Trinh, for which she was awarded a Mai Vang, the Vietnamese equivalent to an Oscar, for Best Actress, Saigon Eclipse (2007) directed by Othello Khanh costarring Dustin Nguyen, Johnny Tri Nguyen and Nhu Quynh, Ngọc Viễn Đông (Pearls of the Far East) (2011) costarring Ngo Thanh Van, Kieu Chinh and Diem My, Hương Ga (2014) costarring Chi Bao and Binh Minh, I Am Wanted (2015) costarring Kim Ly and Truy Sát (2016).  On the small screen, Truong Ngoc Anh has found major success starring in various television mini-series such as Giã Từ Dĩ Vãng (1997), Đồng Tiền Xương Máu (1999), Giao Thời (2000), Lục Vân Tiên (2003), as Emperor Bao Dai's mistress, Lý Lệ Hằng, in Ngọn Nến Hoàng Cung (2004) with Huynh Anh Tuan and legendary singer Hong Van, Công Ty Thời Trang (2005) and Phát Tài (2008) with Nguyen Chanh Tin and Thai Hoa. As for her modeling career achievements, Truong Ngoc Anh has been given recognition with such accolades as winning Most Photogenic at the International Model Search of Asia in 1995 and the Miss International Model pageant held in Cairo, Egypt in 1998.


In addition to her earnings as one of Vietnam's highest paid actresses and fashion models, Truong Ngoc Anh is also an extremely successful businesswoman. A conglomerate, she is the owner and CEO of Anh Viet, a lucrative advertising company based in Vietnam, Java, an Italian fine-dining bistro located in Ho Chi Minh City and a food packaging company which exports wheat flour products manufactured in Vietnam to the foreign markets. Truong Ngoc Anh is one of the wealthiest entertainers in Vietnam today.

 Divorced since April of 2014 from her nine-year marriage to fellow actor Tran Bao Son, she is a mother to a daughter, Tran Bao Tien, born in 2008. She currently lives in a mansion in Ho Chi Minh City which she had reportedly purchased for $1 million USD.


Link(s):

Vietnamese Celebrity Homes Part 2
30 Sexiest Vietnamese Celebs of 2016
Another 50 Most Beautiful Vietnamese Women of All Time

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Next Featured 10 Celebrities of Vietnam Today

Here are the next ten celebrities of Vietnam today to be featured.

Truong Ngoc Anh:  Actress and Model

Nam Cuong:  Singer and Actor

Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc:  Actress

Yen Trang:  Singer and Actress

Tam Tit:  Singer, Model and Actress

Cao Thai Son:  Singer

Minh Hang:  Singer and Actress

Kathy Uyen:  Actress

Hieu Hien:  Comedic Actor 

Nhu Quynh:  Veteran Cinema of Hanoi Actress

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Thursday, November 24, 2016

Châu Belle Dinh

Châu Belle Dinh (1977-    ) is a French film actor, stunt performer and martial artist of Vietnamese descent.  He is on of nine original founding members of Yamakasi, a group dedicated to practicing the art of Parkour, the training discipline created by David Belle in France using movement which developed from military obstacle course training.  The Yamakasi had gained much notoriety from the films, Yamakasi - Les Samourais des Temps Modernes (2001) and Les Fils du Vent (2004).

Born on September 8, 1977 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Châu Belle Dinh and his two brothers, Williams and Phung, were raised primarily in France.  In 2001, he starred alongside six of his fellow co-founding members of Yamakasi, Williams Belle, his brother, Yann H'Nautra, Laurent Premontesi, Charles Perriére, Guylain N'Guba Buyeke, Malik Diouf in the film, Yamakasi - Les Samourais des Temps Modernes, in which the screenplay had been written by Luc Besson, former husband of Vietnamese-French actress Maiwenn, based on their group's philosophy and directed by Airel Zeitoun.  The film was a major box office success all over Europe, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.  The following year, he worked as stunt performer along with fellow Yamakasi members and was stunts coordinator for another film written by Luc Besson, Taxi 2.  In 2004, Châu Belle Dinh starred in Les Fils du Vent (The Great Challenge), which would be the second film featuring the Yamakasi and directed by Julien Seri.

His other acting credits on the silver screen without the participation of the Yamakasi include starring roles in L'Éveil du moine (A Monk's Awakenings) (2005), a short film which featured Tran Ngoc Kim and Der Ruf der Geckos (2007), a film written and directed by up and coming German-Vietnamese filmmaker Van Phuong La.  

Châu Belle Dinh along with three other Yamakasi original members founded the ADD Academy in Paris, France in 2005 which offers classes teaching both adults and youths the art of movement.  He is also the co-founder of Majestic Force, an independent film production company.

Link(s):

ADD Academy à Paris (Official Website)







Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Mylène Dinh-Robic

Mylène Dinh-Robic (1979-    ) is a famous Canadian actress of television and film.  

Born on April 17, 1989 to a Québécois father and a Vietnamese mother in Montréal, Mylène Dinh-Robic grew up speaking both French and English fluently.  After high school, she attended Concordia University in Montréal and earned a bachelor's degree in communications.  In 2005, she first rose to prominence with a recurring role as Rita Mah on the popular Canadian television series, Da Vinci's City Hall.  Mylène Dinh-Robic also starred as Dr. Olivia Fawcett in the first three seasons of another popular Canadian television series, The Listener, from 2009 until 2012.  Most recently, she had a recurring role as Beatrice Hamelin in the Bravo's Montreal police drama series, 19-2.  Mylène Dinh-Robic has also costarred in numerous Canadian television movies such as A Trick of the MInd (2006), Four Extraordinary Women (2006), Judicial Indiscretion (2007), The Unquiet (2008), Exploding Sun (2013), Still Life:  A Three Pines Mystery (2013) and House of Versace (2013).  On the silver screen, she has had supporting roles in Canadian films such as Mount Pleasant (2006) and the French-language film, Lac Mystère (2013).  


Link(s):

30 Sexiest Vietnamese Celebs of 2016








Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Chris Minh Doky

Chris Minh Doky (1969-    ) is a famous Danish jazz bassist.  He is of Vietnamese and Danish descent.  His older brother is accomplished pianist, Niels Lan Doky.







In 1989, Chris Minh Doky released his debut album, Appreciation.  Among his other studio albums include The Sequel (1990), Letters (1991), Minh (1998), Doky Brothers (1995), Doky Brothers 2 (1996), Listen Up! (2000), Chris Minh Doky (2002), Cinematique (2003), Nomad Diaries (2006) and Scenes from a Dream! (2010).  As one of the most successful bassists of his generation, he has worked with some of the top jazz musicians and vocalists in the world such as Mike Stern, Michael Brecker, Al Jarreau, Gino Vannelli, Lalah Hathaway, Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sanborn.

Chris Minh Doky and his wife, Tania, who is a lady-in-waiting to Denmark's Crown Princess Mary, currently live in New York.

Link(s):

Chris Minh Doky Official Website