Trà Giang

Acting

Trà Giang

Born December 11, 1942 · Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam (age 83)

People's Artist Nguyễn Thị Trà Giang (born 11 December 1942 in Phan Thiết) is a Vietnamese actress, politician and painter. She is often regarded as one of the greatest figures of early Vietnamese cinema, and was the first film star to be named a People’s Artist of Vietnam. Daughter of prestigious stage director Nguyễn Văn Khánh, Trà Giang immigrated to Hai Phong with her father’s troupe followi…

Known For

First LoveFirst Love · 1977
First Love
1977
MovieRomanceDrama
Student Ba Duy sinks deep into heartbreak and a nihilistic street life when his sweetheart, Diem Huong, suddenly leaves him to marry an American diplomat.
17th Parallel, Nights and Days17th Parallel, Nights and Days · 1973
17th Parallel, Nights and Days
★ 8.01973
MovieDramaWar
Following the 1954 Geneva Accords that partitioned Vietnam into two zones at the 17th parallel, a pregnant Dịu remains back in the South with her family while her husband has to move up North. At home, the young woman has to juggle between the duties of a liberation fighter and a mother while enduring her enemies' tortures and imprisonment, as she assumes the leadership of an underground liberation movement after its previous secretary was assassinated
The Legend of the MotherThe Legend of the Mother · 1987
The Legend of the Mother
1987
Movie
At a maternity ward in South Vietnam, a midwife adopts three orphaned children after their mothers, undercover Communist spies, go missing or die in action.
The Little Girl of HanoiThe Little Girl of Hanoi · 1974
The Little Girl of Hanoi
★ 7.21974
MovieWarDrama
A young girl searches for her father, a soldier in the PAVN, after her mother and sister are killed during Christmas Bombings.
KillerKiller · 1988
Killer
1988
Movie
Lonely at old age, Định seeks solace in the companionship of a colleague who then moves in to live with him. Wary of an imminent marriage that will interfere with their inheritance, Định’s children scheme to break up his new relationship.
Mrs. Tư HậuMrs. Tư Hậu · 1963
Mrs. Tư Hậu
★ 7.71963
MovieDramaWar
Tư Hậu is a common woman from a fishing village whose husband has gone away to fight in the revolution. She takes care of her young daughter as well as her aging father-in-law. Soon, her peaceful village is attacked.
For TomorrowFor Tomorrow · 1981
For Tomorrow
1981
MovieDrama
Fire in the WoodsFire in the Woods · 1966
Fire in the Woods
1966
MovieWar
In mid-1960s, groups of American paratroopers arrive at a Hmong village near the Vietnam-Laos border. Among the troops are former villagers who collaborated with the French; having returned home , they seek to win over the village’s support.

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