Trần Nữ Yên Khê

Tran Nu Yen Khe (born 12 March 1968) is a French-Vietnamese actress, sculptor and painter. Best known for her collaborations with her director husband Tran Anh Hung, she is a leading lady in his films, notably Scent of the Green Papaya, Cyclo and Vertical Ray of the Sun, and had briefly served as his art director and costume designer. She also owns a visual art practice with exhibitions in Paris and Ho Chi Minh City; in 2019, her work Borderline (2018) was acquired by Musée Guimet, making history as the first contemporary artwork from Southeast Asia to be included in the French National Collections

Known for

2020

Between shadow and soul

2020

Lumina

2019

The Third Wife

Hà

2016

Eternity

Narrator (voice)

2009

I Come with the Rain

Lili

2002

The Deserted Valley

2000

The Vertical Ray of the Sun

Lien

1995

Cyclo

Sister

1993

The Scent of Green Papaya

Mui

1991

Stone of Expectation

La femme

1989

The Married Woman of Nam Xuong