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Trần Nữ Yên Khê
cropped headshot of Trần Nữ Yên Khê at Tokyo International Film Festival 2023
Trần Nữ Yên Khê in 2023
Born (1968-03-18) March 18, 1968 (age 56)
NationalityFrench
Vietnamese
OccupationActress
Years active1987–present
SpouseTran Anh Hung

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.

Early life and education

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Trần 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Berthon, Magali An (October 1, 2014). "Between two-cultures: Euro-Asian creative personalities (part I)". ASEF culture360.
  2. ^ Giovanni Fazio (7 June 2009). "Director Tran talks of moving from violence to Murakami's famed 'Norwegian Wood'". Japan Times.
  3. ^ "Trần Nữ Yên Khê". Oh Les Beaux Jours !. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  4. ^ Sylvie Blum-Reid, East-West encounters: Franco-Asian cinema and literature, pg 78
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