Đỗ Thị Hải Yến

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Đỗ Thị Hải Yến (born December 30, 1982 in Bắc Ninh Province ) is a Vietnamese actress and film producer .

life and career

Hải Yến was born on December 30, 1982 in the North Vietnamese province of Bắc Ninh, but grew up in the neighboring capital Hanoi , where she attended the local ballet school for a period of seven years from the age of nine or ten. At the age of 17 she was discovered by director Trần Anh Hùng and invited to take part in his film production A Summer in Hanoi . In the film released in 2000, she appeared alongside actors such as Trần Nữ Yên Khê or Nguyễn Như Quỳnh , both of whom had already appeared in front of the camera for Trần Anh Hùng. During this production she also met her future husband Ngô Quang Hải . In the same year she also appeared in Vũ khúc con cò , a Singaporean production by the Vietnamese Nguyễn Phan Quang Bình and the Singaporean Jonathan Foo , in the role of Hoai . The film was subsequently awarded as “Best Feature Film” at the Milano Film Festival and nominated for a “Grand Prix” at the Festival du Film de Paris in 2003 . In 2002 Hải Yến became the leading and currently (2015) most successful actress in her country when she was cast in the female lead alongside Sir Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser in The Silent American from over 2,000 applicants . This was also the first time in Vietnamese history that a Vietnamese actress was hired for an English-speaking character in a Hollywood film. The film, directed by Phillip Noyce , in which she played the role of Phuong , has been shown at various film festivals, has received multiple nominations and awards, and at the 2003 Oscars was even awarded an Oscar in the category “ Best Actor ” (for Michael Caine) nominated. Hải Yến himself was nominated at the Satellite Awards 2002 for a Satellite Award in the category “ Best Supporting Actress (Drama) ”. In the German version of the film, her character was spoken by Minh-Khai Phan-Thi , who is also of Vietnamese origin .

In 2005 she took on the lead and title role of Pao in Chuyện của Pao , her first purely Vietnamese film, which was also produced by her husband Ngô Quang Hải, who made his feature film debut . In the multi-award-winning film, which was submitted as Vietnam's representative in the nomination for the " Oscar for the best foreign language film ", but was not nominated, she plays a young Hmong in search of her mother. For this engagement she was further awarded a Golden Kite by the Vietnam Cinematography Association in the category "Best Lead Actress" (2006) and in 2007 she received a Golden Lotus for "Best Lead Actress" at the Vietnam Film Festival . At the Busan International Film Festival 2006 she was mentioned in the curtain call as one of the best contemporary Asian actresses. In this production, however, she not only appeared as an actress, but as a film producer was primarily responsible for the financing, as well as the distribution and distribution of the film. In 2008 Hải Yến starred in the Vietnamese-French co-production Chơi vơi in the role of Duyên alongside Nguyễn Duy Khoa , Linh Dan Pham and Johnny Trí Nguyễn . At the 2009 Venice International Film Festival , the film was recognized as “Best Film” by the Italian Film Critics Association. Furthermore, the film by director Bùi Thạc Chuyên was the second Vietnamese production since 2000 to win an award at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival ; at that time Bùi Thạc Chuyên was also awarded for his film Cuôc xe dêm . The film Chơi vơi , presented at various festivals, received further nominations and awards and was considered one of the best films of the Vietnamese film year 2008 and 2009.

In 2010, Hải Yến again entered into a collaboration with director Nguyễn Phan Quang Bình, this time in his film Cánh đồng bất tận , another adaptation of the novel based on Nguyễn Ngọc Tưs work of the same name from 2006. Side by side with Dustin Nguyen and the a little younger Tăng Thanh Hà she played the attractive prostitute Suong . Like the films in which she was previously involved, Cánh đồng bất tận was shown at various film festivals and received various nominations and awards. At the Vietnamese International Film Festival , another important Vietnamese film festival in addition to the aforementioned Vietnam Film Festival , Hải Yến was named “Best Actress” in the same year; Dustin Nguyen received the award for "Best Actor". In the following years it became largely quiet about the actress, who was only represented in a well-known film production again in 2015. In Phan Đăng Dis Our Sunny Days , which premiered on February 13, 2015 at the 65th Berlin Film Festival , she mimes the bar dancer Van and thus has another role in a partly sexually charged film.

In the course of her career so far, Hải Yến has already been a member of the jury at various international film festivals. Among other things, she was a member of the international jury for the “EurAsia” rating at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and a member of the international jury at the Pacific Meridian Film Festival in Vladivostok . She was also a member of the jury for the Golden Kites of the Vietnam Cinematography Association. Hải Yến is also the Vietnamese ambassador and representative of various exclusive international brands such as Louis Vuitton , Motorola and Escada .

Filmography

  • 2000: A summer in Hanoi ( Mùa hè chiều thẳng đứng )
  • 2002: Vũ khúc con cò
  • 2002: The Quiet American ( The Quiet American )
  • 2006: Chuyện của Pao ( Story of Pao )
  • 2009: Chơi vơi ( Adrift )
  • 2010: Cánh đồng bất tận ( The Floating Lives )
  • 2015: Our sunny days ( Cha và con và ... )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Our sunny days” on the official website of the Berlinale , accessed on November 27, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Đỗ Thị Hải Yến
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Vietnamese actress and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Bắc Ninh Province , Vietnam