Tran Nu Yen Khe

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)
Hanoi, Vietnam
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

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

References

  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