Trần Nữ Yên Khê

Trần Nữ Yên Khê

Birth : 1968-03-12, Vietnam

History

Tran Nu Yen Khe (born 1968) is a Vietnamese actress married to director Tran Anh Hung. She has been in all his films thus far, with the exception of Norwegian Wood. She has alleged that, "French people only offer me stereotypical roles of Asian women men fantasize about." 

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Trần Nữ Yên Khê
Trần Nữ Yên Khê

Movies

The Pot-au-Feu
Costume Designer
Eugenie, an esteemed cook, has been working for over the last 20 years for Dodin, a fine gourmet. Growing fonder of one another, their bond turns into a romance and gives rise to delicious dishes that impress even the world’s most illustrious chefs. When Dodin is faced with Eugenie’s reluctance to commit to him, he decides to start cooking for her.
Between Shadow and Soul
Mây, a fourteen year-old girl is being married as the third wife to a rich landowner in the late 19th century Northern Vietnam. A black & white version of The Third Wife with no dialogue and new music.
The Third Wife
Ha
Though only 14 years old, May is selected to be the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Her new home seems idyllic, her husband favours her, and she quickly becomes pregnant with what she is certain will be the desired male progeny. But trouble is quietly brewing: she witnesses a forbidden tryst that will spark a chain reaction of misfortunes — and stir in May urges that until now had been dormant.
Eternity
Narrator (voice)
Valentine marries at the end of the 19th century, and love passes through her family from generation to generation.
Eternity
Art Direction
Valentine marries at the end of the 19th century, and love passes through her family from generation to generation.
Norwegian Wood
Production Design
Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.
I Come with the Rain
Lili
Kline, a former Los Angeles police officer turned private detective, is hired by a powerful pharmaceutical conglomerate boss to investigate in Asia the disappearance of his only son, Shitao, whom he has not seen in person since the boy was ten. Now in his 30s, Shitao has gone missing in the Philippines where he had been helping in an orphanage.
The Deserted Valley
Three teachers journey to the jungle highlands to teach local children. As they adjust to a new lifestyle, they begin to learn new things and connect with the village.
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
Lien
Hanoi comes across almost picture-perfect in director Tran Anh Hung's beautiful, elegiac tale about the lives and loves of three Vietnamese sisters. A mood characteristic of Hung's films is set early on with the vivid sounds of birds, insects and water and the way the lighting enhances the subtle use of color. They all combine to gem-like effect here.
Cyclo
Sister
Follows a young cyclo (bicycle cab) driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a living for his two sisters and grandfather in the mean streets of the city lead to petty crime on behalf of a mysterious Madame from whom he rents his cyclo.
The Scent of Green Papaya
Mui
A Vietnamese servant girl, Mui, observes lives within two different Saigon families: the first, a woman textile seller with three boys and a frequently absent husband; the second, a handsome young pianist with his fiancée.