Kiều Chinh
A Vietnamese character actress who got her start in film when Joseph L. Mankiewicz came to Saigon for location footage for his offbeat "The Quiet American" (1958), Kieu Chinh soon became one of South Vietnam's best-known personalities, making over 40 films and hosting her own popular TV talk show. In the mid-1960s she also appeared in several American productions including "A Yank in Vietnam" (1964) and "Operation C.I.A." (1965), the latter opposite Burt Reynolds. Having lost a father and a brother in conflicts with the French in the early 50s, Kieu Chinh quickly left for the US when the North Vietnamese invaded in 1975. TV-movies including "The Children of An Lac" (1980), "The Letter" (1982) and "The Girl Who Spelled Freedom" (1986) have kept her busiest, but feature films offered her roles in "Hamburger Hill" (1987) and "Gleaming the Cube" (1988). Wayne Wang's "The Joy Luck Club" (1993) offered Kieu Chinh one of her best parts to date as a mother reaching out to her daughter over games of mah-jongg.
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Kiều Chinh
Filmography
Movies
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Finding Julia | Van Tran (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollow | Shaman Linh (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pearls of the Far East | Kieu (Character) | - | 2011 |
95% |
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Journey From the Fall | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
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Tempted | Kehau (Character) | - | 2003 |
63% | No Score Yet | Face | Mrs. Liu (Character) | $106.9K | 2002 |
63% |
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Green Dragon | Kieu (Character) | $146.1K | 2001 |
47% |
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Catfish in Black Bean Sauce | Thanh (Character) | $1.3M | 1999 |
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Riot | Mrs. Lee (Character) | - | 1997 |
86% |
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The Joy Luck Club | Suyuan Woo (Character) | $32.8M | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Message From Nam | Sister Thieu (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vietnam, Texas | Mallan (Character) | - | 1990 |
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Welcome Home | Leang (Character) | $830.7K | 1989 |
29% |
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Gleaming the Cube | Madame Trac (Character) | $2.5M | 1988 |
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Cocaine: One Man's Seduction | Mrs. Marchais (Character) | - | 1983 |
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Angels' Brigade | Kako Umaro (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lucifer Complex | Major Chinn Lee (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cover Girls | Chinese Model (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Evil Within | Unknown (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Operation C.I.A. | Kim-Chinh (Character) | - | 1965 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 73% | The Neighborhood | Mai (Guest Star) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 63% | NCIS: Los Angeles | Kim Nguyen (Guest Star) | 2014 2018 |
30% | 75% | The Beast | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Martial Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nash Bridges | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cybill | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | 87% | M*A*S*H | Kyung Soon (Guest Star) | 1977 |