Trà Giang
Biography
People's Artist Nguyễn Thị Trà Giang (born 11 December 1942 in Phan Thiết) is a Vietnamese actress, politician and painter. She is often regarded as one of the greatest figures of early Vietnamese cinema, and was the first film star to be named a People’s Artist of Vietnam. Daughter of prestigious stage director Nguyễn Văn Khánh, Trà Giang immigrated to Hai Phong with her father’s troupe following the 1954 partition of Vietnam. In 1959, she passed a selective audition and joined the newly inaugurated Vietnamese Academy of Performing Arts in Hanoi, where she made her debut in stage and occasionally took on background acting roles at Hanoi Film Studio. After her graduation from the Academy, Trà Giang made her debut as Mrs. Kien in "A First Day in Autumn" (Một ngày đầu thu, d. Huy Vân & Hải Ninh, 1962). In 1963, Trà Giang rose to prominence with the career-defining role as the titular character in Phạm Kỳ Nam’s “Mrs. Tư Hậu”(Chị Tư Hậu). In 1973, she won the award for Best Actress at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in "17th Parallel, Nights and Days" (Vĩ tuyến 17 ngày và đêm, d. Hải Ninh). The last film Trà Giang participated in was "The River of White Flowers" (Dòng sông hoa trắng, d. Trần Phương, 1989). The actress has since been mostly active as painter. She had also briefly entered politics, with two times elected as the Representative of the constituency in her father’s hometown Quảng Ngãi (then Nghĩa Bình province).
Known For & Full Filmography17 Titles
Movie - 1977, 2h 15m • as Hai Lan
Student Ba Duy sinks deep into heartbreak and a nihilistic street life when his sweetheart, Diem Huong, suddenly leaves him to marry an American diplomat.
Movie - 1984, 2h 15m • as Bà Tám
Quiet Night is an old Vietnamese film produced in 1984 by director Tran Phuong with the participation of actors People's Artist Nhu Quynh, Bui Bai Binh, and Tran Phuong
Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • as Cô hiệu trưởng
March to the Front depicts the Resistance War Against America (Vietnam War) through the lens of romance.
Movie - 1966, 2h 15m • as Yi Dam
In mid-1960s, groups of American paratroopers arrive at a Hmong village near the Vietnam-Laos border. Among the troops are former villagers who collaborated with the French; having returned home , they seek to win over the village’s support.
Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • as Dịu
Following the 1954 Geneva Accords that partitioned Vietnam into two zones at the 17th parallel, a pregnant Dịu remains back in the South with her family while her husband has to move up North. At home, the young woman has to juggle between the duties of a liberation fighter and a mother while enduring her enemies' tortures and imprisonment, as she assumes the leadership of an underground liberation movement after its previous secretary was assassinated
Movie - 1981, 2h 15m • as Sáu Tâm
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • as Ms. Phượng
Lonely at old age, Định seeks solace in the companionship of a colleague who then moves in to live with him. Wary of an imminent marriage that will interfere with their inheritance, Định’s children scheme to break up his new relationship.
Movie - 1982, 2h 15m • as Chín Tâm
When a post-war fishing firm fails to meet its expected demand, the chief accountant begins falsifying records and cutting down on wages paid to the already struggling fishers.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • as Tu Hau
Tư Hậu is a common woman from a fishing village whose husband has gone away to fight in the revolution. She takes care of her young daughter as well as her aging father-in-law. Soon, her peaceful village is attacked.
Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • as Hương
At a maternity ward in South Vietnam, a midwife adopts three orphaned children after their mothers, undercover Communist spies, go missing or die in action.
Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • as Nhân
A story about a Catholic Village by the sea in Northern Vietnam in the early 60's, where people lacked faith in the new Communist regime.
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • as Kien's wife
Duong and Tho are two military intelligence officers tasked with investigating enemy positions. They arrive in a rural area and meet Kien, a guerrilla fighter. Kien's wife, who deeply loves her husband, fears that if he continues his activities, he will be targeted by terrorists, leading to the destruction of their family's happiness. For this reason, she tries to stop her husband and clashes with Tho.
Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • as Ms. Com
The inhabitants of a small island in the delta of the turbulent Red River are doomed to poverty: floods wash away crops, livestock, and even people. From generation to generation, a legend is passed down about a kind dragon that can drink the river's water and save the village. But the dragon is a fairy tale, and the people have decided to block the treacherous river themselves. With extraordinary perseverance, fighting against the elements, the village population builds protective fortifications around the island.
Movie - 1984, 2h 15m • as Giáng Hương
Follows a South Vietnamese soldier during the fall of Saigon in 1975.
Movie - 1974, 2h 15m • as Self
This film documents the journey of actress Jane Fonda and her husband – future California state senator Tom Hayden – through North and South Viet Nam in 1974. They travel from villages to towns talking with ordinary Vietnamese about their lives and the effects of the war on their lives, families, and communities.
Movie - 1974, 2h 15m • as Thu (Ngọc Hà's mother)
A young girl searches for her father, a soldier in the PAVN, after her mother and sister are killed during Christmas Bombings.
Movie - 1966, 2h 15m • as Việt Hà
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.