Linh Nga

Linh Nga
File:Linh Nga director.jpg Linh Nga
Born	Nguyễn Linh Nga (1982-01-03) January 3, 1982 Hanoi, Vietnam
Occupation	Film director, actor, screenwriter, news anchor
Years active	1987–present
Spouse(s)	Thuyet Buon Vua (m. 2002)
Children	Anna Linh, Mary Linh
Website	http://www.9669films.com/

In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Nguyễn. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Linh Nga.

Nguyễn Linh Nga (lin-NA; born January 3, 1982), better known as Linh Nga, is a Vietnamese film director, actress,screenwriter, and news anchor.

Biography and career

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Linh Nga and family.

Linh Nga was born in Hanoi, Vietnam on January 3, 1982 to Quang Duy Nguyen, a composer, and Thuy Bich Thi Le, an opera singer. When Linh was nine years old, her father left her mother to pursue his passion for music. As a result, the family moved frequently.

Linh Nga began her career on stage at an early age. She often sang and performed at friends' and family's functions, and was part of local song and dance troupe. In 1990, Linh Nga earned her first award for "City's Best Young Voice". Two years later, Linh Nga joined the Club of Love (Cau lac bo tinh thuong), a registered charity group formed by Tuong Vi. Linh Nga began her professional dancing career at the age of ten. In 1992, she began attending the Vietnam Academy of Dance (Truong Cao Dang mua Viet Nam), where she achieved artistic and academic honors upon graduation.

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Linh Nga photographed by Trong Thanh in 2000.

Linh Nga was discovered at the age of thirteen by a newspaper photographer, when he noticed her at work during her dancing performance at Vietnam Academy of Dance and took a photograph of her. Following this, Linh decided to pursue a career as a model. (Đẹp) modeling magazine then started representing her.

In 1999, Linh Nga graduated from the Vietnam Academy of Dance with a BA degree. Later that year, Linh Nga was introduced by Giang Son, a music composer for the Five Lines Band. Son invited her to provide vocals for the band. In January 2000, the Five Lines Band released its self-titled debut, but failed to garner success until 2005. In March 2000, Linh Nga left the Five Lines Band in order to pursue her career in film directing. Nga made her film debut with a small supporting role in the 1999 romance drama Khoang cach (The Distance), directed by female director, Bạch Diệp. The success of Khoang cach brought Nga prominence.

In 2000, Nga began studying film directing at the Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema. She wrote, directed, and starred in her first film, "Xuoi nguoc duong tran", in 2001. "Xuoi nguoc duong tran" earned a National Television Award for Best Television Series of the year. In 2006, Linh Nga graduated. During this time, Nga also worked for Vietnam Television Station as an actress. Upon graduation, Nga successfully applied to Chapman University in California, pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in film production and sound design.

In May 2014, Linh Nga graduated from Chapman University. That same year, Nga founded her first film company in the United States, 9669 Films.

Business ventures

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Linh Nga Nguyen & Thuyet Buon Vua

In 2003, Linh Nga helped found the "Linh Nga Communication and Trading Company Lmt" with her brother Linh Duy Nguyen. The film company closed in 2010. Nga also founded restaurants in Hanoi.

Personal life

Linh Nga was involved with Thuyet Tran, known as Thuyet Buon Vua. However, Thuyet was arrested and sentenced to twenty years in prison in relation to the Nam Cam case. Following this, Linh fell into a depression.

In July 2015, Linh Nga came back to Vietnam to visit her family. In interviews with the Vietnamese press, Linh Nga confirmed that she is a single mother of two daughters, Anna Linh and Mary Linh.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1998	Khoang cach	Actor
1999	Ong bau ca nhac	Actor
1999	Day neo hanh phuc	Actor
	Nu cuoi vang ma	Actor
2000	Dom lua bien thuy	Actor
2001	Xuoi nguoc duong tran	Screenwriter, Actor, Vice director	VIFF 2002
2004	Tieng chuong dong	Actor
2004	Manh hon cong ly	Actor
2005	Vung cua song	Actor
	Dam cuoi o thien duong	Actor
	Gio thien duong	Screenwriter, Director
2006	Quynh	Screenwriter, Director	Student earned top marks at Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema's history

External links

• Linh Nga's Official Facebook Page
• Linh Nga's Wikipedia in Vietnamese