Linh Dan Pham
Encyclopedia
Linh Dan Pham is a French
actress.
She was born in Saigon, South Vietnam
, but moved with her family to France a year later just before the fall of Saigon
to North Vietnamese and Viet Cong's forces and grew up in Paris. She has also lived in New York
, The Hague
, Singapore
and Vietnam
and now resides in London.
She is known most for her role as an orphan of the Nguyen Dynasty adopted by a French plantation owner in the 1992 Oscar-winning French epic Indochine
, starring alongside Catherine Deneuve
. Pham received a César
nomination for most promising actress for that performance.
Despite appearing in a few other productions afterwards, Pham eventually decided to take a decade off from acting, focusing instead on her studies. She studied commerce and worked as a senior marketing manager in Vietnam after graduation.
In 2000, she married Andrew Huntley, a British investment banker whom she had met while they were both living in Ho Chi Minh City
.
She began her return to film when she trained in acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
in New York.
In 2005, Pham made a return to acting with her role in the BAFTA and César
winning French film The Beat That My Heart Skipped
, opposite Romain Duris
for which she was nominated again for the most promising actress César
award (and won). Her lines are spoken in Vietnamese
, and though many people believe she plays a Chinese character because she is introduced by a Chinese musician friend who knows her from Beijing, in fact she plays a Vietnamese who studied music at the conservatoire in Beijing. In the film her friend claims that she can speak Chinese, Vietnamese, and a little English. In reality Pham speaks French, English and Vietnamese fluently.
In that same year Pham appeared on a popular Vietnamese diaspora music variety show (Trung Tam Asia) where she was honored for her work.
In 2005, Pham moved back to Europe to pursue her acting career. Since then she has appeared in lead or supporting roles mostly in films such as Dante 01
, Pars vite et reviens tard (Have Mercy on Us All
), Mr. Nobody
, Le Bruit des Gens Autour, Le bal des actrices and Tout ce qui brille.
She starred in her first Vietnamese production when she appeared as Cam in the 2009 film Choi voi
(Adrift
) by the director Bui Thac Chuyen, which won the FIPRESCI
award at the 66th Venice International Film Festival
. The film deals with social and personal issues in modern day Vietnam, which are not often portrayed in Vietnamese cinema, such as homosexuality, and loneliness. In the film Pham speaks in Vietnamese.
She had a cameo role in the 2010 Wachowski brothers produced action thriller Ninja Assassin
, playing an assassin sent to kill the film's hero played by the Korean singer Rain.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
actress.
She was born in Saigon, South Vietnam
South Vietnam
South Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" . Its capital was Saigon...
, but moved with her family to France a year later just before the fall of Saigon
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front on April 30, 1975...
to North Vietnamese and Viet Cong's forces and grew up in Paris. She has also lived in New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
and Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
and now resides in London.
She is known most for her role as an orphan of the Nguyen Dynasty adopted by a French plantation owner in the 1992 Oscar-winning French epic Indochine
Indochine (film)
Indochine is a 1992 French film set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s. It is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille, with the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement set as a backdrop...
, starring alongside Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve is a French actress. She gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof and mysterious beauties in films such as Repulsion and Belle de jour . Deneuve was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in Indochine; she also won César Awards for that...
. Pham received a César
César Award
The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma....
nomination for most promising actress for that performance.
Despite appearing in a few other productions afterwards, Pham eventually decided to take a decade off from acting, focusing instead on her studies. She studied commerce and worked as a senior marketing manager in Vietnam after graduation.
In 2000, she married Andrew Huntley, a British investment banker whom she had met while they were both living in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...
.
She began her return to film when she trained in acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
__notoc__The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute is an acting school located at 115 East 15th Street between Union Square East and Irving Place in the Union Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, as well as at 7936 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California...
in New York.
In 2005, Pham made a return to acting with her role in the BAFTA and César
César Award
The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma....
winning French film The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Beat That My Heart Skipped is a 2005 French film directed by Jacques Audiard and starring Romain Duris. It tells the story of Tom, a real estate thug torn between a criminal life and his desire to become a concert pianist. The film premiered on February 17, 2005 at the Berlin Film Festival...
, opposite Romain Duris
Romain Duris
-Life:Born on 28 May 1974 in Paris, son of an engineer-architect father, Duris studied arts at university. He was noticed in the street by a casting director whilst waiting in a queue in 1993 and offered a part in the 1994 Cédric Klapisch film Le péril jeune...
for which she was nominated again for the most promising actress César
César Award
The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma....
award (and won). Her lines are spoken in Vietnamese
Vietnamese language
Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam...
, and though many people believe she plays a Chinese character because she is introduced by a Chinese musician friend who knows her from Beijing, in fact she plays a Vietnamese who studied music at the conservatoire in Beijing. In the film her friend claims that she can speak Chinese, Vietnamese, and a little English. In reality Pham speaks French, English and Vietnamese fluently.
In that same year Pham appeared on a popular Vietnamese diaspora music variety show (Trung Tam Asia) where she was honored for her work.
In 2005, Pham moved back to Europe to pursue her acting career. Since then she has appeared in lead or supporting roles mostly in films such as Dante 01
Dante 01
Dante 01 is a science fiction film by French director Marc Caro. It is the first solo directing effort by Caro, who is well-known for his directing collaborations with Jean-Pierre Jeunet. The film was released in 2008.-Plot:...
, Pars vite et reviens tard (Have Mercy on Us All
Have Mercy on Us All
Have Mercy on Us All is a 2001 novel by French author Fred Vargas. The novel was her first to be translated into English in 2003 by David Bellos. It was made into a film released in 2007.-Plot:...
), Mr. Nobody
Mr. Nobody
Mr. Nobody may refer to:*A nickname for Sywald Skeid, a Romanian-born man*Mr. Nobody , a fictional character from the DC Comics universe*Mr. Nobody , part of the Mr. Men series of books, by Roger Hargreaves...
, Le Bruit des Gens Autour, Le bal des actrices and Tout ce qui brille.
She starred in her first Vietnamese production when she appeared as Cam in the 2009 film Choi voi
Choi voi
Choi voi is a 2009 Vietnamese film directed by Bui Thac Chuyen and stars Linh Dan Pham, Do Thi Hai Yen, Johnny Tri Nguyen and Nguyen Duy Khoa. Hai Yen plays Duyen, a young tourist guide who married Hai , a taxi driver but still has feeling with her girlfriend Cam , a writer...
(Adrift
Adrift
Adrift may refer to:* ADRIFT, a graphical user interface used to create and play text adventures* Adrift: 76 Days Lost At Sea, a 1986 book by Steven Callahan* Adrift, a 1980 book by Tristan Jones...
) by the director Bui Thac Chuyen, which won the FIPRESCI
FIPRESCI
The International Federation of Film Critics is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in...
award at the 66th Venice International Film Festival
66th Venice International Film Festival
The 66th annual Venice Film Festival held in Venice, Italy, was opened on September 2, 2009 by Baarìa - La porta del vento. International competition jury, led by Ang Lee, awarded Leone d'Oro to Lebanon...
. The film deals with social and personal issues in modern day Vietnam, which are not often portrayed in Vietnamese cinema, such as homosexuality, and loneliness. In the film Pham speaks in Vietnamese.
She had a cameo role in the 2010 Wachowski brothers produced action thriller Ninja Assassin
Ninja Assassin
Ninja Assassin is a 2009 American martial arts film directed by James McTeigue. The story was written by Matthew Sand, with a screenplay penned by J. Michael Straczynski of Babylon 5. The film stars South Korean pop musician Rain as a disillusioned assassin looking for retribution against his...
, playing an assassin sent to kill the film's hero played by the Korean singer Rain.
Filmography
- IndochineIndochine (film)Indochine is a 1992 French film set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s. It is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille, with the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement set as a backdrop...
(1992) - JamilaJamilaJamila is a popular given name in Arabic and in many other languages. It means "beautiful" . Variants of the name are Gamila, Cemila, Cemile, Djemila, Djémila, Djamila and Jamyla)....
(1994) - The Beat That My Heart SkippedThe Beat That My Heart SkippedThe Beat That My Heart Skipped is a 2005 French film directed by Jacques Audiard and starring Romain Duris. It tells the story of Tom, a real estate thug torn between a criminal life and his desire to become a concert pianist. The film premiered on February 17, 2005 at the Berlin Film Festival...
(2005) - Gamblers (2005)
- Les hommes de coeur (TV series 2006)
- Zoo Doctor: My Mom the Vet (TV series 2006)
- This Life + 10 (TV movie 2007)
- Have Mercy on Us AllHave Mercy on Us AllHave Mercy on Us All is a 2001 novel by French author Fred Vargas. The novel was her first to be translated into English in 2003 by David Bellos. It was made into a film released in 2007.-Plot:...
(2007) - Dante 01Dante 01Dante 01 is a science fiction film by French director Marc Caro. It is the first solo directing effort by Caro, who is well-known for his directing collaborations with Jean-Pierre Jeunet. The film was released in 2008.-Plot:...
(2008) - Le bruit des gens autour (2008)
- The Ball of the ActressesThe Ball of the ActressesThe Ball of the Actresses is a French film directed by Maïwenn. The title is a reference to a movie by Roman Polanski, The Fearless Vampire Killers .-Cast:* Joey Starr* Estelle Lefébure* Bertrand Blier* Jeanne Balibar...
(2009) - AdriftAdriftAdrift may refer to:* ADRIFT, a graphical user interface used to create and play text adventures* Adrift: 76 Days Lost At Sea, a 1986 book by Steven Callahan* Adrift, a 1980 book by Tristan Jones...
(2009) - Mr. NobodyMr. NobodyMr. Nobody may refer to:*A nickname for Sywald Skeid, a Romanian-born man*Mr. Nobody , a fictional character from the DC Comics universe*Mr. Nobody , part of the Mr. Men series of books, by Roger Hargreaves...
(2009) - Ninja AssassinNinja AssassinNinja Assassin is a 2009 American martial arts film directed by James McTeigue. The story was written by Matthew Sand, with a screenplay penned by J. Michael Straczynski of Babylon 5. The film stars South Korean pop musician Rain as a disillusioned assassin looking for retribution against his...
(2009) - Pigalle, la nuit (TV series 2009)
- Tout ce qui brille (2010)