Trà Giang

Born: 1942-12-11

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...