Kieu Chinh
Kieu Chinh (born September 3rd, 1937) is a Vietnamese-American actress, producer, humanitarian, lecturer and philanthropist. One of the most prominent film stars in South Vietnam during the 60s and 70s, she immigrated to America after 1975 and eventually settled in California where she resumed acting with the help of Tippi Hedron; her first credit in America was as Hawkeye’s South Korean love interest in the TV show M*A*S*H. Subsequently, Kieu Chinh appeared in 45 feature films and television shows, among them the TV movies The Children of An Lac (1980), The Letter (1982) and The Girl Who Spelled Freedom (1986), and films like Hamburger Hill (1987), Gleaming the Cube (1988), Riot (1997) and Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999). She also landed a recurring role on ABC’s Vietnam war series China Beach from 1989 to 1991 and the Fox TV show 21 in 2008. But her best-known role is that of Suyuan Woo in Wayne Wang’s The Joy Luck Club in 1993, a film about the relationship between Chinese immigrant mothers and their Chinese-American mothers. Amongst the accolades that Chinh has received in her six-decade career are the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Vietnamese International Film Festival in 2003, the Special Acting Award at the Women’s Film Festival in Turin in 2003, and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the San Diego Asian Film Festival and the San Francisco Film Fest in 2006 and 2015, respectively. In 2009, Chinh was honored as the Woman of the Year for her work in film and community service by California Representative Lou Correa.
Filmography
Chrysalis
Chrysalis
Control Freak
as Aunt Thuy
Control Freak
as Aunt Thuy
My Eyes
as Mrs. Cheong
My Eyes
as Mrs. Cheong
Finding Julia
as Van Tran
Finding Julia
as Van Tran
In Full Bloom
as Cecile
In Full Bloom
as Cecile
Hollow
as Shaman Linh
Hollow
as Shaman Linh
Trade of Innocents
as (voice)
Trade of Innocents
as (voice)
Pearls of the Far East
as Kieu
Pearls of the Far East
as Kieu
21 and a Wake-Up
as Mamason
21 and a Wake-Up
as Mamason
21
as Chinese Woman
21
as Chinese Woman
Journey From the Fall
as Ba Noi (Grandmother)
Journey From the Fall
as Ba Noi (Grandmother)
Tempted
as Kehau
Tempted
as Kehau
Face
as Mrs. Liu
Face
as Mrs. Liu
Green Dragon
as Kieu
Green Dragon
as Kieu
What's Cooking?
as Grandma Nguyen
What's Cooking?
as Grandma Nguyen
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Thanh
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Thanh
City of Angels
as Asian Woman
City of Angels
as Asian Woman
Riot
as Mrs. Lee
Riot
as Mrs. Lee
The Joy Luck Club
as Suyuan Wong
The Joy Luck Club
as Suyuan Wong
Last Flight Out
Last Flight Out
The Girl Who Came Between Them
as Thuy
The Girl Who Came Between Them
as Thuy
Vietnam Texas
as Mallan
Vietnam Texas
as Mallan
Welcome Home
as Leang
Welcome Home
as Leang
Gleaming the Cube
as Madame Trac
Gleaming the Cube
as Madame Trac
Hamburger Hill
as Mama San
Hamburger Hill
as Mama San
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Sai Luhn
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Sai Luhn
The Girl Who Spelled Freedom
as Phoen Yann
The Girl Who Spelled Freedom
as Phoen Yann
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
as Mrs. Marchais
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
as Mrs. Marchais
The Letter
as Chinese Woman
The Letter
as Chinese Woman
The Other Victim
as Mrs. Troung
The Other Victim
as Mrs. Troung
Fly Away Home
as Anh
Fly Away Home
as Anh
The Children of An Lac
as Thuy
The Children of An Lac
as Thuy
My Husband Is Missing
as Lu-An
My Husband Is Missing
as Lu-An
The Lucifer Complex
as Major Chinn Lee
The Lucifer Complex
as Major Chinn Lee
The Hostage Heart
as Flor Aquino
The Hostage Heart
as Flor Aquino
The Shadow on the Roadside
The Shadow on the Roadside
Warrior, Who Are You
as Mỹ Lan
Warrior, Who Are You
as Mỹ Lan
The Evil Within
as Kamar Souria
The Evil Within
as Kamar Souria
From Saigon to Dien Bien Phu
as Kiều Loan
From Saigon to Dien Bien Phu
as Kiều Loan
Operation C.I.A.
as Kim-Chinh
Operation C.I.A.
as Kim-Chinh
A Yank in Viet-Nam
as Kieu Chinh
A Yank in Viet-Nam
as Kieu Chinh
The Eyes I Used to Know
The Eyes I Used to Know