
Lê Khanh
NSND (People's Artist) Lê Khanh is a stage and film actress and theatre director with a long association with the Youth Theatre (Nhà hát Tuổi Trẻ), where she served as Deputy Director. She is noted for the role of Thúy in the play Bến bờ xa lắc and the role of Lý Chiêu Hoàng in Rừng trúc. She has twice received the Best Actress award at the Vietnam Film Festival, most recently for Gái già lắm chiêu V at the 22nd edition.
Career story
Born in Hanoi to parents who were both actors, Lê Khanh acted in films from childhood with Hai bà mẹ and joined the Youth Theatre in 1978, developing her craft through performance. In the 1980s–1990s she became one of the theatre's leading actresses, while also appearing in the films Dòng sông hoa trắng (1989) and Chuyện tình bên dòng sông (1993) – the role that earned her Best Actress at the 10th Vietnam Film Festival.
She was awarded the title NSƯT (Meritorious Artist) in 1993, won Outstanding Actor at the 1996 National Small Stage Festival for Bến bờ xa lắc, played Lý Chiêu Hoàng in Rừng trúc (1999) and was awarded the title NSND in 2001. After studying directing at the Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema, she staged the plays Nhà ô sin (2012) and Thị Hến (2014), served as Deputy Director of the Youth Theatre from 2013 and took part in teaching.
She returned to the big screen with Gái già lắm chiêu 3 (2020) and Gái già lắm chiêu V (2021) – the role that won an award at the 22nd Vietnam Film Festival – as well as Kiều (2021), Fanti (2023), Hồng Hà nữ sĩ (2024) and Hẹn em ngày nhật thực (2026).
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Awards · titles
NSND Lê Khanh established her name on screen with the role of Lan in "Chuyện tình bên dòng sông", winning the Best Actress award at the 10th Vietnam Film Festival, and was awarded the title of People's Artist in 2001. After a long period focused on theatre, she returned to film and went on to receive Best Actress at the 22nd Vietnam Film Festival (2021) for the role of Lý Lệ Hà in "Gái già lắm chiêu V".
- LHP Việt Nam lần thứ 10 – Nữ diễn viên chính xuất sắc (Chuyện tình bên dòng sông) Tuổi Trẻ ↗
- NSƯT (1993)
- Liên hoan Sân khấu nhỏ toàn quốc 1996 – Diễn viên xuất sắc (Bến bờ xa lắc)
- NSND (2001) Tuổi Trẻ ↗
- LHP Việt Nam lần thứ 22 – Nữ diễn viên chính xuất sắc (Gái già lắm chiêu V) Việt Nam News ↗
Award names are kept in Vietnamese as officially published. Linked items open the original press report.
Feature films
- 25/01/2020Gái già lắm chiêu 3
- 05/03/2021Gái già lắm chiêu V: Những cuộc đời vương giả
- 09/04/2021Kiều
- 28/07/2023Fanti
- 10/02/2024Hồng Hà nữ sĩ
- 30/03/2026Hẹn em ngày nhật thực
- 15/05/2026Một thời ta đã yêu
Sources · references
https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gái_già_lắm_chiêu_V:_Những_cuộc_đời_vương_giả
https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gái_già_lắm_chiêu_3
https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiều_(phim)
https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danh_s%C3%A1ch_phim_%C4%91i%E1%BB%87n_%E1%BA%A3nh_Vi%E1%BB%87t_Nam
https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lê_Khanh
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