Mỹ Châu
NSƯT (Meritorious Artist) Mỹ Châu is a cải lương (Vietnamese reformed opera) artist known for many roles in martial-arts and social plays, and for her stage partnership with artist Minh Phụng. She was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist in 1993.
Career story
Mỹ Châu was born in Thủ Thừa (Long An) and entered cải lương in 1961 at just 11 years old, after impresario Ba Cang of the Tiếng Chuông troupe spotted her talent. Her first role was a child role in "Giai nhân bên suối mộng"; she was soon given major roles and became the leading actress of the Thủ Đô 2 troupe in 1964.
In 1965 she joined the large Kim Chung troupe, made her mark as Mai Thảo in "Trinh nữ lầu xanh" and began her partnership with Minh Phụng; in 1967 she received the Thanh Tâm Award's Gold Medal for promising artist for the play "Gió giao mùa". In the early 1990s she appeared in many cải lương videos such as "Anh hùng xạ điêu" and "Kiếp nào có yêu nhau" (1992), and was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist in 1993.
Later she worked with television stations to restage many classic plays, before closing her career after the programme "Tạ tình tri âm" in 2012.
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Awards · titles
Mỹ Châu proved her talent early, winning the Thanh Tâm Award's Gold Medal for promising artist in 1967. She was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist in 1993 and, six years later, received the Medal for the Cause of Vietnamese Theatre, recognising her long-standing contributions to cải lương.
- Giải Thanh Tâm (1967) – Huy chương vàng triển vọng VTC News ↗
- NSƯT (1993) VTC News ↗
- Huy chương Vì sự nghiệp sân khấu Việt Nam (1999) VTC News ↗
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