Nguyễn Cao
Kỳ Duyên
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên is a Vietnamese-American host and a familiar MC of Paris By Night (Thúy Nga) since 1993, often co-hosting with writer Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn. She has also appeared as a judge on many television programmes in Vietnam.
Career story
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên was born in Saigon; she studied piano from the age of 5, studied music theory and voice in her teens, and graduated in law from Western State College of Law. She recorded her first album in 1984 and first appeared in public as a singer in 1985.
In the early 1990s, she began hosting shows for the Mây (Hollywood Night) and Asia productions, then became an MC of Paris By Night from 1993 at the suggestion of writer Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn. From the mid-2010s, she has taken part in Vietnamese television as a judge on Cười xuyên Việt (2015), Duyên dáng Bolero (2018) and Ca sĩ bí ẩn (2019), and acted in the series The Sympathizer.
Babyface Entertainment, a Vietnam casting agency since 2009, helps brands, agencies and production houses book Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên for commercials, TVCs, key-visual shoots, events and KOL campaigns, working through the artist’s management to confirm availability and fees.