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 MAS*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.
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 MAS*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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Control Freak
Character:Aunt Thuy
Release Date:12/03/2025
My Eyes
Character:Mrs. Cheong
Release Date:26/11/2024
Finding Julia
Character:Van Tran
Release Date:19/04/2019
In Full Bloom
Character:Cecile
Release Date:06/04/2019
Hollow
Character:Shaman Linh
Release Date:18/07/2014
Trade of Innocents
Character:(voice)
Release Date:27/09/2012
Pearls of the Far East
Character:Kieu
Release Date:08/03/2012
21 and a Wake-Up
Character:Mamason
Release Date:30/10/2009
21
Character:Chinese Woman
Release Date:27/03/2008
Journey From the Fall
Character:Ba Noi (Grandmother)
Release Date:23/03/2007
Tempted
Character:Kehau
Release Date:10/03/2003
Face
Character:Mrs. Liu
Release Date:12/01/2002
Green Dragon
Character:Kieu
Release Date:17/05/2001
What's Cooking?
Character:Grandma Nguyen
Release Date:20/01/2000
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
Character:Thanh
Release Date:14/04/1999
City of Angels
Character:Asian Woman
Release Date:10/04/1998
Riot
Character:Mrs. Lee
Release Date:27/04/1997
The Joy Luck Club
Character:Suyuan Wong
Release Date:08/09/1993
Vietnam Texas
Character:Mallan
Release Date:09/03/1990
Welcome Home
Character:Leang
Release Date:29/09/1989
Gleaming the Cube
Character:Madame Trac
Release Date:13/01/1989
Hamburger Hill
Character:Mama San
Release Date:07/08/1987
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Character:Sai Luhn
Release Date:18/04/1986
The Girl Who Spelled Freedom
Character:Phoen Yann
Release Date:23/02/1986
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
Character:Mrs. Marchais
Release Date:27/02/1983
The Letter
Character:Chinese Woman
Release Date:03/05/1982
The Other Victim
Character:Mrs. Troung
Release Date:04/11/1981
Fly Away Home
Character:Anh
Release Date:18/09/1981
The Children of An Lac
Character:Thuy
Release Date:08/10/1980
My Husband Is Missing
Character:Lu-An
Release Date:05/12/1978
The Lucifer Complex
Character:Major Chinn Lee
Release Date:01/01/1978
The Hostage Heart
Character:Flor Aquino
Release Date:09/09/1977
The Shadow on the Roadside
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1973
Warrior, Who Are You
Character:Mỹ Lan
Release Date:01/01/1971
The Evil Within
Character:Kamar Souria
Release Date:01/01/1970
From Saigon to Dien Bien Phu
Character:Kiều Loan
Release Date:01/01/1967
Operation C.I.A.
Character:Kim-Chinh
Release Date:08/09/1965
A Yank in Viet-Nam
Character:Kieu Chinh
Release Date:05/02/1964
Television Appearances
Dope Thief
Character:Xuan 'Grandma' Pham
The Sympathizer
Character:Crapulent Major's Mother
The Neighborhood
Character:Tuyen
NCIS: Los Angeles
Character:Kim Nguyen
NCIS: Los Angeles
Character:Madge
Martial Law
Character:Lin Sung Yuan
Promised Land
Character:Mrs. Kim
Cybill
Character:Herbalist
Touched by an Angel
Character:Lang
Touched by an Angel
Character:Mrs. Kim
ER
Character:Mrs. Chen
Chicago Hope
Character:Mrs. Mai Ying Wang
Roots: The Next Generations
Character:U.N. Receptionist
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