Ninh Dương Lan Ngọc

Ninh Dương Lan Ngọc

Birthday April 4, 1990
Age 36 Years (November, 2026)
Birth Place Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Education Ho Chi Minh City College of Stage Performance and Cinematics

Biography

Ninh Dương Lan Ngọc, often known simply as Lan Ngọc, is a Vietnamese actress born on 4 April 1990 in Ho Chi Minh City. She is widely seen as one of the leading Vietnamese film actresses of her generation. She first became known in 2010 for her lead role in The Floating Lives, which won her Best Leading Actress at the Golden Kite Awards.

She won a second Golden Kite Best Actress award for Jackpot (2016). In 2017 she was named a "Face of Asia" at the Busan International Film Festival. Outside film she has worked in reality television: she won Vietnam's version of Dancing with the Stars and joined the Vietnamese edition of Sisters Who Make Waves.

Early Life

Lan Ngọc was born and raised in Ho Chi Minh City. She trained at the Ho Chi Minh City College of Stage Performance and Cinematics. From 2009, before her film breakthrough, she took small parts in music videos and commercials.

Career

Her first major role was Nương in The Floating Lives (2010). It won her Best Leading Actress at the 2010 Golden Kite Awards and the audience award for favourite actress in a foreign film at China's 20th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers festival. She also received the 2011 Golden Lotus award for Best Actress. In 2011 she released a music video with actor and model Hồ Vĩnh Khoa.

She went on to star in several popular Vietnamese films, including The Tailor (Cô Ba Sài Gòn), Tấm Cám: The Untold Story and The Royal Bride. The Tailor, a romantic comedy produced by Ngô Thanh Vân and set in 1960s Saigon, screened in the "A Window on Asian Cinema" section at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival in 2017. At that festival she received the Asia Star Awards' Face of Asia honour. Her role as Út Thơm in Jackpot (2015) brought her a second Golden Kite Best Actress award in 2016.

On television she won season 6 of Bước nhảy hoàn vũ, the Vietnamese version of Dancing with the Stars, in 2015. In 2023 she competed on VTV3's Chị Đẹp Đạp Gió Rẽ Sóng, the Vietnamese version of Sisters Who Make Waves, and made the final seven-member line-up. On 4 April 2024 she became a member of the resulting girl group, LUNAS.

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Ninh Dương Lan Ngọc is 36 years old, born on April 4, 1990 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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Ninh Dương Lan Ngọc is known as an actress.