Linh Nga ( ; born 3 January 1982), is an American-Vietnamese

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, and

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. Linh Nga's 2019 documentary "Inside this peace" won "Award Of Merit" at the Impact DOCS Awards, won "Best Feature Documentary" at the California Women's Film Festival, and nominated for "Best Feature Documentary" at the

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. Her 2003 film '' Up and Down the Dust Way'' (''Xuoi nguoc duong tran'') won "TV Best Series" at the

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. She is the founder of 9669 films.

Biography and career

Linh Nga was born in

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, on January 3, 1982, to Quang Duy Nguyen, a composer, and Thuy Bich Thi Le, an opera singer. Nga began her career on stage at an early age. She often sang and performed at friends' and family's functions and was part of a local song and dance troupe. In 1990, she earned her first award for "Nam Dinh City's Best Young Voice". Two years later, she joined the Club of Love (Cau lac bo tinh thuong), a registered charity group formed by Tuong Vi. She began her professional dancing career at the age of ten. In 1992, she began attending the Vietnam Academy of Dance (Truong Cao Dang mua Viet Nam), where she achieved artistic and academic honors upon graduation. In 2000, Nga began studying film directing at the Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema. She wrote, directed, and starred in the television series, '' Xuoi nguoc duong tran'', in 2002. This earned a National Television Award at the

for Best Television Series of the year. In 2006, Linh Nga graduated. During this time, she also worked for a

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as an actress. Upon graduation, Nga went abroad and successfully applied to

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, pursuing her

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in film production and sound design. In May 2014, Nga graduated from

. That same year, she founded 9669 Films. In November 2017, 9669 Films released the action comedy short ''What's the good of being good? (2017 film)''.

Documentary about Agent Orange

In January 2019, Linh Nga and 9669 films won "Best Feature Documentary" at the California Women's Film Festival 2019 and earned "Award Of Merit" at the Impact DOCS Awards for the film "Inside this peace", a documentary about an

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victim struggling with life in

. "Inside this peace" is also nominated for "Best feature documentary" at the

Business ventures in Vietnam

In 2003, Nga helped found the Linh Nga Communication and Trading Company Lmt with her brother Linh Duy. The film company closed in 2010. Linh Nga also founded restaurants in Hanoi.

Personal life

Nga reportedly had a romantic relationship with Thuyet Tran, known as Thuyet Buon Vua in

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case. The pair married in 2002. A week after, Thuyet was arrested and sentenced to 20 years in prison related to

. In 2007 she married Johnny K.P.; they were divorced in 2011. She has two daughters.

Filmography

Honours & Awards

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nga, Linh 1982 births Living people People from Hanoi Film directors from California Film producers from California Businesspeople from California Vietnamese women film directors Vietnamese documentary film directors American women film directors American women documentary filmmakers American women film producers Action film directors Vietnamese television actresses Chapman University alumni American people of Vietnamese descent 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses 21st-century American businesswomen 21st-century American businesspeople