Vũ Thu Phương (born October 8, 1985) is a Vietnamese actress and model.
Biography
Phương was born in
Nam Dinh
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; the family moved to
Ho Chi Minh City
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in 1997.
She started her career as a model, and in 2008 she won two awards in a national modelling competition: best model and most talented model.
In 2008,
the Weinstein Company
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offered Phương a bilingual speaking role as a supporting character in the film ''Shanghai''. During production, the scope of the role was reduced and in editing, many of the scenes featuring her were omitted. She was invited by the company's executive
Harvey Weinstein to discuss appearing in other Weinstein Company films. Phuong has stated that Weinsten behaved inappropriately towards her during the meeting, and that she left Hollywood and acting as a result of the experience.
In 2011, she announced her retirement from acting, citing media rumours and slander regarding her lifestyle as the cause.
Phương completed filiming her final movie, ''Khát vọng thượng lưu,'' in October of that year.
In 2019, she was a judge for the
Miss Universe Vietnam pageant.
References
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Living people
Vietnamese actresses
People from Nam Định
Vietnamese female models
21st-century Vietnamese women
1985 births