Linh Nga

Linh Nga was born in Hanoi, Vietnam, on January 3, 1982, to Quang Duy Nguyen, a composer, and Thuy Bich Thi Le, an opera singer.^[5][6][7]

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.^[8] In 1992, she began attending the Vietnam Academy of Dance (Truong Cao Dang mua Viet Nam),^{[citation needed]} where she achieved artistic and academic honors upon graduation.

In 2000, Nga began studying film directing at the Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema.^{[citation needed]} She wrote, directed, and starred in the television series, Xuoi nguoc duong tran, in 2002.^[9] This earned a National Television Award at the Vietnamese International Film Festival for Best Television Series of the year. In 2006, Linh Nga graduated. During this time, she also worked for a Vietnam Television^[10] as an actress.^[11] Upon graduation, Nga went abroad and successfully applied to Chapman University in California, pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in film production and sound design.^[12][13]

In May 2014, Nga graduated from Chapman University. That same year, she founded 9669 Films.^[14] In November 2017, 9669 Films released the action comedy short What's the good of being good? (2017 film).

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 Agent Orange victim struggling with life in Vietnam. "Inside this peace" is also nominated for "Best feature documentary" at the Action On Film International Film Festival^{[15][16][17][18][19]}

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.^[20]

Nga reportedly had a romantic relationship with Thuyet Tran, known as Thuyet Buon Vua in Năm Cam case.^[21] The pair married in 2002. A week after, Thuyet was arrested and sentenced to 20 years in prison related to Năm Cam.^[22] In 2007 she married Johnny K.P.; they were divorced in 2011.^[23][24] She has two daughters.^[23]