Tăng Thanh Hà

She was born on 24th October 1986, in Ho Chi Minh City, in a family of Chinese descent.^[5] Her mother is from Gò Công, Tiền Giang (now Gò Công, Đồng Tháp province). When her family business did not go well, she helped her mother out making ends meet:^[6] At the age of 11, Tang woke early to assist with preparing food for later distribution to customers.^[6] At this time her mother enrolled her in night acting classes at Idecaf.^[6]

When she was 16,^[6] director Lưu Trọng Ninh asked her to portray Trang in the movie Dốc tình.^[6] Although only a minor role, Thanh Ha caught the attention of the film world. She went on to play Mộng Cầm in Hàn Mặc Tử^[6] - a film about the celebrated Vietnamese poet -, and won critical acclaim.^[6] She was also cast in Hương phù sa in the role of Út Nhỏ^[7] and in several ads.^[6] She won the Best lead actress award from the Ho Chi Minh City Television in 2006.^[8] At this point, however, she left acting to study hotel administration in Singapore^[6] just as she became recognized as an up-and-coming actress on television and on the big screen.^[9] Upon returning to Vietnam the next year, she was given the leading role in the multi-episode television drama Bỗng dưng muốn khóc.^[10][11] In 2008, she landed a role in Đẹp từng centimét.^[12] At the end of 2009 she was selected by director Nguyễn Phan Quang Bình to be in Cánh đồng bất tận (The Floating Lives) based on a novel of the same name by female writer Nguyễn Ngọc Tư.^[13]

• Best lead actress of 2006 according to Ho Chi Minh City Television - the HTV Awards^[14][15]
• Best dressed actress of 2008 according to Mốt magazine VN
• Best-liked TV actress during 2008-2009 (as Trúc in the movie Bỗng Dưng Muốn Khóc)^[16]

She married Louis Nguyễn, a Vietnamese-Filipino entrepreneur, in November 2012 after three-and-a-half years of dating.^[17]