Linh Nga

Linh Nga is a Vietnamese - American actress, filmmaker, peace and environmental activist. She is the founder of 9669 Films. Linh Nga was born on January 3, 1982 in Nam Dinh, Vietnam. Her father, Quang Duy Nguyen , is a music composer. Her mother, Thuy Bich Thi Le, is an opera singer. Her only older brother, Linh Duy Nguyen, is an actor, and dance composer. Linh Nga began her career as a model and dancer in 1995. Upon transitioning to filmmaking, she spent 10 years working as an actress and director for Vietnam Television, Vietnam Cinema and became well known in Vietnam for her works and performance. She graduated from Vietnam Dance College with a BA degree in 1999, graduated from Hanoi Academy Of Theater And Cinema in directing with a BA degree in 2005, graduated from Chapman University with MFA degree in film production with sound design emphasis in 2014. In the same year, Linh Nga founded her film company 9669 Films, LLC in California. She also worked for Paris By Night, a celebrated Vietnamese musical shows produced by Thuy Nga Productions as a cosmetic representative from 2012 to 2016, and a news presenter for Viet-face Television from 2010 to 2019. Linh Nga was engaged to Thuyet Buon Vua, a businessman and a strategist for Nam Cam. Nam Cam was a notorious Vietnamese mobster who is also known as the Godfather of Vietnam. A year later, Thuyet was arrested and sentenced 20 years to prison related to Nam Cam's case. Nam Cam was one of the largest criminal cases in history of Vietnam. Linh Nga met Johnny K Pham in 2005 when she was in California to study. They engaged and married in the same year. In 2011, the couple announced their separation, and subsequently divorced a year later. She has two daughters, Anna Linh and Mary Linh.