Allen Edelman Management is happy to announce that manager Chi Lo has negotiated a deal for our client Kieu Chinh to star in a major role in 6 out of 8 episodes of the upcoming Apple TV+ series Sinking Spring. Sinking Spring also stars Bryan Tyree Henry, Wagner Moura, Ving Rhames, and Dustin Nguyen. Ridley Scott has been tapped to direct an episode as well as serve as executive producer. The series is written by Peter Craig.
Kieu Chinh has also recently been cast as a recurring guest star in the upcoming HBO/A24 drama series The Sympathizer adapted from the novel of the same name written by Viet Thanh Nguyen. The novel is an espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his resulting exile in the United States. The series stars Robert Downey Jr. and is directed by Park Chan-wook.
Kieu-Chinh is a legendary Vietnamese-American actress with over six decades of international contributions to the motion picture industry from: Vietnam, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, China, India, Australia, and Canada. Following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, Kieu-Chinh became a refugee. She came to the U.S. under the generosity and sponsorship of actress, Tippi Hedren, who helped Chinh get back to work in Hollywood.
Chinh’s appearances exceed more than 100 film and television shows such as: M*A*S*H, China Beach, Dynasty, ER, NCIS: Los Angeles, A Yank In Vietnam, Operation C.I.A., The Joy Luck Club, Catfish in Black Bean Sauce, Face, and Journey From The Fall, which garnered her critical acclaim, numerous accolades, and awards throughout her career including: The Best Actress Award of South Vietnam (1969), Best Leading Actress from the Asian Film Festival in Taipei (1973), Cinema Delle Donne Film Festival in Italy (2003), Lifetime Achievement Awards from Vietnamese International Film Festival-VIFF (2003), San Diego Film Festival (2006), San Francisco Global Movie Festival – Festival of Globe (2015) and Lifetime Achievement Award – Asian World Film Festival (2021).
She is currently on a book tour of her recent memoir entitled, Kieu Chinh An Artist in Exile.