#vân veronica ngô

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ngô thanh vân via instagram

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her hair!!!!!

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Happy Birthday Ngô (Veronica) Thanh Vân

Born February 26th 1979

Best Known Roles

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Vân Veronica Ngô (Qyuhn from The Old Guard) can be seen in the upcoming "The Creator" together with John David Washington, Gemma Chan, and Ken Watanabe.

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Furie (2019)

At first glance, Furie may seem like nothing more than Vietnam’s gender-swapped and localized version of Taken. In a way, it is, but the small tweaks lead to some major changes in the story's tone. With a terrific performance by Ngô Thanh Vân and well-shot, well-choreographed fight scenes, what you’ve got a movie that deserves your attention.

Ex-gangster Hai Phuong (Ngô Thanh Vân) became estranged from her family after she began associating with criminals and had a daughter out of wedlock. Now, she’s a debt collector living in the countryside and hasn’t spoken to her brother in years. When Mai (Cát Vy) is kidnapped by organ traffickers, Hai Phuong must return to the big city she left behind to rescue her daughter.

I admire the way Lê Văn Kiệt gets us invested in his protagonist without making her too clean and sympathetic. Right away, you know she’s tough. Not only is she a single mom surviving on her own, she does it by working a job that makes her an outcast and forces her to beat people up. Ex-communicated by her parents and brother, violence and anger is basically all she knows. The way she treats her daughter reflects her bitterness but you recognize the love present too. That motherly instinct is one of the film’s greatest assets. Several times, it isn’t enough for our heroine to beat people up for her to be pointed in the right direction. The people who have information to give will only dispense it once she connects with them on an emotional level. Often, it’s with other women who are mothers themselves; people who understand better than anyone else how desperate she is to get Mai back. This maternal love puts her directly at odds with the villain, Thanh Sói (Trần Thanh Hoa), on multiple levels. Both are women making their way in the world by whatever means necessary but Hai Phuong left the criminal life behind to raise a child. She’s giving part of herself away to Mai while Thanh Sói is looking to take pieces of Mai to sell on the black market. It naturally aligns itself in a way that feels organic and satisfying.

Ultimately, this is a story about motherhood, which means the fights are brutal but never excessively so. It’s desperation - not anger - that drives Hai Phuong and frequently, she’s the underdog. When she wins, it’s by exploiting every possible resource available and by the skin of her teeth. This does make a few narrow escapes feel just a little bit too convenient, though well-earned. The action scenes themselves are nice and varied. The initial chase when Mai is abducted is spectacular. It piles on the stress and gets you fully invested in the story.

Even if Veronica Ngo was just ok in the role, you wouldn’t miss the ending for the world. Her performance takes the film to the next level. She’s crafted a fully-realized, three-dimensional woman full of conflict and contradictions suddenly focussed on this one, seemingly impossible mission. Set in America, it would ring false but in faraway Vietnam, it feels so real while also fulfilling the power fantasy you crave out of a movie of this kind.

In recent years, you might’ve seen Veronica Ngo (sometimes credited by her Vietnamese name, Ngô Thanh Vân) in more and more American films: she was Rose Tico’s sister in The Last Jedi and had small roles in Bright, Da 5 Bloods and The Old Guard. She’s an actress to keep an eye out for and I say start checking out her filmography before it’s the cool thing to do. See Furie and work your way up from there. (Original Vietnamese with English Subtitles, November 20, 2020)

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R e a d y F o r B a t t l e

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Portraits of Friends Artist: Nile Freeman

Created with Dreamscope and Photoshop Photo credits: x, x, x, x, x, x, x

Nile took photos of the gang first, so they wouldn't have to pose for hours on end. She wanted them all to look at the camera, classic posing, only a hint of a smile, if any.

Took a while until she got a useful photo of Joe because he kept laughing. Nicky had such heart eyes over that shy sunshine pic of Joe, though, that Nile couldn't not paint it.

Quynh all suited up and Andy with a pearl necklace and showing some cleavage? You can bet your ass that those two went on a fancy date later that day.

Nile whipped out the warmest, happiest colors for Lykon. It's what he deserves.

Fuck Booker for making her paint hands. (affectionate)

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THE OLD GUARD (2020) ★★★★☆

THE OLD GUARD (2020) ★★★★☆

    Pendant des siècles, ces quatre guerriers protégeaient secrètement l’humanité. Maintenant, leurs dons en font des cibles. Juste quand ils découvrent une autre immortelle.     “The Old Guard” est un thriller d’action américain datant de 2020, dirigé par Gina Prince-Bythewood, à qui l’on doit également “Beyond the Lights” (2014). Les acteurs principaux sont Charlize Theron, qu’on a pu voir…

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Ngô Thanh Vân (Veronica Ngo) photographed by Tang Tang for Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam, May 2022.

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Ngô Thanh Vân Alpha King x Studio68

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ngô thanh vân via instagram

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The Way I ship Them Without a Care…

So, I just watched Joey King’s The Princess (On HULU) and girl, talk about the urge to ship!!!! #ThePrincess

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First and Last Shots

The Old Guard (2020) dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood

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“Vietnamese history, we have thousands of years of background, of stories that we can tell, our ancestors have victories that we can [talk] about, so I still believe, strongly believe, that with what [resources] we have we can still touch people, by the story we want to tell, by how we want to deliver it. ... It’s just a matter to tell the right story at the right time and touch the right people. I believe so.”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NGÔ THANH VÂN (born February 26, 1979)

[ ID: Eight gifs of Ngô Thanh Vân, also known as Van Veronica Ngo. Gif 1: Vân as her character Hai Phượng in the movie Furie, looking around a police station for clues while an officer drones on. Gif 2: Vân smiling and talking to an interviewer. Gif 3: Vân as her character Paige Tico in The Last Jedi ripping her mask off and staring forward in distress. Gif 4: Vân as her character Quỳnh in The Old Guard, drinking a glass of water while meeting Booker. Gif 5: Vân smiling and putting her microphone down at the end of an interview. Gif 6: Vân as her character Mantis in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny talking sternly mid-sword fight. Gif 7: Vân as Quỳnh talking to Andy. Gif 8: Vân performing her song “Mất nhau”. End ID. ]