Ngô Thanh Vân

Ngô Thanh Vân — better known internationally as Veronica Ngô — is genuinely one of the most compelling multi-hyphenates to come out of Southeast Asia in the past two decades, and I think she's still wildly underappreciated outside the region. Born in Vietnam and raised in Norway, she carved out a massive pop and acting career in Vietnam before Hollywood finally took notice — and when it did, she showed up in Star Wars: The Last Jedi and went toe-to-toe with action heavyweights in Bright. What really impresses me is that she didn't just cross over as a performer; she stepped behind the camera as a producer and filmmaker, championing Vietnamese genre cinema at a time when few were paying attention. She's the real deal — a triple-threat who built her own lane.

Name (English)

Ngô Thanh Vân

Name (Japanese)

ゴー・タイン・ヴァン

Reading

ごー・たいん・ゔぁん

Born

February 26, 1979 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Goat

Origin

Trà Vinh, Vietnam

Occupation

singer / actor / model / businessperson / filmmaker

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ngothanhvan_official/
• Xhttps://x.com/NgothanhvanNgo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3

Tags

• singer
• actor
• model

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.