The short film "Phu nhan nang chuyen tri ke khong thuc 4" officially premiered on June 3. In the film, Ly Nhuoc Dong plays the grandmother of the male lead Vuong Boi Dien and quickly attracts the attention of the audience.
The age of the character is completely consistent with her real age in real life. During the styling process, to increase the visual effect, the film crew once suggested changing the role from "grandmother" to a younger character, "aunt".
However, Ly Nhuoc Dong immediately refused. She said: "My real age is 60, completely suitable for the age in the script. It's just that maybe my appearance is not like people's imagination of a 60-year-old. But 60 is inherently the age to be a grandmother.
Besides, some netizens argued about Ly Nhuoc Dong acting in short films, they left sarcastic comments: "Even Co Co has to act in short films already".
When asked about this comment in an interview, Ly Nhuoc Dong frankly replied: "I am an actress, not a fairy in heaven".
She said that whether it's a long-running TV series, a short film or a movie, as long as the character she loves, suits her and brings a feeling of satisfaction when acting, she will accept to participate. According to her, there is absolutely no such thing as "downgrading class" or "declining" when acting in short films.
The actress also revealed that during filming, she often feels like she is participating in a film project. The production team is very professional, from the operation of the camera, lighting arrangement to pursuing perfect image quality.
Ly Nhuoc Dong was born in 1966, famous for many works such as "The Return of the Condor Heroes", "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", "Duong Mon Nu Tuong", "Dai Noi Mat Tham 008"...
In particular, thanks to the role of Tieu Long Nu in the 1995 "The Return of the Condor Heroes" version, she has become a classic "Co Co" image in the hearts of many generations of audiences and is loved to this day.
In real life, Ly Nhuoc Dong is even more surprising than the character "grandmother racing" in the short film.
She maintained her training habit for many years. Every week, the actress performs 3 combat rope sessions, TRX to increase flexibility, and even builds her own weight exercises combined with martial arts movements.
In May 2026, she posted a workout video showing off her toned shoulders and clear muscles on social media, and humorously wrote: "Am I 60 years old like this, is it considered healthy?".
In real life, Ly Nhuoc Dong is also like the grandmother character in the movie - who only really wakes up at the age of 60, puts on a leather jacket and gets on a motorbike to rush on the racetrack to live her own life.
Ly Nhuoc Dong used the character in this short film and real-life choices to create mutual reflection: she played a grandmother who believes that the older she gets, the more she has to live for herself, and at the same time she is also living like that - no longer letting the eyes of others define her, nor letting social rules bind her life.
