To mention a role "tailored" for People's Artist Le Khanh, the audience cannot ignore the Hanoi-style film "Vertical Ray of the Sun" by director Tran Anh Hung.
"Vertical Ray of the Sun" is like a narrative, a sobbing story about love and life through a period of life of three sisters in Hanoi who love each other very much.
In addition to her impressive acting ability, it is undeniable that the graceful and gentle beauty of People's Artist Le Khanh is what makes her have a certain position in the hearts of the audience. Le Khanh possesses a very unique and cinematic beauty.
Critic Roger Ebert once commented on Le Khanh's role in the work: "For me, Khanh (played by People's Artist Le Khanh) has the most shining moment in the film. In a close-up scene, Khanh really wants to say something, and she decides to say that she is pregnant. A woman's lips must suppress the joy inside. The moment Khanh stops before speaking is such a beautiful moment."
Talking about "Vertical Summer", critic Lawrence Chua commented: "Tran Anh Hung has created a film that is both dreamy and real. It depicts the correlation between context and content, what we see is what we face, bitterness and complexity are part of colorful life".
When she was young, she often had shoulder-length hair. She was invited to play the role of Tuat in the movie "Tu mot canh rung" (1978) when she was only 15 years old.
Female director Duc Hoan revealed that the reason for choosing Le Khanh to play the female lead role of the film was because of her innocent face and dignified beauty like the full moon.
Le Khanh's name is widely known through a series of impressive works such as: "Obsession", "The Last Summer", "Am anh", "Mat na nguoi", "Ngoi nha khong chu"...
Among them, her role as the nun Bang Thanh - the one who is infatuated with the robber Bach Hai Duong (played by Thuong Tin) in "Hunting Robbers" is an image that the audience cannot forget. This is also the work that brought Le Khanh and director Pham Viet Thanh together.
People's Artist Le Khanh's real name is Tran Mai Khanh. She was born in 1963 in a family with a rich artistic tradition. Her father is People's Artist Tran Tien, her mother is actress Le Mai. Her older sister Le Van and younger sister Le Vi are both famous artists.
At the age of 16, Le Khanh joined the Youth Theater. She was successful with the role of Juliet in the classic play "Romeo & Juliet". In the 1980s, Le Khanh also played the roles of queens and princesses such as Ly Chieu Hoang (play "Rung truc"), Minfo (play "Am muu va tinh yeu")...
Artist Le Khanh was awarded the title of People's Artist in 2001, when she had just turned 38. In the history of the award, she was the youngest stage actress to be awarded this title.
In a conversation with Lao Dong reporter, Le Khanh humbly said that she did not see herself as beautiful. "It is the beauty of the characters that has helped me become more beautiful in the eyes of the audience. I really see myself as very ordinary, I am only beautiful thanks to the character" - People's Artist Le Khanh said.
The humble recognition further shows the rare beauty of People's Artist Le Khanh.
