Meritorious Artist Kieu Thanh (Kieu Thi Thanh, born in 1981) has just been prosecuted by the Investigation Police Agency of Hanoi City Police to investigate the crime of Illegally trading in narcotics. According to the police agency, at the time of inspection, the actress was discovered using heroin and methamphetamine with some people.
Information about the case caused the actress's career to be noticed again after more than 20 years of artistic activities.
Kieu Thanh started her career at the Hanoi Drama Theater. When she first came to the theater, she was assigned some main roles.
The turning point happened in 2001, Kieu Thanh first participated in a TV series with "Phia truoc la bau troi" directed by Do Thanh Hai. She played Tra "cave", a character with special circumstances in a student dormitory.
Tra "cave" became the most mentioned role in Kieu Thanh's career.
After the film, she continued to participate in a number of projects such as "Silence River", "Dance Girl", "When Birds Return", "Long Dreams", "Two Sides of the Horizon", "Warfield Diary" and "Rose on the Left Chest".
During filming, Kieu Thanh has many times played journalistic characters. She has played journalist Suong in "Dancing Girl", reporter Ha Chau in "When Birds Return" and journalist Quy in "Warfield Diary". In addition, the actress also tried her hand at characters with different personalities and circumstances.
Kieu Thanh once shared that she did not want to be fixed on one type of role. When participating in "Long Dreams", she once asked the director to let her take on another role instead of continuing to play the journalist character.
In parallel with film, Kieu Thanh maintains activities at the Hanoi Drama Theater. She participates in many plays and identifies theater as an important part of her artistic career. Kieu Thanh once said that for her, being assigned roles and continuing to work is more important than whether it is theater, television or cinema.
In 2016, Kieu Thanh was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist. In 2019, she became the focus of attention when she publicly announced living with a man who had not divorced his wife. Shares about this relationship caused controversy on social networks.
After that time, Kieu Thanh limited her appearances on screen and kept her private life more secret. She once said she spent time taking care of her family and practicing. "Rose on the Left Chest", airing in 2019, is one of the most recent TV series starring the actress.
In recent years, Kieu Thanh has rarely appeared on television but still works at the Hanoi Drama Theater and participates in stage activities. The role of Tra "cave" after more than 20 years is still often mentioned when talking about the actress's career, besides other roles on stage and screen.
