Nhung Kate

Nhung Kate (a Vietnamese mononym) was studying Theater and Dance at the Hanoi College of Arts when she entered and won a popular reality competition show Vietnam Superstar." From there she landed her first lead in a television series and won "The National Film and Television Actor" award in Vietnam. These consecutive successes catapulted Nhung Kate into the next stage of her career. Nhung Kate has since starred in more than 10 Vietnamese TV series as a lead including recent hits "Swapping Fate" (Danh trao so phan) and "The Fire Dossier - Part 3: The Dead Body Speaks" (Ho so Lua phan 3: Tu thi len tieng). Her international TV work includes a role in Australia Drama limited series for Fremantle: "Better Man" and a recurring role in the Korean Drama "Face Me and Smile" for EBS. Her first feature film was in the 2013 martial arts action film "Bui Doi Cho Lon," which was controversial for it's violence and realistic fight sequences from director Charlie Nguyen where she played 'Trang'. In 2014, Nhung Kate gained praise for her breakthrough performance in Ham Tran's supernatural horror "Hollow". In 2016 she collaborated with Ham Tran again with the box office hit "Bitcoin Heist" where she played the police detective "Dada". In 2017, Nhung Kate was awarded by the Special Grand Jury of Film Independent's LA Film Festival "Best Actress" in her performances in Derek Nguyen's supernatural thriller "The Housemaid." The film later got acquired by IFC and released in 2018. In 2021 Nhung Kate joined the John Wick Universe as Yen' in "The Continental" for Starz. When she is not acting, Nhung Kate is a known Ducatista with over 50,000 clocked racing miles. She travelled all-over South-East Asia on her Ducati motorcycles. Originally Nhung Kate picked up martial arts as a hobby and competed in 2 MMA cage fights earlier in her career. Since Nhung Kate is recognized as a skilled fighter where she trains at Vietnam's first MMA Training Center founded by her partner, renowned martial artist and stunt choreographer: Johnny Tri Nguyen.