Hồng Đào

Acting

Hồng Đào

Born 1962-09-25 · Buôn Ma Thuột, Vietnam

Hồng Đào is a Vietnamese American actress and comedian who has worked both in the United States and Vietnam. Originally from Buôn Ma Thuột, Vietnam, she attended and trained at the University of Ho Chi Minh's Academy of Dramatic & Theatrical Arts and afterward became widely known for her work in Vietnam as a comedic performer in the 1980s both on stage and on screen. During the mid-1990s, Hồng Đào resettled in San Jose, California, United States. She grew to prominence among Vietnamese-speaking audiences globally through her live-staged comedy work with US-based Vietnamese-language variety shows for Van Son Entertainment, Thuy Nga Productions's Paris by Night, and Asia Entertainment. However, she returned to the entertainment industry in Vietnam in 2010 in her onscreen comeback with Gia Dinh So Do alongside stars Don Nguyen and Nha Phuong. Since then, she has since appeared in many films and web dramas in Vietnam, including Trịnh Đình Lê Minh's Goodbye Mother (Thưa mẹ con đi), in which her performance was critically received. She makes her Hollywood and English-language screen debut in Netflix's series Beef, starring Ali Wong and Steven Yeun. Hồng Đào is based in Southern California and is the proud mother of two daughters, Vicky and Sophia.

Acting credits

Mai poster
7.0

When a struggling single mother falls for a wealthy heartbreaker, their risky romance could just turn their lives around — or tear their worlds apart.

Mai

2024

Lên Hương poster
NR

Tâm is a young delivery worker whose heart condition from birth leads him into a strange folk ritual called 'lying in a coffin' – a practice held to transform one’s destiny through the symbolic act of death.

Lên Hương

2026

Miss Gangster poster
NR

La and May are twin sisters who were abandoned since they were little. La, the older one, is a pick-pocket who leads a gangster life. May, the younger one, works as a room attendant and always dreams of becoming a Miss Beauty. But a sudden incident occurs, which prevents May from joining the final round of Time Beauty Contest. In order to help her sister fulfill her wish, La disguises as May to join the contest. Not until then had she found herself facing the dark trappy backstage of a flashy beauty contest.

Miss Gangster

2019

Paris By Night 129 - Dynasty poster
NR

Paris By Night 129 - Dynasty is the 138th Paris By Night program (including special programs) produced and published by Thuy Nga center. This is the first program to gather the top singers of the two music dynasties, Lu Lien, Pham Duy, including: Tuan Ngoc, Khanh Ha, Thuy Anh, Luu Bich, Thai Hien, Thai Thao, .. The program was dubbed the "most anticipated Paris By Night program of 2019".

Paris By Night 129 - Dynasty

2019

Spirit Whisker: The Revenant poster
NR

The mysterious death of Gia Cường, the cherished eldest grandson, forces Mệ Bích to resort to the dark art of the "spirit cat" to resurrect him, unaware that a demon comes along with it. A series of chilling, nightmarish events soon begins to haunt the Dương Phúc family.

Spirit Whisker: The Revenant

2024

Goodbye Mother poster
6.7

Văn comes back to Ho Chi Minh City from the US with his boyfriend Ian to visit his mother. Being the male heir of the family, everyone expects him to take a wife soon. And to top it all, his grandmother, who has Alzheimer, mistakes Ian for her grandson.

Goodbye Mother

2019

The Real Sister poster
NR

When the eldest daughter-in-law Nhị announces her plan to personally fund the renovation of the family’s ancestral house before storm season, tensions rise during a reunion on the anniversary of their late mother’s death.

The Real Sister

2024

Poor Little Goalie poster
NR

Công has a crush on Hiền, though she finds his relentless pursuit annoying and is more passionate about football. When Hiền applies to join the school’s football team, her skills impresses the coach who then decides to make her the new goalkeeper. Unhappy with the coach’s favourable guidance towards Hiền, Công and the replaced goalkeeper Tiểu Mai begin to cause problems.

Poor Little Goalie

1991

Người Mẹ Xấu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Người Mẹ Xấu

2026

Phượng of Saigon poster
NR

Pushed into prostitution by her nefarious aunt, Phượng must navigate the politics of Saigon high-end brothels as its most sought-after call girl while fighting to remain with the love of her life.

Phượng of Saigon

1994

Why Do You Leave Me poster
NR

Returning from long years studying abroad, Lâm finds out that his childhood sweetheart Sơn Ca has married another man. When Sơn Ca files for separation due to her husband's adultery, the two begins seeing each other again and rekindling the old flame.

Why Do You Leave Me

1995

Leaving Mom poster
4.7

Every day, Hoan performs as a "street clown," using his skills as a sidewalk barber to make ends meet and take care of his mother. Mrs. Le Thi Hanh suffers from Alzheimer's disease and behaves like a child. Her illness is not only a financial burden but also deprives Hoan of the chance to live freely and pursue his dreams. Despite her condition, Mrs. Hanh retains vivid memories of South Korea, where she once lived a happy life with her husband Jeong-min and their eldest son Ji-hwan before tragedy struck. One day, Hoan begins experiencing symptoms of memory loss along with epilepsy. Realizing he can no longer be his mother’s sole caretaker, he decides to take her to Korea to leave her in the care of his brother - a man Hoan has never met.

Leaving Mom

2025

The Heiress poster
NR

Nhung, who is used to extravagant spending, is suddenly forced to complete a special three-month course by her belated grandmother’s will, in order to inherit her huge estate.

The Heiress

2018

The Living Sandbag poster
NR

Minh Long is a retired boxer who has retired at the peak of his career after a string of victories and now leads a happy life with his wife Thủy and their daughter Diệu. However, his arrogance earns the ire of powerful boxing manager Cường. When Diệu is found to have a terminal illness, Minh Long gets back into the ring in order to get the funds needed for her treatment but has to face his stubbornness and Cường, who is stopping him from coming back.

The Living Sandbag

2021

My Little Grandma poster
10.0

When her daughter abandons the family, a devoted grandmother becomes the sole caregiver of her beloved grandson — her “little treasure” — finding hope and purpose in their simple, love-filled life.

My Little Grandma

2025

Beneath the Rose-Coloured Dreams poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Beneath the Rose-Coloured Dreams

1992

Ngày Con Còn Mẹ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ngày Con Còn Mẹ

2026

Deal! poster
NR

Chốt Đơn! follows the bustling lives of Hoàng Linh, a young and successful “chốt đơn warrior,” and Chú An (Quyền Linh), an office worker who also moonlights as a rideshare driver. Amid societal pressures, uncertainties, and changes impacting two generations, Hoàng Linh and Chú An, despite their differences in age, background, and personality, discover a pure friendship. Together, they ignite new passions, leading to victorious “Chốt Đơn!” sessions.

Deal!

2025

Diary of Fireflies poster
6.5

Devastated by the loss of both parents to cancer, a medical student drops out of school and meets a firebrand photographer with a lust for life.

Diary of Fireflies

2016

Chances Are… poster
NR

A Vietnamese-American photographer decides to throw his wedding in Saigon. A day before the wedding, he ends up stranded in a seaside town due to his friends’ prank at the bachelor’s party. Penniless, he reluctantly agrees to be act as a strange woman’s boyfriend in exchange for cash to buy train tickets back to Saigon.

Chances Are…

2001

Butterfly House poster
1.7

The relationship between a gay nightclub owner and his drag queen partner becomes complicated when their son becomes engaged to a girl from a conservative family.

Butterfly House

2019

Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart poster
5.0

In the seedy back halls of a Little Saigon convenience store, a young customer reanimates his dead father for one last conversation... awakening phantoms of unspoken grief.

Long's Long Lost & Mini Mart

2025