An Dung said that if she had a daughter-in-law, she would be a “cool” mother-in-law because she understands young people quite well. She admits that she is whimsical but… easy-going.
Van Dung’s full name is Le Van Dung (born 1975) in Hanoi, in an artistic family, father is a director, mother is an actress. After that, her family moved to Son La, then to Thai Nguyen, and when Van Dung was in 2nd grade, she and her whole family moved to Hanoi.
In 1992, when she was 17 years old, Van Dung participated in the Miss National Bao Bao contest (the old name of the Miss Vietnam contest) and reached the Top 15. After that milestone, she fell in love with the entertainment industry. Become an actor with a career in comedy.
Van Dung began to be known to a large Vietnamese audience since participating in the program Life laughs of the Youth Theater, followed by Meet at the end of the year (Kitchen God), Meet at weekend and Gala laughed of Vietnam Television.
LIVE Kitchen Godshe often plays the role of Medical Apple, then, takes on the role of Economic Apple, Social Apple, Electricity Apple, People’s Kitchen… However, the audience still often calls her Medical Apple because of her charming acting style. Her appearance and humor when playing this role.
Share with reporters Dan triVan Dung said she felt lucky to participate Kitchen God – The program is closely associated with her youth. The memory she remembers most is rehearsing the show often in the evening and late at night. Even though they had to practice for a long time, the weather was cold, and many artists were sick, everyone tried to complete their roles.
Van Dung said, the pressure of the participants Kitchen God is huge, artists always worry about how to always be new, this year is better than last year, will I be accepted by the audience when I step out on the street?
“For many years, people and families gathered to watch Kitchen God But I “can’t sit still” because I’m nervously waiting to see the audience’s response,” she confided.
Talking about titles, Van Dung confided that the biggest recognition is the audience’s love for her.
“My childhood dream was to become an actor and I have done it. I have done both comedies and tragedies. My fortune in the profession for more than 30 years is quite a lot, isn’t it? What else is there to be sad and regretful about?
Family colleagues Kitchen God The people I love all have the titles of Meritorious Artist and People’s Artist. There must also be an ordinary artist like me to be treated and pampered,” she said.
Many audiences are familiar with the image of artist Van Dung as sour and harsh in his roles Kitchen God. In real life, Van Dung is quiet, admitting that she is afraid of crowded places and likes taking care of the house.
“On screen or on stage, I am a very lively person, can be sharp, sour, colorful… But in real life I am completely different: Introverted, afraid of crowded places and afraid of noise…”, she shared.
When the reporter asked: “People say that even though Van Dung is humble, he is a rich man, is that true?”. The female artist said: “They say a lot of things about me. Quang Thang often teases me that I am a real estate tycoon. In fact, I only have enough to eat. It’s very difficult to be rich as an artist.”
Van Dung further shared that since her son Long Vu started his career as an actor, she is happy but also quite worried. When I wanted to enter the Actors Department, Hanoi University of Theater and Cinema, she advised me that this profession is very difficult and poor, and if you don’t have real talent, it will be very difficult. If you are not good at being an actor, the profession will be eliminated very quickly. But when her son decided to pursue a career, she also supported and was excited with each step of growing up with him.
Long Vu has appeared in movies Small way into life, My family is suddenly happyRecently, he attracted attention when playing the role of Cuong in the movie War without borders.
“After graduating from university, Long Vu stayed at home and waited to see if there was a movie casting (recruiting actors) and then go on his own, but my mother had absolutely no information. I was very impatient and kept asking: “Why wasn’t I called?” Should I go make a movie? Or am I too ugly so no one invites me to act?
I just said: “Just calm down, artists like Cong Ly, Quang Thang, Truong Giang… are not handsome but still make movies because of their ability and fate”, artist Van Dung told.
Van Dung and his son Long Vu (Photo: Character provided).
Van Dung affirmed that in the future when her son gets married, she will be a gossipy mother-in-law: “This mother-in-law is also a bit “chaotic” but a little flattery is enough… that’s all. I just need a clean daughter-in-law. It will be okay (laughs)”.
Van Dung added that if her son gets married in the future, she will not live with her daughter-in-law but will live separately so that her son and his wife can be independent. Furthermore, due to the generation gap, she will not interfere with the way her son and his wife raise their grandchildren.
“I also hope my child will find a woman who loves him. I’m not a difficult mother-in-law. If I love my daughter-in-law, my children will love me,” artist Van Dung confided.
