'Vietnam's youngest film queen' at 16 looks like a young woman, gives her performance fee to her mother to keep

Mai Cat Vi was born in 2009, and has been acting in commercials since she was 5 years old. She then switched to acting, making her mark in projects such as Hai Phuong, Vo Ba, Me Oi Buom Day!, Bong De, Ke An Danh ...

At the end of 2023, Mai Cat Vi was one of two winners of the Best Actress category at the 23rd Vietnam Film Festival, becoming the youngest "Best Actress" in Vietnamese cinema at the age of 14 thanks to her role in the film " Mom, Oh Butterfly!" by director Luu Huynh.

From this milestone, she continued to try her hand at new roles.

Mai Cat Vi returns with the film project "Ut Lan: Oan linh chua co".

The actress has just taken on a new role in the recently released movie Ut Lan: Oan Linh Giu Cua . At the premiere event, she wore a red ao dai, holding a rooster in her arms, reenacting the creepy wedding scene in the movie.

She expressed her happiness when director Tran Trong Dan trusted her with a heavyweight role in the film.

Despite the pressure, the actress is happy to have completed her role and is looking forward to seeing her performance on the big screen again.

The child actress now looks like a young, mature woman.

As a teenager, Mai Cat Vi has a tall and beautiful appearance. Regarding the title “new beauty of horror movies”, Mai Cat Vi said she does not have high expectations. Instead, the 16-year-old girl only wishes to transform into a character, regardless of the genre of the movie.

With pure beauty and expressive eyes, Mai Cat Vi is a promising actress among today's young stars.

“My only desire is to devote myself to my role. I really want to convey the message and profound content of the film I act in to the audience.

As for the title, I think it depends on the audience's assessment," the actress added.

Acting since childhood, Mai Cat Vi had the opportunity to experience many different types of characters. However, the actress born in 2009 did not let this passion affect her studies.

“When I was filming, I had to skip school. But after returning, I made up for the missed knowledge. The crew also tried to schedule filming for me on the weekends so that my studies would not be affected too much,” she said.

Despite being famous for being in demand, Cat Vi admitted that she doesn't know her salary. Her mother keeps her performance fees. The child star plans to use this money to invest in acting lessons in the future.

Clip of Mai Cat Vi in the "ghost bride" look

Photo, clip: NVCC

Quang Tuan, Mai Cat Vi star in horror film 'Bong De' On March 10, the horror film exploiting the theme of Bong De revealed the first segments (teaser first look) of the project. This is the work marking the return of "hundred billion director" Le Van Kiet - the person behind the success of "Hai Phuong".

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