Vietnamese Actress, Singer, And Belly Dancer. Movie - 'Nocturna' (1979), 'Hoodlums' (1980), 'Fairy Tales' (1978), 'The Greatest' (1977), 'The Soul of Nigger Charley' (1973), 'Soul Hustler' (1973), 'Devil's Angels' (1967), 'The Spy with a Cold Nose'(1966)
Vietnamese - Born American Female Actress - Movie - 'The Joy Luck Club' (1993), 'Hamburger Hill' (1987), 'Nguoi tinh khong chan dung' (1971), 'Journey from the Fall' (2006), 'A Yank in Viet - Nam' (1964). TV Series - 'M*A*S*H' (Guest Role)(1977)
Photographer; best known photo is the Pulitzer Prize-winning picture from 1972 of 9 year old girl Phan Thi Kim Phuc running naked toward the camera to flee a South Vietnamese napalm attack
Petty Officer Third Class/Navy Cross/Book written about Nguyen's heroism was later adapted into 1988 movie named 'Bat 21'. In 1999, after classified information released, second book, 'The Rescue of Bat 21' published. Nguyen later emigrated to the U.S.