Linh Dan was born in 1973 in Saigon and then moved to France for permanent settlement with her family when she was one year old.

Linh Dan first stepped into the field of art when she was 18 years old, acting an orphan girl, Camille, who returned to Vietnam to seek her origin, in the 1992 Oscar -winning movie Indochine , directed by Regis Wargnier. She received a César nomination for the most promising actress for that performance.

The girl studied acting skills at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York, US. In 2005, Linh Dan made a return to play a piano teacher called Lu Ann in the film The Beat That My Heart Skipped, of director Balekdjian. The role earned Linh Dan the most promising actress title at the 31 st César award one year later.

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