Acting
Jan 31, 1987
Bắc Ninh, Vietnam
Mai Duong Kieu
Acting
Biography
Mai Duong Kieu (born February 1987 in Bắc Ninh, Vietnam) is a German-Vietnamese actress. Kieu was born in the Vietnamese provincial capital of Bắc Ninh and moved to Chemnitz with her mother in 1992, where her father was already living. Her father is a master of Shaolin Kung Fu; consequently, she began learning martial arts at an early age. She was discovered by a talent agency via the social networking platform Myspace. She gained her first stage experience in various productions, including an adaptation of *Faust*. From 2005 to 2007, she studied Performing Arts in Leipzig, followed by acting training at the *Theaterfabrik Leipzig*. She received further training in Nice in 2012. In 2014, she was a member of the main cast of the US reality show *The Quest* on the ABC network. That same year, she appeared in the series *Binny und der Geist* as well as in the feature film drama *Wir sind jung. Wir sind stark.* In 2015, she landed her first leading television role in the film *Mein Schwiegervater, der Stinkstiefel*. Kieu garnered international attention for her role in the ZDF series *Bad Banks*, which premiered at the Berlinale in 2018. In the series—directed by Christian Schwochow—she played a continuous leading role. From 2020 to 2025, she portrayed neurosurgeon Dr. Lilly Phan in the hospital drama series *In aller Freundschaft*. In 2026, she returned to the series for guest appearances. Mai Duong Kieu has a daughter.
Feature Films (16)
Because her father Erich had a heart attack, Meike returns to her hometown on Lake Constance with her son Paul. But Erich is not happy about the visit. He still blames his daughter for his son's death. Only his bright grandson Paul manages to break through the rough shell of the Lake Constance fisherman. And Meike meets her childhood sweetheart, Paul's father, again.
Die Fischerin
On 24th August 1992 in the eastern German city of Rostock, a rampaging mob, to the applause and cheering of more than 3,000 bystanders, besieged and set fire to a residential building containing, among others, more than 120 Vietnamese men, women, and children on what has since become known as "The Night of the Fire." The riots became a symbol of xenophobia in the just-reunited Germany. This film recounts the incident from the perspectives of three very different characters.
We Are Young. We Are Strong.
Martin (45) leads a quiet, inconspicuous life. Most of the time he sits in a video chat with Milena Sunday, the best internet specialist in stress relief. Only she knows that this quiet person is actually a former secret agent.
Das Meer im Fernseher
Alma manages to obtain a job as a court painter with the bourgeois prince Philip, passionate about botany. When he sees a portrait of her sister, the beautiful Christine, he immediately falls in love. But the Baroness has plans for her own daughter. Fortunately the faithful Shaky is still here.
Zitterinchen
The Thai Lamai had imagined “the beautiful piece of earth” differently when she arrived at Joe, her newlywed husband, in snowy Upper Bavaria. Instead of a warm reception, father-in-law Hans wants to chase her from the farm. It gets even worse: After a passionate night of love, Joe still has a smile on his face, but unfortunately he is dead - a heart attack. Now the young widow, who to everyone's surprise is the sole heir to the entire property, has to deal with the odd Hans, who has been given the right to live there for life in his last will.
Father-Out-Law
Television & Series (23)
Pastewka is a German television sitcom that began airing on German TV channel Sat.1 in 2005. The series, currently in its sixth season, is set in Cologne, with German actor Bastian Pastewka starring as a fictionalized version of himself. It has been compared to Seinfeld and Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm. The series was awarded, among others, the Rose d'Or and the German Television Prize. Series was directed by Joseph Orr and Jan Markus Linhof.
Pastewka
What happens when others suddenly behave the way we want them to? What happens to the "self" when this constantly changes our relationship with our environment, constantly creating new constellations with "the others" that inevitably escalate? Six episodes tell the story of a character who struggles with himself and the world, and who is allowed to reshuffle the deck in each episode.
