Navia Nguyen

{{Short description|American actress and model}}

{{BLP sources|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Navia Nguyen

| image = Photograph of Navia-Nguyen.jpg

| caption = Nguyen in a photo shoot published in Bali on 2020-2021

| birth_place = Phu Quoc

| alma_mater = Harvard Business School (Owner/President Management Program 64)

| occupation = Actress
Model
Entrepreneur

| years_active = 1986–present

| website = {{URL|navianguyen.com}}

}}

Navia Nguyen is a Vietnamese American model and entrepreneur. She founded AMO World Bali encompassing AMO Baths, AMO Skin, AMO Spa and AMO Cafe. She was born on Phu Quoc, South Vietnam and raised in New York City.

Rise to Prominence

At the age of 14, photographer Stephan Lupino discovered her, capturing an image that would be featured on the cover of Zoom (magazine). She was quickly signed to Elite Model Management. Nguyen appeared in the 1996 Pirelli Calendar and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 1997. Selected by People Magazine' as the "50 Most Beautiful People", she has modeled for fashion houses like Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, John Galliano, Fendi, and Christian Dior, as well as American firms such as: GAP and Tommy Hilfiger. She is considered to be the first Asian supermodel.

Personal life

Nguyen is a mother to her 16-year-old daughter. She splits her time between Dumbo, Brooklyn and Canggu, Bali.

Entrepreneurial Ventures

By 2008, Nguyen had left acting and modeling to create AMO World in Bali.

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"

|+

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

2002

|The Quiet American

|House of 500 Girls' Woman

|

2005

|Hitch

|Mika

|

2005

|Memoirs of a Geisha

|Izuko

|

2006

|The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down

|June

|

2008

|Remarkable Power

|Reporter

|

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1998

|Sex and the City

|Tatiana

|Episode: "Sex and the City"

2001

|As If

|Lilli

|Episode: "Jamie's POV"

References

{{Reflist}}