Kiều Chinh (Vietnamese spelling: Kiều Chinh, real name Nguyễn Thị Chinh, born 1939) is an actress who first starred in a Vietnamese production called "Hoi Chuong Thien Mu" (The Bells of Thien Mu Temple) (1957). Kieu Chinh soon became one of Vietnam`s best-known personalities. In the 1960s she also appeared in several American productions including "A Yank in Vietnam" (1964) and "Operation C.I.A." (1965), the latter opposite Burt Reynolds. Kieu Chinh also produced a war epic "Nguoi Tinh Khong Chan Dung" (Faceless Lover) (1970), which later would be remastered and shown in the U.S. at the 2003 Vietnamese International Film Festival.

In 1975, while Kieu Chinh was on the set of "Full House" in Singapore, communist North Vietnamese overran Saigon. Kieu Chinh left for the U.S. where she resumed her acting career in a 1977 episode of M*A*S*H loosely based on her life story.