Her own saga as a refugee could have been a movie itself, but instead Hiep Thi Le tumbled into a career as an actress by portraying another woman’s flight from war-torn Vietnam to America. While a ...

To be the lead actress in a Warner Bros. feature film is no small feat. For Hiep Thi Le, who came to America in 1979 as a refugee from a fishing village in Vietnam at the age of 8 with her younger ...

Hiep Thi Le, the actress best-known for her critically acclaimed role in Oliver Stone’s 1994 film Heaven and Earth, died Tuesday. She was 46. According to Deadline, Le died of complications from ...

Hiep Thi Le, a real-life refugee from Vietnam who won praise for her debut role in Oliver Stone’s 1994 Vietnam War drama “Heaven & Earth,” has died at 46. The actress, who in later life became a ...

Hiep Thi Le, who escaped Vietnam on a fishing boat when she was about 9 and a dozen years later became an unlikely movie star when she was cast as the central figure in “Heaven and Earth,” Oliver ...

Hiep Thi Le, the actress known for her acclaimed role in Oliver Stone’s 1994 film Heaven and Earth opposite Tommy Lee Jones, died December 19 of complications from stomach cancer, Deadline has learned ...

Hiep Thi Le, who escaped Vietnam on a fishing boat when she was a young girl and a dozen years later became an unlikely movie star when she was cast as the central figure in “Heaven and Earth,” Oliver ...

Hiep Thi Le, an actress whose career included roles in “Heaven & Earth,” “Cruel Intentions” and “Green Dragon,” died due to complications from stomach cancer on Tuesday in Los Angeles. She was 46.