Career
In 1967 she starred as "Kong Rey" in Puthisean Neang Kong Rey, which is to date the biggest Cambodian movie ever made. Her most famous film is An Euil Srey An, released in 1971. Dara, who is of Cambodian and Chinese Hai Nam origin, quickly became a fan favorite.
When Ly Bun Yim, one of the leading filmmakers in Cambodia at that time, met Dara, he wanted her to star in his films.
Three of Dara"s films were never released, as they were destroyed by the Khmer Rouge. In 1977 the couple emigrated to France and struggled to make a living.
These days Dara lives in France and in the United States. Every year she travels to Cambodia.
In 2000 she told an interviewer that "Cambodia is where my heart is.".
