Hong Chau
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 25, 1979 (age 47)
- Birthplace
- Thailand
Biography
Hong Chau (born June 25, 1979) is an American actress. She has received several award nominations for her film roles as Ngoc Lan Tran in Downsizing (2017) and as Liz, a nurse, in The Whale (2022), including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the latter. Chau was born to Vietnamese parents who lived in a refugee camp in Thailand after fleeing Vietnam in the late 1970s. A Vietnamese Catholic church in New Orleans sponsored Chau and her family to move to the United States. She grew up in New Orleans and majored in film studies at Boston University College of Communication before pursuing an acting career. She appeared in the TV series Treme (2010–2013) and the film Inherent Vice (2014). She went on to have supporting roles in the HBO limited series Watchmen (2019) and the Prime Video series Homecoming (2018–2020). Chau has also played leading roles in the 2019 films Driveways and American Woman and further supporting roles in the 2022 film The Menu and the 2023 Netflix series The Night Agent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hong Chau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
The Ministry of Time
TV · as Adela · 1 ep
The Sheep Detectives
Movie · as Beth Pennock
“Wuthering Heights”
Movie · as Nelly
The Instigators
Movie · as Dr. Donna Rivera
Kinds of Kindness
Movie · as Sarah / Sharon / Aka
Asteroid City
Movie · as Polly
Showing Up
Movie · as Jo
The Night Agent
TV · as Diane Farr · 10 eps
Poker Face
TV · as Marge · 1 ep
The Whale
Movie · as Liz
The Menu
Movie · as Elsa
Artemis Fowl
Movie · as Opal Koboi (uncredited)
Driveways
Movie · as Kathy
American Woman
Movie · as Jenny
Watchmen
TV · as Lady Trieu · 4 eps
Duck Butter
Movie · as Glow
Homecoming
TV · as Audrey Temple · 11 eps
Forever
TV · as Sarah · 1 ep
Downsizing
Movie · as Ngoc Lan Tran
Big Little Lies
TV · as Jackie · 3 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Inherent Vice
Movie · as Jade
Market Hours
Movie · as Angela
BoJack Horseman
TV · as Pickles Aplenty (voice) · 5 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A to Z
TV · as Lora · 13 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
$#*! My Dad Says
TV · as DJ · 1 ep
Good Luck Charlie
TV · as Theresa · 1 ep
Treme
TV · as Linh · 4 eps
The Sarah Silverman Program
TV · as Asian Masseuse · 1 ep
How I Met Your Mother
TV · as Cook Pu · 1 ep
American Dad!
TV · as Korean Spy (voice) · 1 ep
NCIS
TV · as Molly Choi · 1 ep
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Julie Blanch · 1 ep