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Name
Hong Chau

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1979-06-25 (47 years old)

Place of Birth
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.

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Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2024 The Instigators as Dr. Donna Rivera
2023 Asteroid City as Polly
2014 Inherent Vice as Jade
2024 Kinds of Kindness as Sarah / Sharon / Aka
2026 The Sheep Detectives as Beth Pennock
2017 Downsizing as Ngoc Lan Tran
2018 Duck Butter as Glow
2020 Artemis Fowl as Opal Koboi (uncredited)
2020 Driveways as Kathy
2019 American Woman as Jenny
2014 Market Hours as Angela
2022 The Whale as Liz
2023 Showing Up as Jo
2022 The Menu as Elsa
2026 “Wuthering Heights” as Nelly

2019 Watchmen ( 4 episodes ) as Lady Trieu
2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 1 episode ) as Julie Blanch
2023 The Night Agent ( 10 episodes ) as Diane Farr
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2010 $#*! My Dad Says ( 1 episode ) as DJ
2018 Homecoming ( 11 episodes ) as Audrey Temple
2003 NCIS ( 1 episode ) as Molly Choi
2014 BoJack Horseman ( 5 episodes ) as Pickles Aplenty (voice)
2005 How I Met Your Mother ( 1 episode ) as Cook Pu
2005 American Dad! ( 1 episode ) as Korean Spy (voice)
2023 Poker Face ( 1 episode ) as Marge
2018 Forever ( 1 episode ) as Sarah
2010 Good Luck Charlie ( 1 episode ) as Theresa
2007 The Sarah Silverman Program ( 1 episode ) as Asian Masseuse
2017 Big Little Lies ( 3 episodes ) as Jackie
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 1 episode ) as Self
2014 A to Z ( 13 episodes ) as Lora
2010 Treme ( 4 episodes ) as Linh
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
Soon The Ministry of Time ( 1 episode ) as Adela

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