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Hong Chau

Hong Chau

Actor · Born 1979-06-25 · Thailand

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Menu (2022) — Elsa
  2. How I Met Your Mother (2005) — Cook Pu
  3. The Whale (2022) — Liz
  4. Downsizing (2017) — Ngoc Lan Tran
  5. BoJack Horseman (2014) — Pickles Aplenty (voice)
  6. Inherent Vice (2014) — Jade
  7. Asteroid City (2023) — Polly
  8. NCIS (2003) — FBI Lab Tech Molly Choi
  9. American Dad! (2005) — Korean Spy (voice)
  10. Artemis Fowl (2020) — Opal Koboi (uncredited)
  11. Big Little Lies (2017) — Jackie
  12. Watchmen (2019) — Lady Trieu
  13. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) — Julie Blanch
  14. Kinds of Kindness (2024) — Sarah / Sharon / Aka
  15. "Wuthering Heights" (2026) — Nelly
  16. The Night Agent (2023) — Diane Farr
  17. The Sheep Detectives (2026) — Beth Pennock
  18. The Instigators (2024) — Dr. Donna Rivera
  19. Poker Face (2023) — Marge
  20. Good Luck Charlie (2010) — Theresa
  21. Homecoming (2018) — Audrey Temple
  22. Duck Butter (2018) — Glow
  23. Treme (2010) — Linh
  24. The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) — Self - Guest
  25. Showing Up (2023) — Jo
  26. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) — Self - Guest
  27. Driveways (2020) — Kathy
  28. The Sarah Silverman Program. (2007) — Asian Masseuse
  29. Forever (2018) — Sarah
  30. $#*! My Dad Says (2010) — DJ
  31. A to Z (2014) — Lora
  32. American Woman (2019) — Jenny
  33. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014) — Self
  34. Market Hours (2014) — Angela