Hong Chau
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday25 June 1979 (47 years old)
Place of birthThailand
Known credits34
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 Commu…
The Sheep Detectives
2026 · Beth Pennock
“Wuthering Heights”
2026 · Nelly
The Instigators
2024 · Dr. Donna Rivera
Kinds of Kindness
2024 · Sarah / Sharon / Aka
Asteroid City
2023 · Polly
Showing Up
2023 · Jo
The Night Agent
2023 · Diane Farr
Poker Face
2023 · Marge
The Whale
2022 · Liz
The Menu
2022 · Elsa
Driveways
2020 · Kathy
Artemis Fowl
2020 · Opal Koboi (uncredited)
Watchmen
2019 · Lady Trieu
American Woman
2019 · Jenny
American Woman
2019 · Executive Producer
Homecoming
2018 · Audrey Temple
Forever
2018 · Sarah
Duck Butter
2018 · Glow
Downsizing
2017 · Ngoc Lan Tran
Big Little Lies
2017 · Jackie
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Inherent Vice
2014 · Jade
A to Z
2014 · Lora
BoJack Horseman
2014 · Pickles Aplenty (voice)
Market Hours
2014 · Angela
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
$#*! My Dad Says
2010 · DJ
Treme
2010 · Linh
Good Luck Charlie
2010 · Theresa
The Sarah Silverman Program
2007 · Asian Masseuse
How I Met Your Mother
2005 · Cook Pu
American Dad!
2005 · Korean Spy (voice)
NCIS
2003 · Molly Choi
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Julie Blanch
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