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Hong Chau

Profession
Acting
Born
June 25, 1979 · 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.

Known for

The Menu poster
The Menu
Film · 2022 · ★ 7.2
How I Met Your Mother poster
How I Met Your Mother
Series · 2005 · ★ 8.1
The Whale poster
The Whale
Film · 2022 · ★ 7.8
Downsizing poster
Downsizing
Film · 2017 · ★ 5.4
BoJack Horseman poster
BoJack Horseman
Series · 2014 · ★ 8.5
Inherent Vice poster
Inherent Vice
Film · 2014 · ★ 6.5
Asteroid City poster
Asteroid City
Film · 2023 · ★ 6.5
NCIS poster
NCIS
Series · 2003 · ★ 7.6
American Dad! poster
American Dad!
Series · 2005 · ★ 7.0
The Sheep Detectives poster
The Sheep Detectives
Film · 2026 · ★ 7.9
Artemis Fowl poster
Artemis Fowl
Film · 2020 · ★ 5.5
Big Little Lies poster
Big Little Lies
Series · 2017 · ★ 7.9

Filmography