Hong Chau
Born: 1979-06-25 in Thailand
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- "Wuthering Heights" as Nelly Dean
- The Sheep Detectives as Beth Pennock
2024
- Kinds of Kindness as Sarah / Sharon / Aka
- The Instigators as Dr. Donna Rivera
2023
- The Night Agent as Diane Farr
- Poker Face as Marge
- Asteroid City as Polly
- Showing Up as Jo
2020
- Driveways as Kathy
- Artemis Fowl as Opal Koboi (uncredited)
2019
- Watchmen as Lady Trieu
- American Woman as Jenny
2018
- Duck Butter as Glow
- Homecoming as Audrey Temple
- Forever as Sarah
2017
- Big Little Lies as Jackie
- Downsizing as Ngoc Lan Tran
2015
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- BoJack Horseman as Pickles Aplenty (voice)
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Inherent Vice as Jade
- A to Z as Lora
- Market Hours as Angela
2010
- Good Luck Charlie as Theresa
- Treme as Linh
- $#*! My Dad Says as DJ
2007
- The Sarah Silverman Program. as Asian Masseuse
2005
- American Dad! as Korean Spy (voice)
- How I Met Your Mother as Cook Pu
2003
- NCIS as FBI Lab Tech Molly Choi
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Julie Blanch