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Hong Chau

Hong Chau

Known For Acting
Birthday Jun 25, 1979 (46)
Birthplace Thailand
Popularity 0.8 (history)
Updated Jun 19, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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.

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Filmography

Kinds of Kindness

Kinds of Kindness

2024

as Sarah / Sharon / Aka

The Instigators

The Instigators

2024

as Dr. Donna Rivera

Showing Up

Showing Up

2023

as Jo

Asteroid City

Asteroid City

2023

as Polly

The Whale

The Whale

2022

as Liz

The Menu

The Menu

2022

as Elsa

Driveways

Driveways

2020

as Kathy

Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl

2020

as Opal Koboi (uncredited)

American Woman

American Woman

2019

as Jenny

Duck Butter

Duck Butter

2018

as Glow

Downsizing

Downsizing

2017

as Ngoc Lan Tran

Market Hours

Market Hours

2014

as Angela

Inherent Vice

Inherent Vice

2014

as Jade

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American Woman

American Woman

2019

Executive Producer

Organization Category Movie
SAG Awards Best Supporting Actress Downsizing Nominated
Golden Globes Best Supporting Actress The Whale Won
SAG Awards Best Supporting Actress The Whale Nominated
Television Credits

A to Z

as Lora

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Oct 02, 2014

Homecoming

as Audrey Temple

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Nov 01, 2018

The Night Agent

as Diane Farr

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Mar 23, 2023

BoJack Horseman

as Pickles Aplenty (voice)

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Aug 22, 2014

Watchmen

as Lady Trieu

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 20, 2019

Big Little Lies

as Jackie

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Feb 19, 2017

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Julie Blanch

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 2000

$#*! My Dad Says

as DJ

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2010

NCIS

as FBI Lab Tech Molly Choi

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2003

How I Met Your Mother

as Cook Pu

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 2005

American Dad!

as Korean Spy (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 06, 2005

Poker Face

as Marge

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 26, 2023

Forever

as Sarah

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 2018

Good Luck Charlie

as Theresa

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 04, 2010

The Sarah Silverman Program.

as Asian Masseuse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 2007

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 25, 2014

The Late Late Show with James Corden

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 2015

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 21, 2014

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