Hong Chau
Age: N/A | From: Thailand
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: هونگ چائو
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Thailand
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Movie Involvements: 8
TV Involvements: 7
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
NCIS
(2003) FBI Lab Tech Molly Choi
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(2000) Julie Blanch
The Night Agent
(2023) Diane Farr
Big Little Lies
(2017) Jackie
Downsizing
(2017) Ngoc Lan Tran
Poker Face
(2023) Marge
The Whale
(2022) Liz
Watchmen
(2019) Lady TrieuActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | N/A | |
| Nelly Dean | ||
| 2024 | Dr. Donna Rivera | |
| Sarah / Sharon / Aka | ||
| 2023 | Polly | |
| Jo | ||
| Diane Farr | ||
| Marge | ||
| 2022 | Liz | |
| Elsa | ||
| 2020 | Kathy | |
| Opal Koboi (uncredited) | ||
| 2019 | Lady Trieu | |
| Jenny | ||
| 2018 | Audrey Temple | |
| Sarah | ||
| Glow | ||
| 2017 | Ngoc Lan Tran | |
| Jackie | ||
| 2015 | Self - Guest | |
| 2014 | Self | |
| Jade | ||
| Lora | ||
| Pickles Aplenty (voice) | ||
| Angela | ||
| Self | ||
| 2010 | DJ | |
| Theresa | ||
| 2007 | Asian Masseuse | |
| 2005 | Cook Pu | |
| Korean Spy (voice) | ||
| 2003 | FBI Lab Tech Molly Choi | |
| 2000 | Julie Blanch | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |