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Hong Chau
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Hong Chau
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1979-06-25,Thailand
Gender
Female
Biography
Hong Chau (born June 25, 1979) is a Vietnamese-American actress who gained recognition for her supporting role in the 2017 film Downsizing, in which she played the character Ngoc Lan Tran. For her performance, she was nominated for several supporting-actress awards. Variety wrote in 2022 that Chau had "been prolific in recent years" and that she had "an acclaimed turn" in the TV series Watchmen (2019) and Homecoming (2018–2020). Before Downsizing, she appeared in the television series Treme (2010–2013) and the film Inherent Vice (2014). In 2018, she had guest star roles in several TV series. In 2019, she played a supporting role in the limited series Watchmen, and had leading roles in the films American Woman and Driveways. In 2020, she had a starring role in the second season of the TV series Homecoming, having had a supporting role in its first season in 2018. In 2022, she appeared in supporting roles in the films Showing Up, The Menu, and The Whale with the latter earning her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. 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, Louisiana sponsored Chau and her family to move to the United States. She grew up in New Orleans and studied film at Boston University before pursuing an acting career.

Filmography

The Instigators

6.215

The Instigators
2024-08-02

6.477

Asteroid City
2023-06-08

6.559

Inherent Vice
2014-12-12

Kinds of Kindness

6.6

Kinds of Kindness
2024-05-30

Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie

0

Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie
2026-02-20

5.4

Downsizing
2017-12-22

5.4

Duck Butter
2018-04-27

5.6

Artemis Fowl
2020-05-29

7.1

Driveways
2020-12-17

5.1

American Woman
2019-09-12

0

Market Hours
2014-07-30

7.841

The Whale
2022-12-09

5.7

Showing Up
2023-04-07

7.184

The Menu
2022-11-17

Wuthering Heights

0

Wuthering Heights

7.7

Watchmen
2019-10-20

6.6

A to Z
2014-10-02

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.5

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000-10-06

The Night Agent

7.843

The Night Agent
2023-03-23

The Late Late Show with James Corden

5.413

The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015-03-23

$#*! My Dad Says

6.261

$#*! My Dad Says
2010-09-23

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

4.3

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014-12-21

6.995

Homecoming
2018-11-01

7.6

NCIS
2003-09-23

BoJack Horseman

8.6

BoJack Horseman
2014-08-22

How I Met Your Mother

8.159

How I Met Your Mother
2005-09-19

7

American Dad!
2005-02-06

7.737

Poker Face
2023-01-26

6.7

Forever
2018-09-14

Good Luck Charlie

8

Good Luck Charlie
2010-04-04

The Sarah Silverman Program.

6.3

The Sarah Silverman Program.
2007-02-01

Big Little Lies

7.889

Big Little Lies
2017-02-19