Hong Chau
Acting
Born: Jun 25, 1979
From: Thailand
Credits: 30 titles
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
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sheep Detectives | Beth Pennock | 2026 | 8.0 |
| "Wuthering Heights" | Nelly | 2026 | 6.543 |
| The Instigators | Dr. Donna Rivera | 2024 | 6.149 |
| Kinds of Kindness | Sarah / Sharon / Aka | 2024 | 6.5 |
| Asteroid City | Polly | 2023 | 6.452 |
| Showing Up | Jo | 2023 | 5.9 |
| People Are Amazing: Making 'The Whale' | Self | 2023 | 10.0 |
| The Night Agent TV | Diane Farr | 2023 | 7.707 |
| Poker Face TV | Marge | 2023 | 7.458 |
| The Whale | Liz | 2022 | 7.773 |
| The Menu | Elsa | 2022 | 7.171 |
| Artemis Fowl | Opal Koboi (uncredited) | 2020 | 5.5 |
| Driveways | Kathy | 2020 | 6.9 |
| American Woman | Jenny | 2019 | 4.9 |
| Watchmen TV | Lady Trieu | 2019 | 7.634 |
| Duck Butter | Glow | 2018 | 5.4 |
| Homecoming TV | Audrey Temple | 2018 | 6.957 |
| Forever TV | Sarah | 2018 | 6.3 |
| Downsizing | Ngoc Lan Tran | 2017 | 5.403 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden TV | Self - Guest | 2015 | 5.2 |
| Inherent Vice | Jade | 2014 | 6.544 |
| Market Hours | Angela | 2014 | — |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers TV | Self | 2014 | 5.2 |
| BoJack Horseman TV | Pickles Aplenty (voice) | 2014 | 8.5 |
| $#*! My Dad Says TV | DJ | 2010 | 6.1 |
| Good Luck Charlie TV | Theresa | 2010 | 7.9 |
| How I Met Your Mother TV | Cook Pu | 2005 | 8.132 |
| American Dad! TV | Korean Spy (voice) | 2005 | 7.001 |
| NCIS TV | FBI Lab Tech Molly Choi | 2003 | 7.613 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV | Julie Blanch | 2000 | 7.624 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1979 |
| From | Thailand |