Hong Chau
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.
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Known For
NCIS
2003
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
American Dad!
2005
"Wuthering Heights"
2026
How I Met Your Mother
2005
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
BoJack Horseman
2014
The Night Agent
2023
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Good Luck Charlie
2010
Poker Face
2023
Downsizing
2017
Watchmen
2019
The Sarah Silverman Program.
2007