Hong Chau
Born in Thailand — Jun 25 1979
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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 studi…
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Hong Chau's Credits
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NCIS
FBI Lab Tech Molly Choi
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Julie Blanch
American Dad!
Korean Spy (voice)
"Wuthering Heights"
Nelly
How I Met Your Mother
Cook Pu
BoJack Horseman
Pickles Aplenty (voice)
The Night Agent
Diane Farr
Good Luck Charlie
Theresa
Poker Face
Marge
Homecoming
Audrey Temple
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Asian Masseuse
Watchmen
Lady Trieu
Treme
Linh
Big Little Lies
Jackie
Kinds of Kindness
Sarah / Sharon / Aka
The Whale
Liz
The Menu
Elsa
$#*! My Dad Says
DJ
The Sheep Detectives
Beth Pennock
Inherent Vice
Jade
A to Z
Lora
Forever
Sarah
Asteroid City
Polly
Showing Up
Jo
The Instigators
Dr. Donna Rivera
Downsizing
Ngoc Lan Tran
Artemis Fowl
Opal Koboi (uncredited)
Driveways
Kathy
American Woman
Jenny
Duck Butter
Glow
People Are Amazing: Making 'The Whale'
Self
Market Hours
Angela