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Hong Chau

Acting
Known For

46 Years Old

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.

Born

Thailand on 25th June 1979

All Credits

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Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
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NCIS
FBI Lab Tech Molly Choi
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The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
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American Dad!
Korean Spy (voice)
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Julie Blanch
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How I Met Your Mother
Cook Pu
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The Night Agent
Diane Farr
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Good Luck Charlie
Theresa
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BoJack Horseman
Pickles Aplenty (voice)
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Poker Face
Marge
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Big Little Lies
Jackie
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
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Watchmen
Lady Trieu
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The Sarah Silverman Program.
Asian Masseuse
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Homecoming
Audrey Temple
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$#*! My Dad Says
DJ
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Forever
Sarah
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A to Z
Lora
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The Menu
Elsa
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Asteroid City
Polly
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The Whale
Liz
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Treme
Linh
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Downsizing
Ngoc Lan Tran
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Kinds of Kindness
Sarah / Sharon / Aka
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The Instigators
Dr. Donna Rivera
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Inherent Vice
Jade
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Artemis Fowl
Opal Koboi (uncredited)
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Duck Butter
Glow
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Showing Up
Jo
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Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie
Beth Pennock
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Wuthering Heights
Nelly Dean
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Driveways
Kathy
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American Woman
Jenny
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Market Hours
Angela