Acting credits
34
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Hong Chau
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.2
Moderate attention
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Movies: 15Series: 19Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 1360317
IMDb ID: nm2186865
Known for: Acting
Born: June 25, 1979
Age: 46
Place of birth: Thailand
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2000 - 2026
Years active: 27
Average TMDB rating: 6.81
Wikidata: Q38195662
Also known as
هونگ چائو
Other jobs
Executive Producer (1)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Hong Chau.
May 6
The Sheep Detectives
as Beth Pennock
2026 Movie
6.8
“Wuthering Heights”
as Nelly
2026 Movie
6.2
The Instigators
as Dr. Donna Rivera
2024 Movie
6.5
Kinds of Kindness
as Sarah / Sharon / Aka
2024 Movie
6.5
Asteroid City
as Polly
2023 Movie
5.9
Showing Up
as Jo
2023 Movie
7.8
The Whale
as Liz
2022 Movie
7.2
The Menu
as Elsa
2022 Movie
6.9
Driveways
as Kathy
2020 Movie
5.5
Artemis Fowl
as Opal Koboi (uncredited)
2020 Movie
4.9
American Woman
as Jenny
2019 Movie
5.4
Duck Butter
as Glow
2018 Movie
5.4
Downsizing
as Ngoc Lan Tran
2017 Movie
6.5
Inherent Vice
as Jade
2014 Movie
Market Hours
as Angela
2014 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Hong Chau.
7.7
The Night Agent
as Diane Farr • 10 eps
2023 Series
7.5
Poker Face
as Marge • 1 eps
2023 Series
7.6
Watchmen
as Lady Trieu • 4 eps
2019 Series
7.0
Homecoming
as Audrey Temple • 11 eps
2018 Series
6.3
Forever
as Sarah • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.9
Big Little Lies
as Jackie • 3 eps
2017 Series
5.3
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
4.5
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.4
A to Z
as Lora • 13 eps
2014 Series
8.5
BoJack Horseman
as Pickles Aplenty (voice) • 5 eps
2014 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.1
$#*! My Dad Says
as DJ • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.6
Treme
as Linh • 2 eps
2010 Series
7.9
Good Luck Charlie
as Theresa • 1 eps
2010 Series
6.3
The Sarah Silverman Program.
as Asian Masseuse • 1 eps
2007 Series
8.1
How I Met Your Mother
as Cook Pu • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.0
American Dad!
as Korean Spy (voice) • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.6
NCIS
as FBI Lab Tech Molly Choi • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Julie Blanch • 1 eps
2000 Series