Actor

Hong Chau

Acting

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Acting credits

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Large and steady acting portfolio.

TMDB popularity

2.5

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: 47

Place of birth: Thailand

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2000 - 2026

Years active: 27

Average TMDB rating: 6.83

Wikidata: Q38195662

Also known as

هونگ چائو

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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.