Hong Chau
Hong Chau (born June 25, 1979) is a Vietnamese-American actress who gained recognition for her supporting role in the 2017 film Downsizing, in which she played the character Ngoc Lan Tran. For her performance, she was nominated for several supporting-actress awards. Variety wrote in 2022 that Chau had "been prolific in recent years" and that she had "an acclaimed turn" in the TV series Watchmen (2019) and Homecoming (2018–2020). Before Downsizing, she appeared in the television series Treme (2010–2013) and the film Inherent Vice (2014). In 2018, she had guest star roles in several TV series. In 2019, she played a supporting role in the limited series Watchmen, and had leading roles in the films American Woman and Driveways. In 2020, she had a starring role in the second season of the TV series Homecoming, having had a supporting role in its first season in 2018. In 2022, she appeared in supporting roles in the films Showing Up, The Menu, and The Whale with the latter earning her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. 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, Louisiana sponsored Chau and her family to move to the United States. She grew up in New Orleans and studied film at Boston University before pursuing an acting career.
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- 2026 · Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie as
- 2026 · Wuthering Heights as Nelly Dean
- 2024 · The Instigators as Dr. Donna Rivera
- 2024 · Kinds of Kindness as Sarah / Sharon / Aka
- 2023 · Asteroid City as Polly
- 2023 · Showing Up as Jo
- 2023 · The Night Agent as Diane Farr
- 2023 · Poker Face as Marge
- 2022 · The Whale as Liz
- 2022 · The Menu as Elsa
- 2020 · Driveways as Kathy
- 2020 · Artemis Fowl as Opal Koboi (uncredited)
- 2019 · Watchmen as Lady Trieu
- 2019 · American Woman as Jenny
- 2018 · Homecoming as Audrey Temple
- 2018 · Forever as Sarah
- 2018 · Duck Butter as Glow
- 2017 · Downsizing as Ngoc Lan Tran
- 2017 · Big Little Lies as Jackie
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Inherent Vice as Jade
- 2014 · A to Z as Lora
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as Pickles Aplenty (voice)
- 2014 · Market Hours as Angela
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2010 · $#*! My Dad Says as DJ
- 2010 · Good Luck Charlie as Theresa
- 2007 · The Sarah Silverman Program. as Asian Masseuse
- 2005 · How I Met Your Mother as Cook Pu
- 2005 · American Dad! as Korean Spy (voice)
- 2003 · NCIS as FBI Lab Tech Molly Choi
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Julie Blanch