Biography
Hong Chau
Acting
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…
Career works
34
Movies
15
Series
19
Career average
6.7/10
Birth date
06/25/1979
Place of birth
Thailand
Filmography highlights
Movies
The Sheep Detectives
2026 · 7.9
"Wuthering Heights"
2026 · 6.7
The Instigators
2024 · 6.1
Kinds of Kindness
2024 · 6.5
Asteroid City
2023 · 6.5
Showing Up
2023 · 5.8
The Whale
2022 · 7.8
The Menu
2022 · 7.2
Driveways
2020 · 7.0
Artemis Fowl
2020 · 5.5
American Woman
2019 · 4.9
Duck Butter
2018 · 5.4
Downsizing
2017 · 5.4
Inherent Vice
2014 · 6.5
Market Hours
2014
Series
The Night Agent
2023 · 7.7
Poker Face
2023 · 7.4
Watchmen
2019 · 7.6
Homecoming
2018 · 7.0
Forever
2018 · 6.4
Big Little Lies
2017 · 7.9
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · 5.1
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · 4.2
A to Z
2014 · 6.4
BoJack Horseman
2014 · 8.5
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · 5.1
$#*! My Dad Says
2010 · 6.0
Treme
2010 · 7.6
Good Luck Charlie
2010 · 7.9
The Sarah Silverman Program
2007 · 6.3