Hong Chau

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1979-06-25 (46 years old)

Place of Birth

Thailand

Hong Chau

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 app...

Acting

2024

The Instigators

as Dr. Donna Rivera

2023

2014

2024

Kinds of Kindness

as Sarah / Sharon / Aka

2017

Downsizing

as Ngoc Lan Tran

2018

2020

Artemis Fowl

as Opal Koboi (uncredited)

2020

Driveways

as Kathy

2019

2014

Market Hours

as Angela

2022

The Whale

as Liz

2023

2022

The Menu

as Elsa

2026

Wuthering Heights

as Nelly Dean

Production

2019

American Woman

as Executive Producer

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