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Hong Chau
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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 …
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hong Chau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
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2026
The Sheep Detectives
Movie Beth Pennock
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2026
“Wuthering Heights”
Movie Nelly
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2024
The Instigators
Movie Dr. Donna Rivera
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2024
Kinds of Kindness
Movie Sarah / Sharon / Aka
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2023
Asteroid City
Movie Polly
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2023
Showing Up
Movie Jo
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2023
The Night Agent
TV show Diane Farr
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2023
Poker Face
TV show Marge
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2022
The Whale
Movie Liz
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2022
The Menu
Movie Elsa
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2020
Driveways
Movie Kathy
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2020
Artemis Fowl
Movie Opal Koboi (uncredited)
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2019
Watchmen
TV show Lady Trieu
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2019
American Woman
Movie Jenny
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2018
Homecoming
TV show Audrey Temple
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2018
Forever
TV show Sarah
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2018
Duck Butter
Movie Glow
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2017
Downsizing
Movie Ngoc Lan Tran
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2017
Big Little Lies
TV show Jackie
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2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV show Self
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2014
Inherent Vice
Movie Jade
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2014
A to Z
TV show Lora
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2014
BoJack Horseman
TV show Pickles Aplenty (voice)
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2014
Market Hours
Movie Angela
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self - Guest
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2010
$#*! My Dad Says
TV show DJ
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2010
Treme
TV show Linh
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2010
Good Luck Charlie
TV show Theresa
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2007
The Sarah Silverman Program
TV show Asian Masseuse
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2005
How I Met Your Mother
TV show Cook Pu
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2005
American Dad!
TV show Korean Spy (voice)
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2003
NCIS
TV show Molly Choi
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2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV show Julie Blanch
