
Hong Chau
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Biography
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.
Known For

NCIS

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Late Night with Seth Meyers

How I Met Your Mother

The Late Late Show with James Corden

The Sarah Silverman Program.

Good Luck Charlie

American Dad!

Poker Face

Big Little Lies

$#*! My Dad Says

Forever

Watchmen

Asteroid City

Artemis Fowl

The Menu

The Night Agent

Homecoming

BoJack Horseman

A to Z

Kinds of Kindness

The Whale

Downsizing

Showing Up

Driveways
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