Hong Chau

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

30

Gender

Female

Birthday

1979-06-25 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

Thailand

Also Known As

  • 홍 차우
  • Hồng Châu
  • 周洪

Hong Chau

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

How I Met Your Mother
8.2%

How I Met Your Mother

Sep 19, 2005

The Menu
7.2%

The Menu

Nov 17, 2022

Downsizing
5.3%

Downsizing

Dec 22, 2017

The Whale
7.9%

The Whale

Dec 9, 2022

Inherent Vice
6.6%

Inherent Vice

Dec 12, 2014

BoJack Horseman
8.6%

BoJack Horseman

Aug 22, 2014

NCIS
7.6%

NCIS

Sep 23, 2003

American Dad!
6.9%

American Dad!

Feb 6, 2005

Artemis Fowl
5.6%

Artemis Fowl

Jun 12, 2020

Asteroid City
6.5%

Asteroid City

Jun 8, 2023

Big Little Lies
7.9%

Big Little Lies

Feb 19, 2017

Watchmen
7.7%

Watchmen

Oct 20, 2019

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Acting

The Instigators
2024
Kinds of Kindness
2023
Asteroid City as Polly
2023
The Night Agent as Diane Farr
2023
Poker Face as Marge
2022
The Whale as Liz
2022
The Menu as Elsa
2022
Showing Up as Jo
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
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

Production

2019
American Woman as Executive Producer
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