Hong Chau

Actor

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.

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Known For

The Menu Not in library

The Menu

2022

How I Met Your Mother Not in library

How I Met Your Mother

2005

The Whale Not in library

The Whale

2022

Downsizing Not in library

Downsizing

2017

BoJack Horseman Not in library

BoJack Horseman

2014

Inherent Vice Not in library

Inherent Vice

2014

NCIS Not in library

NCIS

2003

Asteroid City Not in library

Asteroid City

2023

American Dad! Not in library

American Dad!

2005

Artemis Fowl Not in library

Artemis Fowl

2020

Acting

2026 The Sheep Detectives as Beth Pennock In Library
2026 "Wuthering Heights" as Nelly
2024 The Instigators as Dr. Donna Rivera
2024 Kinds of Kindness as Sarah / Sharon / Aka
2023 Asteroid City as Polly
2023 Showing Up as Jo
2023 People Are Amazing: Making 'The Whale' as Self
2023 The Night Agent as Diane Farr (10 episodes)
2023 Poker Face as Marge (1 episode)
2022 The Whale as Liz
2022 The Menu as Elsa
2020 Artemis Fowl as Opal Koboi (uncredited)
2020 Driveways as Kathy
2019 American Woman as Jenny
2019 Watchmen as Lady Trieu (4 episodes)
2018 Duck Butter as Glow
2018 Homecoming as Audrey Temple (11 episodes)
2018 Forever as Sarah (1 episode)
2017 Downsizing as Ngoc Lan Tran
2017 Big Little Lies as Jackie (3 episodes)
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2014 Inherent Vice as Jade
2014 Market Hours as Angela
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (1 episode)
2014 BoJack Horseman as Pickles Aplenty (voice) (5 episodes)
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self (1 episode)
2014 A to Z as Lora (13 episodes)
2010 $#*! My Dad Says as DJ (1 episode)
2010 Good Luck Charlie as Theresa (1 episode)
2010 Treme as Linh (4 episodes)
2007 The Sarah Silverman Program. as Asian Masseuse (1 episode)
2005 How I Met Your Mother as Cook Pu (1 episode)
2005 American Dad! as Korean Spy (voice) (1 episode)
2003 NCIS as FBI Lab Tech Molly Choi (1 episode)
2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Julie Blanch (1 episode)

Production

2019 American Woman Executive Producer