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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as Nelly Dean
as Liz
as Elsa
as Polly
as Jenny
as Beth Pennock
as Jade
as Sarah / Sharon / Aka
as Ngoc Lan Tran
as Dr. Donna Rivera
as Kathy
as Jo
as Opal Koboi (uncredited)
as Glow
as Self
as Angela
Executive Producer
as FBI Lab Tech Molly Choi
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as Julie Blanch
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as Korean Spy (voice)
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as Self
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as Cook Pu
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as Pickles Aplenty (voice)
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as Self - Guest
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as Diane Farr
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as Self
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as Marge
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as Theresa
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as Asian Masseuse
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as Jackie
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as Lady Trieu
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as Linh
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as Audrey Temple
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as DJ
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as Lora
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as Sarah
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