Hong Chau\u00a0(born June 25, 1979) is an American actress. She has received several award nominations for her film roles as\u00a0Ngoc Lan Tran\u00a0in Downsizing\u00a0(2017) and as Liz, a nurse, in\u00a0The Whale\u00a0(2022), including a nomination for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress\u00a0for the latter.<\/p>\n
Chau was born to Vietnamese parents who lived in a refugee camp in Thailand after\u00a0fleeing Vietnam in the late 1970s. A Vietnamese Catholic church in\u00a0New Orleans\u00a0sponsored Chau and her family to move to the United States. She grew up in New Orleans and majored in\u00a0film studies\u00a0at\u00a0Boston University College of Communication\u00a0before pursuing an acting career. She appeared in the TV series\u00a0Treme\u00a0(2010\u20132013) and the film\u00a0Inherent Vice\u00a0(2014). She went on to have supporting roles in the\u00a0HBO\u00a0limited series\u00a0Watchmen\u00a0(2019) and the\u00a0Prime Video\u00a0series\u00a0Homecoming\u00a0(2018\u20132020). Chau has also played leading roles in the 2019 films\u00a0Driveways\u00a0and\u00a0American Woman and further supporting roles in the 2022 film\u00a0The Menu\u00a0and the 2023\u00a0Netflix\u00a0series\u00a0The Night Agent.<\/p>\n
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Hong Chau\u00a0(born June 25, 1979) is an American actress. She has received several award nominations for her film roles as\u00a0Ngoc Lan Tran\u00a0in Downsizing\u00a0(2017) and as Liz, a nurse, in\u00a0The Whale\u00a0(2022), including a nomination for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress\u00a0for the latter. Chau was born to Vietnamese parents who lived in a refugee camp in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-210","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n