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Hong Chau

American actress · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1979 · age 47

Hong Chau is an American actress. She is most known for her performance in the 2022 film The Whale, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and other supporting actress awards.

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2026"Wuthering Heights"Film, NellyThe Sheep DetectivesFilm, 2026Beth Pennock2024Kinds of KindnessFilm, Sarah / Sharon / AkaThe InstigatorsFilm, 2024Dr. Donna Rivera2023Poker FaceSeries, MargeAsteroid CityFilm, 2023PollyShowing UpFilm, 2023Jo2022The MenuFilm, Elsa2020Artemis FowlFilm, Opal Koboi (uncredited)DrivewaysFilm, 2020Kathy2019WatchmenSeries, Lady TrieuAmerican WomanFilm, 2019Producer2018“… it is a character that is potentially provocative, but I don’t think that it was intended that way.”In their wordsOn her character in the film Downsizing in “In Conversation: Hong Chau” in Clash (2018 Jul 2)

ForeverSeries, 2018SarahDuck ButterFilm, 2018Glow2017“The most important thing was making sure she came across as a human being. We can all have many different sides, some that ask more of you in terms of identity than others.”In their wordsOn how she prepared for her role in Downsizing in “Is Hong Chau the Year’s Breakout Movie Star?” in Town and Country Magazine (2017 Dec 21)

Big Little LiesSeries, 2017JackieDownsizingFilm, 2017Ngoc Lan Tran2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSeries2014Inherent ViceFilm, JadeMarket HoursFilm, 2014Angela2010$#*! My Dad SaysSeries, DJ2007The Sarah Silverman ProgramSeries, Asian Masseuse2005American Dad!Series, Korean Spy (voice)2003NCISSeries, Molly Choi2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeries, Julie Blanch1979Born25 June 1979

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  • The Sheep Detectives 2026
  • The Whale 2022
  • The Menu 2022
  • Driveways 2020
  • "Wuthering Heights" 2026

Filmography 15

35 credits on file

Television 19

Media & music

Photos 2

Chau in 2016Chau in 2016

Awards

Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award

About this person

Her breakthrough role was in the 2017 film Downsizing, for which 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).

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United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
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Dates
Born 1979 · age 47

In the same film or series as Hong

William MoseleyAlso in Artemis Fowl (2020)Brian DennehyAlso in Driveways (2020)John Gallagher, Jr.Also in American Woman (2019)Darren AronofskyAlso in The Whale (2022)Alia ShawkatAlso in Duck Butter (2018)