Hong Chau (born June 25, 1979) is an American actress known for her appearance in the US film Downsizing (2017) as Vietnamese amputee and political activist Ngoc Lan Tran. For her performance, she was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, and several other awards for best supporting actress. Before Downsizing, she appeared in the US television series Treme (2010-2013) and the US film Inherent Vice (2014). In 2018, she appeared as a guest star in several TV series.
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 arranged for a family to sponsor Chau and her family. After growing up in New Orleans, Chau majored in film studies at Boston University and pursued an acting career.
Hong Chau Biography / Wiki
| Name | Hong Chau |
| Also Know | í™ ì°¨ìš°, Hồng Châu |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Thailand |
| Date of Birth | 1979-06-25 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 43 |
| Deathday |
Hong Chau Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| American Woman | Jenny | 2019-04-28 | A political activist helps take care of a group of America’s most wanted fugitives, including a well-known, recently radicalized heiress…. |
| Driveways | Kathy | 2020-12-17 | Eight-year-old Cody is spending the summer in an unfamiliar setting with his mom Kathy. Though he can’t relate to the neighbourhood kids, things take … |
| Downsizing | Ngoc Lan Tran | 2017-12-22 | A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and affo… |
| Market Hours | Angela | 2014-07-30 | Randall spends his days imagining the vibrant inner lives of various vendors at the multicultural urban market where he works; none more so than Angel… |
| Showing Up | Jo | 2022-05-27 | An artist on the verge of a career-changing exhibition navigates family, friends and colleagues in the lead-up to her show and finds that the chaos of… |
| The Whale | Liz | 2022-12-09 | A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption…. |
| Duck Butter | Glow | 2018-04-27 | Dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating, strangers Naima and Sergio make a pact to spend 24 straight hours together in an attempt to fast … |
| The Menu | Elsa | 2022-11-17 | A couple travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises…. |
| AND | A man pursues a relationship with his estranged daughter while a supernatural force pursues him… | ||
| Inherent Vice | Jade | 2014-12-12 | In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry “Doc” Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend…. |
| Asteroid City | 2023-06-16 | In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events…. | |
| Artemis Fowl | Opal Koboi (uncredited) | 2020-06-12 | Artemis Fowl is a 12-year-old genius and descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds. He soon finds himself in an epic battle against a race of … |
Hong Chau Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| American Woman | Executive Producer | 2019-04-28 | A political activist helps take care of a group of America’s most wanted fugitives, including a well-known, recently radicalized heiress…. |
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