Hong Chau

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hong Chau
Occupation	Movie Actress
Date Of Birth	Jun 3, 1979(1979-06-03)
Age	45
Country	Thailand
Horoscope	Gemini

Hong Chau Biography

Hong Chau is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actress who was born on June 3, 1979 in Thailand. Actress in movies who starred in Movie actress who appeared in Alexander Payne‘s Downsizing in 2017 and earned a Golden Globe nominated for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for her performance. In 2018, she’d begin appearing in Amazon’s Homecoming and later in 2019, HBO’s Watchmen.’s Downsizing in 2017. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress-Motion Picture. She would first appear in Amazon’s Homecoming in 2018, and then in 2019 on HBO’s Watchmen.

In Downsizing, she was pictured with She appeared on screen with Matt Damon and Christoph Waltz in Downsizing. as well as Christoph Waltz.

Before Hong Chau was born, her parents and their two sons were living in Vietnam. In 1979, the family was among the Vietnamese boat people who fled their country, and Chau’s mother was six months pregnant with her. During their escape, Chau’s father was shot and nearly bled to death. Chau was born in a refugee camp in Thailand later in the year. A Vietnamese Catholic church in New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States organized for a local Vietnamese family to sponsor her family. Chau grew up speaking Vietnamese as her first language, and later learned English in school. Her family lived in government housing and used subsidized lunch programs. Chau was raised in the eastern part of New Orleans, where she attended Eleanor McMain Secondary School and Ben Franklin Senior High School. She finished at Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Her parents worked in menial labor to ensure that the children could attend college. Chau said her parents, who speak in heavy Vietnamese accents, were shunned as Asian migrants. She said, “My whole life, I’ve always felt like I was the more acceptable of my parents, and they were always the people who had to stay in the background, or hide in the broom closet.”

Hong Chau (born 1979) is an American actress best 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 the 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.

Her parents were two of the Vietnamese refugees who fled Vietnam in 1970. At the time, her mother was six months pregnant.

Hong Chau Net Worth

Hong Chau is one of the richest Movie Actress from Thailand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hong Chau 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After graduating from Boston University with a degree in acting, she was offered a job at PBS and later joined the HBO series Treme.

Inherent Vice (2014), and Big Little Lies TV miniseries in 2017 were her roles.

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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Hong Chau height 5 ft 1 in Hong weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Hong Chau Dating?

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Chau had her first leading roles in the films Driveways and American Woman, both released at film festivals in 2019. For Driveways, Chau was familiar with director Andrew Ahn’s previous film Spa Night, recognized his name when he contacted her with an offer for the role, and readily accepted the offer. Chau also appeared in the 2019 TV series Watchmen as the trillionaire Lady Trieu, whose performance The Hollywood Reporter’ s TV critic Tim Goodman said was one of the series’ “exceptional, memorable performances”. Following the 2020 video-on-demand release of Driveways, Rolling Stone’ s Maria Fontoura wrote that Chau has a “cool tenacity” in her roles. Fontoura said, “Whether she’s playing a mysterious mogul, a secretive secretary, or a grieving single mother, the actress is steely, whip-smart, and deceptively powerful.”

Facts & Trivia

Hong Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actress. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Thailand. Hong Chau celebrates birthday on June 3 of every year.

Is Hong Chau an amputee?

Hong Chau (born 1979) is an American actress known for her appearance in the US film Downsizing (2017) as Vietnamese amputee and political activist Ngoc Lan Tran.

Where is Hong Chau from?

Thailand

Does Hong Chau have an accent?

An involuntarily downsized Vietnamese dissident with a missing leg, a strong accent , and a will of iron, Ngoc Lan is embodied brilliantly by breakout star Hong Chau. Though herself the child of Vietnamese refugees, Chau grew up in New Orleans, and has had smaller roles recently in Big Little Lies and Inherent Vice.

How old is Hong Chau?

43 years (June 25, 1979)

Is the movie downsizing on Netflix?

Watch all you want.