Hong Chau

Hong Chau – HBO’s “Big Little Lies” TV Series Season 1 Premiere – Arrivals – TCL Chinese Theatre, 6925 Hollywood Boulevard – Hollywood, CA, USA, 2017 – Keywords: Vertical, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Blossom Films, Pacific Standard, Red Carpet, Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PRPhotos.com

Place of Birth: Thailand

Date of Birth: June 25, 1979

Ethnicity: Vietnamese

Hong Chau is an American actress. She is known for her roles on the series Treme and Homecoming, and in the films Inherent Vice, Downsizing, Duck Butter, Driveways, American Woman, Showing Up, The Whale, and The Menu.

She was born in Thailand, in a refugee camp, to Vietnamese parents, and was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her parents were among the Vietnamese boat people who left the country in the late 1970s. A Catholic church arranged for a Vietnamese family living in New Orleans to sponsor her family. Hong was raised in New Orleans East.

She has a daughter.