- Hong Chau was born on June 25, 1979 in Thailand. She is an actress and writer, known for The Whale (2022), Downsizing (2017) and The Menu (2022).
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- Chau's own parents fled Vietnam by boat in 1979 when her mom was six months pregnant with her. She was born in a Thai refugee camp, before they were taken in by a sponsor family in New Orleans.
- She was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, to Vietnamese parents.
- Is Vietnamese descent.
- Attended Boston University.
- American actress.
- Your first union job is like a break because now you're in the union. Treme (2010) was big, because that was my first time getting to return to a show.
- My very first day [filming Inherent Vice (2014)] was my most fun and fancy-free day, and then I got more and more nervous. Which is odd: you'd think it'd be the other way around.
- We shot this crazy car chase scene in the canyon overnight, we wrapped with the sun came up, and I remember feeling super high and happy. And then I got my very first speeding ticket ever, driving back home. I had crazy green eye shadow on and my hair was insane, and the cop said, 'Where are you coming from?' 'I'm coming from work - I'm an actor!
- Usually, of course, it's the male characters who are the most layered. This is the first time I read a script where the female character was the only role I wanted.
- If anyone has to leave their homeland by boat, they all have difficult stories.
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