Chau's parents — while her mother was pregnant with her — and older siblings left Vietnam after the Vietnam war. Chau was born in a refugee camp in Thailand in 1979 and her family eventually ...

After seeing Chau's audition tape, Payne (Sideways, The Descendants) met her for coffee in Los Angeles, where he learned about her family's history. "She was the answer to our prayers," Payne says.

Hong Chau was born in Thailand in 1979 to Vietnamese parents who were refugees during the war. When she was young, they immigrated to the United States where a Vietnamese-American family sponsored ...

Chau: I did go back once with my family. My uncle was getting engaged, and we went back for his engagement party. It also was an opportunity for my family to go back there together.

Hong Chau, a rising star who grew up in New Orleans East, was nominated last week for Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards, honoring her part in a movie that in some ways mirrors her life ...

Hong Chau is one of Variety‘s 10 Actors to Watch for 2017. For the full list, click here. When Chau met Alexander Payne to discuss his film “Downsizing,” she left feeling uncertain she’d ...

Chau's parents — while her mother was pregnant with her — and older siblings left Vietnam after the Vietnam war. Chau was born in a refugee camp in Thailand in 1979 and her family eventually ...