Joan Chen

ACTING

1961-04-26 (65)

Shanghai, China

Biography

Joan Chong Chen (born April 26, 1961) is a Chinese American actress, film director, screenwriter and film producer. She became famous in China for her performance in the 1979 film Little Flower and came to international attention for her performance in the 1987 Academy Award-winning film The Last Emperor. She is also known for her roles in Twin Peaks, Red Rose White Rose, Saving Face and The Home Song Stories, and for directing the feature film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl.

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Joan Chen

Joan Chen

Biography

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Filmography:

Youth(1977)

The Little Flower(1979)

A Loyal Overseas Chinese Family(1979)

Awakening(1981)

Knight Rider(1982)

Miami Vice(1984)

MacGyver(1985)

Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart(1985)

Tai-Pan(1986)

The Last Emperor(1987)

The Night Stalker(1987)

Tales from the Crypt(1989)

The Blood of Heroes(1989)

Twin Peaks(1989)

Twin Peaks(1990)

Wedlock(1991)

Nightmare Cafe(1992)

Turtle Beach(1992)

Steel Justice(1992)

Strangers(1992)

Homicide: Life on the Street(1993)

Heaven & Earth(1993)

Temptation of a Monk(1993)

On Deadly Ground(1994)

Golden Gate(1994)

Red Rose White Rose(1994)

Judge Dredd(1995)

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child(1995)

The Outer Limits(1995)

The Hunted(1995)

Wild Side(1996)

Precious Find(1996)

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl(1998)

Purple Storm(1999)

In a Class of His Own(1999)

Autumn in New York(2000)

What's Cooking?(2000)

Saving Face(2004)

Cyber Wars(2004)

Jasmine Women(2004)

Sunflower(2005)

Americanese(2006)

Lust, Caution(2007)

The Home Song Stories(2007)

The Sun Also Rises(2007)

Fringe(2008)

All God's Children Can Dance(2008)

24 City(2008)

The Leap Years(2008)

Mao’s Last Dancer(2009)

Journey to the West(2010)

Love in Disguise(2010)

1911(2011)

Hemingway & Gellhorn(2012)

Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties(2012)

Passion Island(2012)

Double Xposure(2012)

Shanghai Strangers(2012)

Serangoon Road(2013)

White Frog(2013)

Marco Polo(2014)

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces(2014)

For Love or Money(2014)

Nature Is Speaking(2015)

Lady of the Dynasty(2015)

Critical Lifeline(2016)

Wonderland(2017)

The One(2017)

The House That Never Dies II(2017)

Sheep Without a Shepherd(2019)

Ava(2020)

Tigertail(2020)

The Iron Hammer(2020)

Hero(2022)