Joan Chen
Born in Shanghai, China — Apr 26 1961
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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's Credits
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Fringe
Reiko
Twin Peaks
Jocelyn Packard
MacGyver
Lin
Miami Vice
May Ying
Knight Rider
Su-Lin
Homicide: Life on the Street
Elizabeth Wu
The Outer Limits
Major Dara Talif
Golden Horse Awards
Self
Tales from the Crypt
Connie
The Oscars
Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Princess Jade (voice)
Wiseguy
Matt Houston
Journey to the West
Guanyin
Lust, Caution
Mrs. Yee
Marco Polo
Empress Chabi
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties
Empress Wenxian of Sui
The Heart
Fang Zhuqing
A Murder at the End of the World
Lu Mei
Judge Dredd
Dr. Ilsa Hayden
Ava
Toni
The Last Emperor
Wan Jung
Meng's Palace
Twin Peaks
Jocelyn Packard
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
Writing
Nightmare Cafe
Cafe Customer
No Other Love
1911
Longyu
Dìdi (弟弟)
Chungsing Wang
My Brilliant Masters
人到中年
Oh. What. Fun.
Jeanne Wang-Wasserman
Nature Is Speaking
Sky / Tiankong
Tai-Pan
May-May
Purple Storm
Shirley Kwan
On Deadly Ground
Masu
Serangoon Road
Patricia Cheng
Sheep Without a Shepherd
La Wen
Under the Light
He Xiuli
The Wedding Banquet
May Chen
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Josie Packard
For Love or Money
Xu's mother
Heaven & Earth
Mama
Hero
Writing
The Hunted
Kirina
Saving Face
Ma
Hachiko
Li Jiazhen
The One
汤母·柯露思
Lady of the Dynasty
Consort Wu
Red Rose White Rose
Wang Jiaohui
Passion Island
Joanna
Autumn in New York
Directing
Double Xposure
Dr. Hao
Montreal, My Beautiful
Feng Xia
24 City
Xiao Hua
Wedlock
Noelle
Wild Side
Virginia Chow
Children of the Dragon
Jin-Juan
Let It Be
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Madame Chiang Kai Shek
You Are My Sunshine
Breathe
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The House That Never Dies II
医生
The Blood of Heroes
Kidda
Strangers
The Girl (Small Sounds and Tilting Shadows)
Color Me Love
Love in Disguise
Joan
The Little Flower
赵小花
English
Directing
The Sun Also Rises
Dr. Lin
Cairo Declaration
The Night Stalker
Mai Wing
Shanghai Strangers
Directing
The Home Song Stories
Rose Hong / Hong Meigui
What's Cooking?
Trinh Nguyen
Tigertail
Yuan
Turtle Beach
Minou
In a Class of His Own
Linda Ching
笑傲江湖
Yue Lingshan
White Frog
Irene Young
Temptation of a Monk
Princess Hong-e - Scarlet / Qing-shou - Violet
Jasmine Women
Elder Mo
Cyber Wars
Madame Ong
Awakening
Su Xiaomei
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Young M.J. Player
Golden Gate
Marilyn Song
Shadow of a Stranger
Vanessa
Flayer
Mao’s Last Dancer
Niang
Steel Justice
Nicole Loa
The Truck
Production
The Evil Inside
Ho Jen-Jen / "Golden Phoenix"
Hollywood Chinese
Self
Tonight at Noon
Joan
Youth
Shen Yamei
Shi Qi
The Leap Years
Li-Ann (age 48)
Critical Lifeline
Xin Zhou
A Loyal Overseas Chinese Family
黄思华
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
Goodbye My Hero
Precious Find
Camilla Jones
Americanese
Betty Nguyen
Sunflower
Zhang Xiuqing
To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey
Herself
Logic Paralyzes the Heart
Cyborg #1
Wonderland
Susan
The Iron Hammer
Directing
Dim Sum Take-Out
All God's Children Can Dance
Evelyn
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
Herself
旗
Peking Encounter
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