Birthday: Apr 26, 1961
Place of Birth: Shanghai, China

Joan Chen

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.

Filmography

Movie	Cast	Year
Wedlock	Noelle	1991
The Last Emperor	Wan Jung	1987
Lust, Caution	Mrs. Yee	2007
The Blood of Heroes	Kidda	1989
Heaven & Earth	Mama	1993
Judge Dredd	Dr. Ilsa Hayden	1995
The Hunted	Kirina	1995
Wild Side	Virginia Chow	1996
On Deadly Ground	Masu	1994
Cyber Wars	Madame Ong	2004
Mao’s Last Dancer	Niang	2009
In a Class of His Own	Linda Ching	1999
Breathe		2021
Tai-Pan	May-May	1986
24 City	Xiao Hua	2008
Hachiko	Li Jiazhen	2023
Sunflower	Zhang Xiuqing	2005
Golden Gate	Marilyn Song	1994
Precious Find	Camilla Jones	1996
Jasmine Women	Elder Mo	2004
Love in Disguise	Joan	2010
Temptation of a Monk	Princess Hong-e - Scarlet / Qing-shou - Violet	1993
Color Me Love		2010
The Sun Also Rises	Dr. Lin	2007
Saving Face	Ma	2004
1911	Longyu	2011
What's Cooking?	Trinh Nguyen	2000
Hollywood Chinese	Self	2007
The Leap Years	Li-Ann (age 48)	2008
Passion Island	Joanna	2012
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart	Young M.J. Player	1985
White Frog	Irene Young	2013
Swordsman	Yue Lingshan	2013
Swordsman	Dongfang Bubai	2013
Americanese	Betty Nguyen	2006
Red Rose White Rose	Wang Jiaohui	1994
Double Xposure	Dr. Hao	2012
A Loyal Overseas Chinese Family	黄思华	1979
The Night Stalker	Mai Wing	1986
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks		2007
Flayer		1970
The Home Song Stories	Rose Hong / Hong Meigui	2007
Lady of the Dynasty	Consort Wu	2015
Turtle Beach	Minou	1992
For Love or Money	Xu's mother	2014
Goodbye My Hero		1986
Purple Storm	Shirley Kwan	1999
Shadow of a Stranger	Vanessa	1992
Dìdi (弟弟)	Chungsing Wang	2024
Dim Sum Take-Out		1988
Awakening	Su Xiaomei	1981
Kiss, His First		2011
The Little Flower	赵小花	1979
The Wedding Banquet		1970
Oh. What. Fun.		1970
Critical Lifeline	Xin Zhou	2016
Hemingway & Gellhorn	Madame Chiang Kai Shek	2012
Let It Be		2012
Steel Justice	Nicole Loa	1992
Twin Peaks	Jocelyn Packard	1989
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces	Josie Packard	2014
To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey	Herself	2010
The House That Never Dies II	医生	2017
The One	汤母·柯露思	2017
All God's Children Can Dance	Evelyn	2008
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'	Herself	1995
Ava	Toni	2020
Strangers	The Girl (Small Sounds and Tilting Shadows)	1992
Tonight at Noon	Joan	1970
Sheep Without a Shepherd	La Wen	2019
Tigertail	Yuan	2020
Under the Light	何秀丽	2023
Youth	Shen Yamei	1977
Peking Encounter	GUIDE	1982
Montréal, ma belle	Feng Xia	1970
Series	Cast	Year
Twin Peaks	Jocelyn Packard	1990
Tales from the Crypt	Connie	1989
The Way to World Culture		2020
MacGyver	Lin	1985
Nightmare Cafe	Cafe Customer	1992
Homicide: Life on the Street		1993
Wiseguy		1987
Children of the Dragon	Jin-Juan	1992
Matt Houston		1982
The Oscars	Self	1953
Marco Polo	Empress Chabi	2014
Meng's Palace		2013
Serangoon Road	Patricia Cheng	2013
The Outer Limits	Major Dara Talif	1995
A Murder at the End of the World	Lu Mei	2023
Fringe	Reiko	2008
Journey to the West	Guanyin	2010
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up		2018
Knight Rider	Su-Lin	1982
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Princess Jade (voice)	1995
Golden Horse Awards	Self	1962
Twin Peaks	Josie Packard (archive footage)	1990
人到中年		2009
Nature Is Speaking	Sky / Tiankong	2015
Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties	Empress Wenxian of Sui	2012
Miami Vice	May Ying	1984
鲁豫有约一日行		2016
The Heart	Fang Zhuqing	2023
My Brilliant Masters		2019
Thirteen Talks		2016

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