Actor
Joan Chen
Born 26 April 1961 · Shanghai, China
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.
Films and shows
- 2026
The Evil Inside1h 46mHo Jen-Jen / "Golden Phoenix" - 2026
Montreal, My Beautiful1h 58mFeng Xia - 2026
Remarkably Bright Creatures1h 54mJanice Kim - 2026
No Other Love1h 59mMs. Miao - 2025
The Wedding Banquet1h 43mMay Chen - 2025
Oh. What. Fun.1h 48mJeanne Wang-Wasserman - 2024
Dìdi (弟弟)1h 34mChungsing Wang - 2024The Making of Dìdi14m
- 2024
The Truck13mExecutive Producer - 2023
Hachiko2h 4mLi Jiazhen - 2023
A Murder at the End of the World1 seasonLu Mei - 2023
Under the Light2h 8mHe Xiuli - 2022
Logic Paralyzes the Heart14mCyborg #1 - 2022
Hero1h 56mDirector - 2021
Breathe20m - 2020
The Way to World Culture2 seasons - 2020
Tigertail1h 31mYuan - 2020
Ava1h 36mToni - 2020
The Iron Hammer1h 39mDirector - 2019
Sheep Without a Shepherd1h 52mLa Wen - 2017
Wonderland14mSusan - 2017
The One1h 56m汤母·柯露思 - 2017
The House That Never Dies II1h 37m医生 - 2016
Critical Lifeline32mXin Zhou - 2015旗
- 2015
You Are My Sunshine1h 47m - 2015
Cairo Declaration - 2015
Lady of the Dynasty2h 2mConsort Wu - 2014
Marco Polo2 seasonsEmpress Chabi - 2014
For Love or Money1h 38mXu's mother - 2013
Meng's Palace1 season - 2013
White Frog1h 33mIrene Young - 2013
Serangoon Road1 seasonPatricia Cheng - 2013笑傲江湖Dongfang Bubai
- 2012
Let It Be1h 30m - 2012
Passion Island1h 33mJoanna - 2012
Double Xposure1h 45mDr. Hao - 2012
Hemingway & Gellhorn2h 35mMadame Chiang Kai Shek - 2012
Shanghai Strangers24mDirector - 2011
19111h 39mLongyu - 2010
Color Me Love1h 37m - 2010
Love in Disguise1h 38mJoan - 2010
To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey1h 44mHerself - 2010
Journey to the West1 seasonGuanyin - 2009
人到中年1 season - 2009
Mao’s Last Dancer1h 57mNiang - 2008
24 City1h 48mXiao Hua - 2008
Shi Qi - 2008
The Leap Years1h 42mLi-Ann (age 48) - 2008
All God's Children Can Dance1h 25mEvelyn - 2007
The Home Song Stories1h 43mRose Hong / Hong Meigui - 2007
The Sun Also Rises1h 56mDr. Lin - 2007
Lust, Caution2h 38mMrs. Yee - 2007
Hollywood Chinese1h 30mSelf - 2007
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks1h 45mSelf - 2006
Americanese1h 50mBetty Nguyen - 2005
Sunflower2h 9mZhang Xiuqing - 2004
Saving Face1h 37mMa - 2004
Jasmine Women2h 10mElder Mo - 2004
Cyber Wars1h 43mMadame Ong - 2000
What's Cooking?1h 50mTrinh Nguyen - 2000
Autumn in New York1h 43mDirector - 1999
Purple Storm1h 52mShirley Kwan - 1999
In a Class of His Own1h 33mLinda Ching - 1998
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl1h 39mDirector - 1996
Precious Find1h 25mCamilla Jones - 1996
Wild Side1h 36mVirginia Chow - 1995Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'20mHerself
- 1995
The Hunted1h 50mKirina - 1995
Judge Dredd1h 36mDr. Ilsa Hayden - 1994
Red Rose White Rose1h 50mWang Jiaohui - 1994
On Deadly Ground1h 41mMasu - 1994
Golden Gate1h 31mMarilyn Song - 1993
Temptation of a Monk1h 58mPrincess Hong-e - Scarlet / Qing-shou - Violet - 1993
Heaven & Earth2h 20mMama - 1992
Turtle Beach1h 30mMinou - 1992Children of the Dragon1 seasonJin-Juan
- 1992Shadow of a Stranger1h 28mVanessa
- 1992
Strangers1h 25mThe Girl (Small Sounds and Tilting Shadows) - 1992
Steel Justice1h 31mNicole Loa - 1991
Wedlock1h 41mNoelle - 1989
The Blood of Heroes1h 40mKidda - 1989
Twin Peaks1h 56mJocelyn Packard - 1988Dim Sum Take-Out13m
- 1987
The Last Emperor2h 43mWan Jung - 1986
Goodbye My Hero1h 45m - 1986
Tai-Pan2h 7mMay-May - 1986
The Night Stalker1h 33mMai Wing - 1985
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart1h 27mYoung M.J. Player - 1982Peking Encounter1h 30mGUIDE
- 1981
AwakeningSu Xiaomei - 1979
The Little Flower1h 36m赵小花 - 1979
A Loyal Overseas Chinese Family黄思华 - 1977
Youth1h 44mShen Yamei
Flayer- Tonight at NoonJoan
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