Joan Chen
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Wedlock
1991
The Last Emperor
1987
Lust, Caution
2007
The Blood of Heroes
1989
Heaven & Earth
1993
Judge Dredd
1995
The Hunted
1995
Wild Side
1996
On Deadly Ground
1994
Cyber Wars
2004
Mao’s Last Dancer
2009
In a Class of His Own
1999
Breathe
2021
24 City
2008
Tai-Pan
1986
Hachiko
2023
Sunflower
2005
Golden Gate
1994
Precious Find
1996
Jasmine Women
2004
Love in Disguise
2010
Temptation of a Monk
1993
Color Me Love
2010
The Sun Also Rises
2007
Saving Face
2004
1911
2011
What's Cooking?
2000
Hollywood Chinese
2007
The Leap Years
2008
Passion Island
2012
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
1985
White Frog
2013
笑傲江湖
2013
笑傲江湖
2013
Americanese
2006
Red Rose White Rose
1994
Double Xposure
2012
A Loyal Overseas Chinese Family
1979
The Night Stalker
1986
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007
Flayer
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The Home Song Stories
2007
Lady of the Dynasty
2015
Turtle Beach
1992
For Love or Money
2014
Goodbye My Hero
1986
Purple Storm
1999
Shadow of a Stranger
1992
Dìdi (弟弟)
2024
Dim Sum Take-Out
1988
Awakening
1981
The Little Flower
1979
The Wedding Banquet
2025
Oh. What. Fun.
2025
Critical Lifeline
2016
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012
Let It Be
2012
Steel Justice
1992
Twin Peaks
1989
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey
2010
The House That Never Dies II
2017
The One
2017
All God's Children Can Dance
2008
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
1995
Ava
2020
Strangers
1992
Tonight at Noon
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Sheep Without a Shepherd
2019
Tigertail
2020
Under the Light
2023
Youth
1977
Peking Encounter
1982
Montreal, My Beautiful
2026
Remarkably Bright Creatures
2026
The Evil Inside
—
Cairo Declaration
2015
You Are My Sunshine
2015
旗
2015
Shi Qi
2008
Wonderland
2017
Logic Paralyzes the Heart
2022
No Other Love
2026
Twin Peaks
1990
Tales from the Crypt
1989
The Way to World Culture
2020
MacGyver
1985
Nightmare Cafe
1992
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Wiseguy
1987
Children of the Dragon
1992
Matt Houston
1982
The Oscars
1953
Marco Polo
2014
Meng's Palace
2013
Serangoon Road
2013
The Outer Limits
1995
A Murder at the End of the World
2023
Fringe
2008
Journey to the West
2010
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
2018
Knight Rider
1982
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Golden Horse Awards
1962
Twin Peaks
1990
人到中年
2009
Nature Is Speaking
2015
Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties
2012
Miami Vice
1984
鲁豫有约一日行
2016
The Heart
2023
My Brilliant Masters
2019
Thirteen Talks
2016