Joan Chen
2.2Acting

Joan Chen

Apr 26, 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.

Known ForCredits

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1991WedlockNoelle
Movie1987The Last EmperorWan Jung
Movie2007Lust, CautionMrs. Yee
Movie1989The Blood of HeroesKidda
Movie1993Heaven & EarthMama
Movie1995Judge DreddDr. Ilsa Hayden
Movie1995The HuntedKirina
Movie1996Wild SideVirginia Chow
Movie1994On Deadly GroundMasu
Movie2004Cyber WarsMadame Ong
Movie2009Mao’s Last DancerNiang
Movie1999In a Class of His OwnLinda Ching
Movie2021Breathe
Movie200824 CityXiao Hua
Movie1986Tai-PanMay-May
Movie2023HachikoLi Jiazhen
Movie2005SunflowerZhang Xiuqing
Movie1994Golden GateMarilyn Song
Movie1996Precious FindCamilla Jones
Movie2004Jasmine WomenElder Mo
Movie2010Love in DisguiseJoan
Movie1993Temptation of a MonkPrincess Hong-e - Scarlet / Qing-shou - Violet
Movie2010Color Me Love
Movie2007The Sun Also RisesDr. Lin
Movie2004Saving FaceMa
Movie20111911Longyu
Movie2000What's Cooking?Trinh Nguyen
Movie2007Hollywood ChineseSelf
Movie2008The Leap YearsLi-Ann (age 48)
Movie2012Passion IslandJoanna
Movie1985Dim Sum: A Little Bit of HeartYoung M.J. Player
Movie2013White FrogIrene Young
Movie2013SwordsmanYue Lingshan
Movie2013SwordsmanDongfang Bubai
Movie2006AmericaneseBetty Nguyen
Movie1994Red Rose White RoseWang Jiaohui
Movie2012Double XposureDr. Hao
Movie1979A Loyal Overseas Chinese Family黄思华
Movie1986The Night StalkerMai Wing
Movie2007Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
MovieN/AFlayer
Movie2007The Home Song StoriesRose Hong / Hong Meigui
Movie2015Lady of the DynastyConsort Wu
Movie1992Turtle BeachMinou
Movie2014For Love or MoneyXu's mother
Movie1986Goodbye My Hero
Movie1999Purple StormShirley Kwan
Movie1992Shadow of a StrangerVanessa
Movie2024Dìdi (弟弟)Chungsing Wang
Movie1988Dim Sum Take-Out
Movie1981AwakeningSu Xiaomei
Movie1979The Little Flower赵小花
Movie2025The Wedding BanquetMay Chen
Movie2025Oh. What. Fun.Jeanne Wang-Wasserman
Movie2016Critical LifelineXin Zhou
Movie2012Hemingway & GellhornMadame Chiang Kai Shek
Movie2012Let It Be
Movie1992Steel JusticeNicole Loa
Movie1989Twin PeaksJocelyn Packard
Movie2014Twin Peaks: The Missing PiecesJosie Packard
Movie2010To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's JourneyHerself
Movie2017The House That Never Dies II医生
Movie2017The One汤母·柯露思
Movie2008All God's Children Can DanceEvelyn
Movie1995Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'Herself
Movie2020AvaToni
Movie1992StrangersThe Girl (Small Sounds and Tilting Shadows)
MovieN/ATonight at NoonJoan
Movie2019Sheep Without a ShepherdLa Wen
Movie2020TigertailYuan
Movie2023Under the LightHe Xiuli
Movie1977YouthShen Yamei
Movie1982Peking EncounterGUIDE
Movie2025Montreal, My BeautifulFeng Xia
MovieN/ARemarkably Bright Creatures
MovieN/AThe Evil InsideHo Jen-Jen / "Golden Phoenix"
Movie2015Cairo Declaration
Movie2015You Are My Sunshine
Movie2015旗
Movie2008Shi Qi
Movie2017WonderlandSusan
Movie2022Logic Paralyzes the HeartCyborg #1
MovieN/ANo Other Love
TV Show1990Twin PeaksJocelyn Packard30
TV Show1989Tales from the CryptConnie1
TV Show2020The Way to World Culture12
TV Show1985MacGyverLin1
TV Show1992Nightmare CafeCafe Customer1
TV Show1993Homicide: Life on the Street1
TV Show1987Wiseguy1
TV Show1992Children of the DragonJin-Juan4
TV Show1982Matt Houston1
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf1
TV Show2014Marco PoloEmpress Chabi20
TV Show2013Meng's Palace40
TV Show2013Serangoon RoadPatricia Cheng10
TV Show1995The Outer LimitsMajor Dara Talif1
TV Show2023A Murder at the End of the WorldLu Mei7
TV Show2008FringeReiko1
TV Show2010Journey to the WestGuanyin52
TV Show2018The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up1
TV Show1982Knight RiderSu-Lin1
TV Show1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildPrincess Jade (voice)1
TV Show1962Golden Horse AwardsSelf3
TV Show1990Twin PeaksJosie Packard (archive footage)1
TV Show2009人到中年33
TV Show2015Nature Is SpeakingSky / Tiankong1
TV Show2012Heroes of Sui and Tang DynastiesEmpress Wenxian of Sui68
TV Show1984Miami ViceMay Ying2
TV Show2016鲁豫有约一日行1
TV Show2023The HeartFang Zhuqing38
TV Show2019My Brilliant Masters1
TV Show2016Thirteen Talks1

Crew

Media
Movie2000Autumn in New YorkDirectorDirecting
Movie1998Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down GirlWriterWriting
Movie1998Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down GirlDirectorDirecting
Movie2012Shanghai StrangersDirectorDirecting
Movie2024Dìdi (弟弟)Executive ProducerProduction
Movie2022HeroScreenplayWriting
Movie2021BreatheProducerProduction
MovieN/AEnglishDirectorDirecting
Movie2020The Iron HammerDirectorDirecting
Movie2012Shanghai StrangersWriterWriting
Movie2022HeroDirectorDirecting
Movie2024The TruckExecutive ProducerProduction