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Joan Chen (born April 26, 1961) is a Chinese-American actress and film director. In China, she starred in the 1979 film Little Flower [ zh] and came to the attention of American audiences for her performance in the 1987 film The Last Emperor, which won nine Academy Awards including Best Picture.
Joan Chen. Actress: Judge Dredd. Born into a family of doctors and educated in China at the Shanghai Film Academy and the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Languages, Joan Chen was discovered by veteran Chinese director Jin Xie while observing a filming with a school group.
Jul 23, 2024 · Joan Chen Has Always Been a Movie Star. Hollywood Is Finally Catching Up. The veteran actor has worked with Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, and Ang Lee, and maintained rich careers in both...
Joan Chen. Actress: Judge Dredd. Born into a family of doctors and educated in China at the Shanghai Film Academy and the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Languages, Joan Chen was discovered by veteran Chinese director Jin Xie while observing a filming with a school group.
3 days ago · Joan Chen as Hwei-lan in 'Saving Face' When director and writer Alice Wu showed Chen the script for her groundbreaking queer rom-com, “It was the same feeling I felt about Sean Wang’s script ...
6 days ago · For Joan Chen, the veteran Chinese American performer who has been in everything from “The Last Emperor” to “ Dìdi ” (now playing in Seattle-area theaters), life is all about creating. No ...
Joan Chen: She and I were, are, good friends. She was living in San Francisco at the time and told me a real story of something that happened to a friend of ours. Then, a couple of months later, she’d written it into a short story, a novella, and I instantly saw a film in it.