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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.
1 day ago · Chris (Izaac Wang) and his mother Chungsing (Joan Chen) sit across from each other at their kitchen table. Chris is eating an after-school snack his mother has prepared as she watches him, her ...
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 ...
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...
3 days ago · Chen, who began her acting career as a 14-year-old growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution, is widely regarded as one of her home country’s best actors, even being referred to as ...
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 ...
Aug 10, 2024 · NPR's Scott Simon talks to Joan Chen. The actor is getting Oscar buzz for the new film, "Dìdi," in which Chen plays the mother of a Taiwanese-American skater kid in the Bay Area.
Aug 10, 2024 · Joan Chen on her role in coming-of-age film 'Dìdi'. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A new coming-of-age movie is as much about the mother struggling at midlife with her own dreams as it is about her teenage son who's struggling into adulthood. "Didi" - means little brother in Mandarin - is Sean Wang's new film set in a Bay Area suburb.