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Joan Chen
Born: 1961-04-26 in 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.
Rated Filmography (67)
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Awakening
1981
8.5
Twin Peaks
1989
8.4
Remarkably Bright Creatures
2026
8.0
A Loyal Overseas Chinese Family
1979
8.0
To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey
2010
8.0
Cairo Declaration
2015
8.0
Hachiko
2023
7.6
Jasmine Women
2004
7.6
Sheep Without a Shepherd
2019
7.6
The Last Emperor
1987
7.4
The Sun Also Rises
2007
7.4
In a Class of His Own
1999
7.4
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007
7.3
Lust, Caution
2007
7.2
Saving Face
2004
7.2
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
7.2
Dìdi (弟弟)
2024
7.0
24 City
2008
7.0
The Little Flower
1979
7.0
Youth
1977
6.7
Tigertail
2020
6.7
Montreal, My Beautiful
2026
6.7
The Wedding Banquet
2025
6.6
Heaven & Earth
1993
6.6
Mao’s Last Dancer
2009
6.5
Goodbye My Hero
1986
6.3
Color Me Love
2010
6.3
Red Rose White Rose
1994
6.2
The Leap Years
2008
6.1
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012
6.1
The Home Song Stories
2007
6.1
Sunflower
2005
6.0
For Love or Money
2014
5.9
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
1985
5.9
Judge Dredd
1995
5.8
White Frog
2013
5.8
The Blood of Heroes
1989
5.8
Ava
2020
5.8
Under the Light
2023
5.8
Wedlock
1991
5.8
No Other Love
2026
5.7
1911
2011
5.7
The Hunted
1995
5.7
Wild Side
1996
5.7
Purple Storm
1999
5.7
Temptation of a Monk
1993
5.6
Oh. What. Fun.
2025
5.5
What's Cooking?
2000
5.4
Love in Disguise
2010
5.4
Precious Find
1996
5.3
Double Xposure
2012
5.3
The House That Never Dies II
2017
5.3
Tai-Pan
1986
5.3
Turtle Beach
1992
5.2
On Deadly Ground
1994
5.1
You Are My Sunshine
2015
5.1
Cyber Wars
2004
5.0
Let It Be
2012
5.0
The One
2017
4.6
Lady of the Dynasty
2015
4.5
Passion Island
2012
4.4
Golden Gate
1994
4.3
Americanese
2006
4.3
The Night Stalker
1987
4.3
All God's Children Can Dance
2008
4.2
Steel Justice
1992
3.2
Strangers
1992