Joan Chen
Acting • Born 1961-04-26
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.
Filmography
113 credits
Wedlock
Movie • 1991
Noelle
The Last Emperor
Movie • 1987
Wan Jung
Lust, Caution
Movie • 2007
Mrs. Yee
The Blood of Heroes
Movie • 1989
Kidda
Heaven & Earth
Movie • 1993
Mama
Judge Dredd
Movie • 1995
Dr. Ilsa Hayden
The Hunted
Movie • 1995
Kirina
Wild Side
Movie • 1996
Virginia Chow
On Deadly Ground
Movie • 1994
Masu
Cyber Wars
Movie • 2004
Madame Ong
Mao’s Last Dancer
Movie • 2009
Niang
In a Class of His Own
Movie • 1999
Linda Ching
Breathe
Movie • 2021
Tai-Pan
Movie • 1986
May-May
24 City
Movie • 2008
Xiao Hua
Hachiko
Movie • 2023
Li Jiazhen
Sunflower
Movie • 2005
Zhang Xiuqing
Golden Gate
Movie • 1994
Marilyn Song
Precious Find
Movie • 1996
Camilla Jones
Jasmine Women
Movie • 2004
Elder Mo
Love in Disguise
Movie • 2010
Joan
Temptation of a Monk
Movie • 1993
Princess Hong-e - Scarlet / Qing-shou - Violet
Color Me Love
Movie • 2010
The Sun Also Rises
Movie • 2007
Dr. Lin
Saving Face
Movie • 2004
Ma
1911
Movie • 2011
Longyu
What's Cooking?
Movie • 2000
Trinh Nguyen
Hollywood Chinese
Movie • 2007
Self
The Leap Years
Movie • 2008
Li-Ann (age 48)
Passion Island
Movie • 2012
Joanna
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Movie • 1985
Young M.J. Player
White Frog
Movie • 2013
Irene Young
笑傲江湖
Movie • 2013
Dongfang Bubai
笑傲江湖
Movie • 2013
Yue Lingshan
Americanese
Movie • 2006
Betty Nguyen
Red Rose White Rose
Movie • 1994
Wang Jiaohui
Double Xposure
Movie • 2012
Dr. Hao
A Loyal Overseas Chinese Family
Movie • 1979
黄思华
The Night Stalker
Movie • 1986
Mai Wing
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
Movie • 2007
Flayer
Movie
The Home Song Stories
Movie • 2007
Rose Hong / Hong Meigui
Lady of the Dynasty
Movie • 2015
Consort Wu
Turtle Beach
Movie • 1992
Minou
For Love or Money
Movie • 2014
Xu's mother
Goodbye My Hero
Movie • 1986
Purple Storm
Movie • 1999
Shirley Kwan
Shadow of a Stranger
Movie • 1992
Vanessa
Dìdi (弟弟)
Movie • 2024
Chungsing Wang
Dim Sum Take-Out
Movie • 1988
Awakening
Movie • 1981
Su Xiaomei
The Little Flower
Movie • 1979
赵小花
The Wedding Banquet
Movie • 2025
May Chen
Oh. What. Fun.
Movie • 2025
Jeanne Wang-Wasserman
Critical Lifeline
Movie • 2016
Xin Zhou
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Movie • 2012
Madame Chiang Kai Shek
Let It Be
Movie • 2012
Steel Justice
Movie • 1992
Nicole Loa
Twin Peaks
Movie • 1989
Jocelyn Packard
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Movie • 2014
Josie Packard
To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey
Movie • 2010
Herself
The House That Never Dies II
Movie • 2017
医生
The One
Movie • 2017
汤母·柯露思
All God's Children Can Dance
Movie • 2008
Evelyn
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
Movie • 1995
Herself
Ava
Movie • 2020
Toni
Strangers
Movie • 1992
The Girl (Small Sounds and Tilting Shadows)
Tonight at Noon
Movie
Joan
Sheep Without a Shepherd
Movie • 2019
La Wen
Tigertail
Movie • 2020
Yuan
Under the Light
Movie • 2023
He Xiuli
Youth
Movie • 1977
Shen Yamei
Peking Encounter
Movie • 1982
GUIDE
Montreal, My Beautiful
Movie • 2026
Feng Xia
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Movie • 2026
The Evil Inside
Movie
Ho Jen-Jen / "Golden Phoenix"
Cairo Declaration
Movie • 2015
You Are My Sunshine
Movie • 2015
旗
Movie • 2015
Shi Qi
Movie • 2008
Wonderland
Movie • 2017
Susan
Logic Paralyzes the Heart
Movie • 2022
Cyborg #1
No Other Love
Movie
Twin Peaks
TV • 1990
Jocelyn Packard
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Connie
The Way to World Culture
TV • 2020
MacGyver
TV • 1985
Lin
Nightmare Cafe
TV • 1992
Cafe Customer
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Elizabeth Wu
Wiseguy
TV • 1987
Children of the Dragon
TV • 1992
Jin-Juan
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Marco Polo
TV • 2014
Empress Chabi
Meng's Palace
TV • 2013
Serangoon Road
TV • 2013
Patricia Cheng
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Major Dara Talif
A Murder at the End of the World
TV • 2023
Lu Mei
Fringe
TV • 2008
Reiko
Journey to the West
TV • 2010
Guanyin
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
TV • 2018
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
Su-Lin
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Princess Jade (voice)
Golden Horse Awards
TV • 1962
Self
Twin Peaks
TV • 1990
Josie Packard (archive footage)
人到中年
TV • 2009
Nature Is Speaking
TV • 2015
Sky / Tiankong
Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties
TV • 2012
Empress Wenxian of Sui
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
May Ying
鲁豫有约一日行
TV • 2016
The Heart
TV • 2023
Fang Zhuqing
My Brilliant Masters
TV • 2019
Thirteen Talks
TV • 2016