Joan Chen
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
Slow Conversation
2025 · 10.0
Awakening
1981 · 10.0
Journey to the West
2010 · 9.0
Thirteen Talks
2016 · 8.8
Nature Is Speaking
2015 · 8.7
Twin Peaks
1989 · 8.5
Remarkably Bright Creatures
2026 · 8.4
Twin Peaks
1990 · 8.3
Fringe
2008 · 8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · 8.1
Children of the Dragon
1992 · 8.0
A Loyal Overseas Chinese Family
1979 · 8.0
Cairo Declaration
2015 · 8.0
Hachiko
2023 · 8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · 8.0
The Outer Limits
1995 · 7.7
MacGyver
1985 · 7.7
Sheep Without a Shepherd
2019 · 7.6
Jasmine Women
2004 · 7.6
The Last Emperor
1987 · 7.6
Knight Rider
1982 · 7.5
The Sun Also Rises
2007 · 7.5
Miami Vice
1984 · 7.4
Marco Polo
2014 · 7.4
Lust, Caution
2007 · 7.3
Dìdi (弟弟)
2024 · 7.2
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014 · 7.2
Saving Face
2004 · 7.2
My Brilliant Masters
2019 · 7.0
24 City
2008 · 7.0
The Making of Dìdi
2024 · 7.0
Youth
1977 · 7.0
The Little Flower
1979 · 7.0
Shadow of a Stranger
1992 · 7.0
A Murder at the End of the World
2023 · 6.9
Montreal, My Beautiful
2026 · 6.8
Dim Sum Take-Out
1988 · 6.8
Tigertail
2020 · 6.7
American Playhouse
1982 · 6.6
Wiseguy
1987 · 6.6
The Wedding Banquet
2025 · 6.6
Heaven & Earth
1993 · 6.6
Mao’s Last Dancer
2009 · 6.6
Goodbye My Hero
1986 · 6.5
Nightmare Cafe
1992 · 6.4
Matt Houston
1982 · 6.3
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · 6.3
Red Rose White Rose
1994 · 6.3
Color Me Love
2010 · 6.3
The Leap Years
2008 · 6.2
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012 · 6.1
Sunflower
2005 · 6.1
The Home Song Stories
2007 · 6.1
Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties
2012 · 6.0
For Love or Money
2014 · 6.0
White Frog
2013 · 5.9
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
1985 · 5.9
Judge Dredd
1995 · 5.9
Ava
2020 · 5.8
The Blood of Heroes
1989 · 5.8
Wedlock
1991 · 5.8
Under the Light
2023 · 5.8
No Other Love
2026 · 5.8
Oh. What. Fun.
2025 · 5.7
The Hunted
1995 · 5.7
1911
2011 · 5.7
Temptation of a Monk
1993 · 5.7
Wild Side
1996 · 5.7
Purple Storm
1999 · 5.7
Serangoon Road
2013 · 5.6
What's Cooking?
2000 · 5.5
Precious Find
1996 · 5.4
Love in Disguise
2010 · 5.4
Double Xposure
2012 · 5.3
Tai-Pan
1986 · 5.3
Turtle Beach
1992 · 5.3
The House That Never Dies II
2017 · 5.3
On Deadly Ground
1994 · 5.2
You Are My Sunshine
2015 · 5.1
Cyber Wars
2004 · 5.1
The One
2017 · 5.0
Let It Be
2012 · 5.0
Lady of the Dynasty
2015 · 4.6
Golden Gate
1994 · 4.5
Passion Island
2012 · 4.5
All God's Children Can Dance
2008 · 4.3
The Night Stalker
1986 · 4.3
Americanese
2006 · 4.3
Steel Justice
1992 · 4.2
鲁豫有约一日行
2016 · 4.0
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
2018 · 0.0
Meng's Palace
2013 · 0.0
人到中年
2009 · 0.0
The Way to World Culture
2020 · 0.0
Tonight at Noon
— · 0.0
The Evil Inside
2026 · 0.0
Wonderland
2017 · 0.0
Flayer
— · 0.0
Breathe
2021 · 0.0
Logic Paralyzes the Heart
2022 · 0.0
Shi Qi
2008 · 0.0
旗
2015 · 0.0