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Joan Chen is the Chinese-born American actress and filmmaker whose career spans Chinese cinema, Hollywood and acclaimed work behind the camera. She made her film debut in Youth (1977) and became a star in China with Little Flower (1979), winning the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress in 1980. American audiences discovered her as Empress Wanrong in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor (1987), the Best Picture winner at the Oscars. She then played Josie Packard in David Lynch's Twin Peaks and starred in Oliver Stone's Heaven & Earth (1993). Turning to directing, she made Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (1998), which earned the Golden Horse Award for Best Director and an Independent Spirit nomination. Her performance in the Australian drama The Home Song Stories (2007) won an AACTA Award for Best Actress and a Golden Horse Award, and she also took the Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actress that year. In all she has won four Golden Horse Awards. More recently she drew praise for the coming-of-age film Didi (2024). Chen speaks with insight about film, identity and working across cultures.
- Active since 1975
- Born in Shanghai
- Notable work: Twin Peaks, Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl
- Category: Actor
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The estimated booking fee for Joan Chen is Under $25K. The final figure depends on the date, location, event type and what's required, and travel, production and hospitality are usually extra.
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- Received the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress
- Starred in The Last Emperor as Empress Wanrong
- Received the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress
- Received the Golden Horse Award for Best Director
- Received the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Received the Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
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