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Biography
Joan Chen, actress, director, producer and screenwriter, was born Chn Chng on April 26, 1961 in Shanghai, China. She was discovered at the age…
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Born
4/26/1961
, Shanghai, China
Birth Name
Chong Chen
Gender
Female
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales For Every Child
Princess Jade
S 2: Ep 10
Aladdin
6/15/97
Twin Peaks
Jocelyn (Josie) Packard
S 2: Ep 23
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
8/28/92
S 2: Ep 22
Episode Twenty-Nine (2)
6/10/91
S 2: Ep 21
Episode Twenty-Eight (1)
6/10/91
S 2: Ep 20
Episode Twenty-Seven
4/18/91
S 2: Ep 19
Episode Twenty-Six
4/11/91
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Fringe
Reiko
S 3: Ep 13
Immortality
2/11/11
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Herself
S 1: Ep 31
Snoop Doggy Dogg, Joan Chen, and Julio
5/11/99
The Outer Limits
Maj. Dara Talif
S 4: Ep 24
Phobos Rising
12/4/98
Homicide: Life on the Street
Elizabeth Wu
S 5: Ep 15
Wu's on First?
2/7/97
The Academy Awards
Herself - Presenter
S 66: Ep 1
The 66th Annual Academy Awards
3/21/94
S 60: Ep 1
The 60th Annual Academy Awards
4/11/88
Tales from the Crypt
Connie
S 5: Ep 4
Food for Thought
10/6/93
Nightmare Cafe
Cafe Patron
S 1: Ep 1
Nightmare Cafe
1/29/92
The Arsenio Hall Show
Herself
S 3: Ep 41
November 5, 1990
11/5/90
Wiseguy
Maxine Tzu
S 2: Ep 8
All or Nothing
1/11/89
MacGyver
Lin
S 1: Ep 2
The Golden Triangle
10/6/85
American Playhouse
Mei Lai
S 4: Ep 21
Paper Angels
6/17/85
Miami Vice
May Ying
S 1: Ep 14
Golden Triangle (2)
1/18/85
Matt Houston
Miss Taipei
S 2: Ep 13
Target: Miss World
12/23/83
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Joan's favorite author is Isabelle Allende.
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Joan began directing movies in 1998. The first one being
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl
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Joan's grandfather, a well-known pharmacologist, protested the Cultural Revolution by swallowing a fatal dose of cyanide after being accused of crimes he didn't commit.
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: There are only so many roles as empresses... but I've had a lot of offers to play vampires.
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: Be it Western audiences or international audiences, they definitely have an urgent desire to learn about China.
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: Every culture has a different way of expression. You can absorb from each culture elements that help your performance.
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