Joan Chen
Gender: Female
Born: 26th April 1961 (currently 50 years old)
Nationality: United States of America, China
TV programs: Twin Peaks
Movies: On Deadly Ground, Saving Face, The Last Emperor, Jasmine Women, Purple Storm, Lust, Caution, The Hunted, Golden Gate, Leap of Love, The Sun Also Rises, Tonight at Noon, Americanese, Wild Side, What's Cooking?, The Blood of Heroes, The Home Song Stories, Heaven & Earth, Tai-Pan, Sunflower, Avatar, In a Class of His Own, 24 City, Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart, Wedlock, Mao's Last Dancer, Red Rose White Rose, Judge Dredd, The Night Stalker, Turtle Beach, 1911, Love In Disguise, To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey, Hollywood Chinese, To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey, White Frog
Joan Chong Chen (Chinese name: simplified Chinese: 陈冲; traditional Chinese: 陳冲; pinyin: Chén Chōng; born April 26, 1961) is a Chinese 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.
Chen Chong was born in Shanghai, China to a family of pharmacologists. (Her grandparent Changshao Zhang was educated at UCI and was later a visiting student at Harvard). She and her older brother, Chase, were raised during the Cultural Revolution. At the age of 14, Chen was discovered on the school rifle range by Jiang Qing, the wife of leader Mao Zedong and major Chinese Communist Party power figure, as she was excelling at marksmanship. This led to her being selected for the Actors' Training Program by the Shanghai Film Studio in 1975, where she was discovered by veteran director Xie Jin who chose her to star in his 1977 film Youth
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