Joan Chen

ActorProducerDirectorWriter Apr 26 (age 64) Shanghai, China 1962–2026 (64 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

Twin Peaks

Jocelyn Packard

Film

The Last Emperor

Wan Jung

Film

Twin Peaks

Jocelyn Packard

Film

Lust, Caution

Mrs. Yee

Film

Marco Polo

Empress Chabi

Film

Ava

Toni

Film

Judge Dredd

Dr. Ilsa Hayden

Film

Hachiko

Li Jiazhen

Filmography

Acting (112)

Movies (82)

No Other Love

2026

6.0

Montreal, My Beautiful

2026

as Feng Xia

7.0

Remarkably Bright Creatures

2026 Upcoming

May 8

Oh. What. Fun.

2025

as Jeanne Wang-Wasserman

The Wedding Banquet

as May Chen

Dìdi (弟弟)

as Chungsing Wang

Hachiko

as Li Jiazhen

Under the Light

as He Xiuli

Logic Paralyzes the Heart

2022

as Cyborg #1

Breathe

Ava

as Toni

Tigertail

as Yuan

Sheep Without a Shepherd

2019

as La Wen

7.7

The House That Never Dies II

as 医生

The One

as 汤母·柯露思

Wonderland

as Susan

Critical Lifeline

as Xin Zhou

Lady of the Dynasty

as Consort Wu

You Are My Sunshine

Cairo Declaration

旗

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

as Josie Packard

For Love or Money

as Xu's mother

White Frog

as Irene Young

笑傲江湖

as Dongfang Bubai

Hemingway & Gellhorn

as Madame Chiang Kai Shek

Let It Be

Double Xposure

as Dr. Hao

Passion Island

as Joanna

1911

as Longyu

Love in Disguise

as Joan

Color Me Love

To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey

2010

as Herself

Mao’s Last Dancer

as Niang

24 City

as Xiao Hua

All God's Children Can Dance

as Evelyn

The Leap Years

as Li-Ann (age 48)

Shi Qi

Lust, Caution

as Mrs. Yee

The Home Song Stories

2007

as Rose Hong / Hong Meigui

6.0

Hollywood Chinese

2007

as Self

The Sun Also Rises

2007

as Dr. Lin

7.4

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

Americanese

as Betty Nguyen

Sunflower

as Zhang Xiuqing

Saving Face

as Ma

Jasmine Women

as Elder Mo

Cyber Wars

as Madame Ong

What's Cooking?

as Trinh Nguyen

In a Class of His Own

as Linda Ching

Purple Storm

as Shirley Kwan

Precious Find

as Camilla Jones

Wild Side

as Virginia Chow

Judge Dredd

as Dr. Ilsa Hayden

The Hunted

as Kirina

Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'

as Herself

On Deadly Ground

as Masu

Red Rose White Rose

as Wang Jiaohui

Golden Gate

as Marilyn Song

Heaven & Earth

as Mama

Temptation of a Monk

as Princess Hong-e - Scarlet / Qing-shou - Violet

5.3

Shadow of a Stranger

1992

as Vanessa

Strangers

1992

as The Girl (Small Sounds and Tilting Shadows)

Turtle Beach

as Minou

Steel Justice

as Nicole Loa

Wedlock

as Noelle

Twin Peaks

as Jocelyn Packard

The Blood of Heroes

as Kidda

Dim Sum Take-Out

The Last Emperor

as Wan Jung

Tai-Pan

as May-May

Goodbye My Hero

The Night Stalker

as Mai Wing

Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart

1985

as Young M.J. Player

5.7

Peking Encounter

1982

as GUIDE

Awakening

1981

as Su Xiaomei

The Little Flower

1979

as 赵小花

7.0

A Loyal Overseas Chinese Family

1979

as 黄思华

Youth

1977

as Shen Yamei

The Evil Inside

as Ho Jen-Jen / "Golden Phoenix"

Tonight at Noon

as Joan

Flayer

Television (30)

A Murder at the End of the World

as Lu Mei

The Heart

as Fang Zhuqing

The Way to World Culture

2020

My Brilliant Masters

2019

7.0

The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up

Thirteen Talks

鲁豫有约一日行

Nature Is Speaking

as Sky / Tiankong

Marco Polo

as Empress Chabi

Meng's Palace

Serangoon Road

as Patricia Cheng

Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties

2012

as Empress Wenxian of Sui

Journey to the West

as Guanyin

人到中年

Fringe

as Reiko

The Outer Limits

as Major Dara Talif

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

as Princess Jade (voice)

6.0

Homicide: Life on the Street

as Elizabeth Wu

Nightmare Cafe

as Cafe Customer

Children of the Dragon

1992

as Jin-Juan

Twin Peaks

1990

as Jocelyn Packard

8.3

Twin Peaks

1990

as Josie Packard (archive footage)

Tales from the Crypt

as Connie

Wiseguy

MacGyver

as Lin

Miami Vice

as May Ying

Knight Rider

as Su-Lin

Matt Houston

Golden Horse Awards

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (13)

Movies (13)

Dìdi (弟弟)

2024

Executive Producer

7.2

The Truck

2024

Executive Producer

Hero

Director

Hero

Screenplay

Breathe

Producer

The Iron Hammer

2020

Director

4.0

Shanghai Strangers

2012

Director

Shanghai Strangers

2012

Writer

Autumn in New York

2000

Director

6.1

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

1998

Director

7.2

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

1998

Producer

7.2

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

1998

Writer

7.2

English

Director