Joan Chen
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Joan Chen Chong (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: }}}; Mandarin Pinyin: Chén Chōng; Cantonese: 陳沖/Chan Chung; Cantonese IPA: [tsʰɐn tsʰʊŋ]; Jyutping: can4 cung1; Yale: chan4 chung1; born April 26, 1961, in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese-born actress and film director, best known for her roles in The Last Emperor（末代皇帝）, Twin Peaks, Red Rose White Rose, Saving Face, and for directing .
Chen Chong first became famous in China for her performance in Little Flower (1979) (Chinese: 小花) for which she won the Hundred Flower Awards（百花奖）. In addition, Chen is famous in China for her role in the film Overseas Compatriots (Chinese: 海外赤子) (1979), which depicts an overseas Chinese family that returned to China from southeast Asia out of their patriotic feelings but encountered political troubles during the Cultural Revolution. The songs, I Love You, China（我爱你，中国） and High Flies the Petrel, both appeared in the film through the voice of the heroine played by Chen Chong, are perennial favorites of serious music lovers in China.
At age nighteen she won the Hundred Flower Awardsaward for acting in China. At age twenty she moved to the United States where she studied film at California State University, Northridge. In 1989, she became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
Her first Hollywood movie was Tai-Pan, filmed on location in China. She went on to star in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor in 1987 and the David Lynch/Mark Frost television series Twin Peaks.
In 1994 she came back in Shanghai to star in critically acclaimed Stanley Kwan's Red Rose White Rose (}; }) opposite Wilson Chao and Veronica Yip.
She directed critically acclaimed (}; }) in 1998 and Autumn in New York in 2000. She has also appeared in many other movies in China, Hollywood, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
Born into a family of doctors, Chen married Cardiologist Peter Hui on Jan 18, 1992. They have 2 daughters and live in San Francisco but spend part of every year in Shanghai, China with Chen's family, so their daughters can be familiar with Chinese culture.
Education
During her early years in California Chen attended California State University, Northridge.Selected filmography
- The Last Emperor (1987) - Empress Wan Rong
- The Blood of Heroes (1990)
- Twin Peaks (1990-1991) - Josie Packard
- Heaven & Earth (1993) - Mama
- 紅玫瑰白玫瑰 (Red Rose White Rose) (1994)
- On Deadly Ground (1994)
- Wild Side (1995)
- 紫雨風暴 (Purple Storm) (1999)
- Saving Face (2004)
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