Joan Chen

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Full Name	Joan Chen
Occupation	Movie Actress
Date Of Birth	Apr 26, 1961(1961-04-26)
Age	63
Birthplace	Shanghai
Country	China
Horoscope	Aries

Joan Chen Biography

Joan Chen is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actress who was born on April 26, 1961 in Shanghai, China. Chinese-American actress, who made headlines for her performance as a Chinese-American actress in The Last Emperor. Her other roles are Twin Peaks, Red Rose as well as Saving Face.

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Chen was born in Shanghai, to a family of pharmacologists. 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 figure for 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 (Chinese: 青春 ; pinyin: Qīngchūn ) as a deaf mute whose senses are restored by an Army medical team. Chen graduated from high school a year in advance, and at the age of 17 entered Shanghai International Studies University, where she majored in English.

In addition, Chen was in the 1979 film Hearts for the Motherland (Chinese: 海外赤子 ; pinyin: Hǎiwài Chìzǐ ). The film directed by Ou Fan (Chinese: 欧凡 ) and Xing Jitian (Chinese: 邢吉田 ) depicts an overseas Chinese family that returns to China from southeast Asia out of their patriotic feelings but encounter political troubles during the Cultural Revolution. The songs, “I Love You, China” (Chinese: 我爱你中国 ) and “High Flies the Petrel” (Chinese: 高飞的海燕 ), sung by Chen’s character, are perennial favorites in China. In 1981, Chen starred in Awakening (Chinese: 甦醒 ; pinyin: Sūxǐng ), directed by Teng Wenji (Chinese: 滕文骥 ).

She got married to Peter Hui in 1992; they were blessed with two daughters.

Joan Chen Net Worth

Joan Chen is one of the richest Movie Actress from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joan Chen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was selected to participate in the Actors Training Program due to her exceptional marksmanship.

She was raised and born in China before becoming famous worldwide.

Joan Chen (born April 26, 1961) is a Chinese American actress, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. In China she performed in the 1979 film Little Flower (“小花”) and came to the attention of western audiences for her performance in the 1987 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.

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Who is Joan Chen Dating?

According to our records, Joan Chen married to Peter Hui , Jim Lau. As of December 1, 2023, Joan Chen’s is not dating anyone.

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Tired of being cast as an exotic beauty in Hollywood films, Chen moved into directing in 1998 with the critically acclaimed Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (Chinese: 天浴 ; pinyin: Tiān Yù ), adapted from the novella Heavenly Bath (Chinese: 天浴 ; pinyin: Tiān Yù ) by her friend Yan Geling. She later directed Autumn in New York, starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder, in 2000.

Facts & Trivia

Joan Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actress. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Joan Chen celebrates birthday on April 26 of every year.

In 2004, she starred in Hou Yong’s family saga Jasmine Women (Chinese: 茉莉花开 ; pinyin: Mòlìhuā Kāi ), alongside Zhang Ziyi, in which they played multiple roles as daughters and mothers across three generations in Shanghai. She also starred in the Asian American comedy Saving Face as a widowed mother, who is shunned by the Chinese-American community for being pregnant and unwed and has come to live with her lesbian daughter.

Where is Joan Chen?

Chen married her second husband, cardiologist Peter Hui, on January 18, 1992. They have two daughters. They live in San Francisco, California.

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How old is Joan Chen?

61 years (April 26, 1961)

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