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Joan Chen 陳冲

Birth name     Chén Chōng
Born     April 26, 1961 (age 45)
Flag of People's Republic of China Shanghai, China
Other name(s)     Chen Chong
Notable roles     Zhao Xiaohua in Little Flower
Empress Wanrong in The Last Emperor
Josie Packard in Twin Peaks
Mama in Heaven & Earth
Princess Scarlet/Violet in Temptation of a Monk
Wang Jiao-Rui in Red Rose, White Rose
Mo's Mother/Elder Mo in Jasmine Women
Hwei-Lan Gao in Saving Face
Betty in Americanese

    This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

Joan Chen Chong (Traditional Chinese: 陳冲; Simplified Chinese: 陈冲; Mandarin Pinyin: Chén Chōng; Cantonese: 陳沖/Chan Chung; Cantonese IPA: [tsʰɐn tsʰʊŋ]; Jyutping: can4 cung1; Yale: chan4 chung1) (born as Chen Chong on April 26, 1961, in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese American actress, film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for her roles in The Last Emperor, Twin Peaks, Red Rose, White Rose, Saving Face, and for directing the feature film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl.
Contents

    * 1 Early life and career
    * 2 Acting career
    * 3 Personal life
    * 4 Awards & nominations
    * 5 Trivia
    * 6 Selected filmography (as actress)
    * 7 Filmography (as director)
    * 8 Filmography (as writer)
    * 9 References
    * 10 Bibliography
    * 11 External links

 Early life and career

Born into a family of doctors (her grandparents were educated at Oxford and her parents were trained at Harvard),[1] Chen Chong grew up during the Cultural Revolution. At age 14, Chen was discovered on the school rifle range by Mao Zedong's wife Jiang Qing, as she was excelling at marksmanship, and was 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 (青春, Qīngchūn)[2] as a deaf mute whose senses are restored by an Army medical team. She soon enrolled in the prestigious Shanghai Institute of Foreign Languages, at age 17 (one year before one could go), where she majored in English.[3]

 Acting career

Chen Chong first became famous in China for her performance in Zhang Zheng's Little Flower (小花) in 1979 for which she won the Hundred Flowers Award (百花), in which she played a revolutionary's daughter in pre-Maoist China, who falls in love with the wounded soldier she and her mom took care. Little Flower was her second movie and earned her to be dubbed "the Elizabeth Taylor of China" by Time magazine, for having achieved stardom while still a teenager.[4] In addition, Chen is famous in China for her role in the 1979 film Hearts for the Motherland (海外赤子) (aka Overseas Compatriots or A Loyal Overseas Chinese Family), 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 twenty, Chen 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 (紅玫瑰白玫瑰) opposite Winston Chao and Veronica Yip.

She directed critically acclaimed Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (Chinese: 天浴; pinyin: Tiān Yù) in 1998 and Autumn in New York in 2000. She has also appeared in many other movies in China, Hollywood, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

She has appeared in the Asian American independent films, Saving Face and Americanese.

 Personal life

Born into a family of doctors, Chen married her second husband, cardiologist Peter Hui, on January 18, 1992. She was formerly married to actor Jimmy Lau from 1985 to 1990. Joan and her current husband have 2 daughters and live in San Francisco, but spend part of every year in Shanghai, China with Joan's family, so their daughters can be familiar with Chinese culture.

During her early years in California Chen attended California State University, Northridge.

 Awards & nominations

Hundred Flowers Awards

    * 1980: won for Best Actress -- Little Flower (小花)

Asian American International Film Festival

    * 1994: won the Asian Media Award for significant contribution to Asian American media [1]

Golden Horse Awards

    * 1994: won for Best Actress -- Red Rose, White Rose (紅玫瑰白玫瑰)
    * 1998: won for Best Director -- Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (天浴)
    * 1998: won for Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium (shared with co-writer Yan Geling) -- Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (天浴)

Hong Kong Film Awards

    * 1995: nominated for Best Actress -- Red Rose, White Rose (紅玫瑰白玫瑰)

Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards

    * 1995: won for Best Actress -- for her year-round performances

Berlin International Film Festival

    * 1998: nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear -- Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (天浴)

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival

    * 1998: won the Jury Award -- Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (天浴)

Paris Film Festival

    * 1999: won the Special Jury Prize -- Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (天浴)
    * 1999: nominated for the Grand Prize -- Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (天浴)

Mons International Festival of Love Films

    * 1999: won the Grand Prize -- Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (天浴)

National Board of Review

    * 1999: won the International Freedom Award -- Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (天浴) [2]

Independent Spirit Awards

    * 2000: nominated for Best First Feature Over $500,000 (shared with co-producer Alice Chan Wai-Chung) -- Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (天浴)

Chlotrudis Awards

    * 2000: nominated for Best Director -- Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (天浴)

 Trivia

    * In 1992 People magazine chose her as one of the 50 most beautiful women in the world.
    * Chen inspired indie rock band Xiu Xiu, named after her film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl.