Joan Chen

Joan Chen (陳沖, pinyin: Chén Chōng) ( born April 26, 1961) is an actor and film director.

Born in Shanghai, China. At age eighteen she won the Golden Rooster award for acting in China. At age twenty she moved to the United States where she studied film at California State University.

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 television series Twin Peaks.


She directed Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl in 1998 and Autumn in New York in 2000. She has also appeared in many other numerous movies both in Hollywood and China.

Selected filmography

  • Salute of the Jugger (1990)
  • The Wild side

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She has also appeared in many other numerous movies both in Hollywood and China. Her credits include:.
She directed Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl in 1998 and Autumn in New York in 2000. She was married for some years to Burt Bacharach. She went on to star in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor in 1987 and the David Lynch television series Twin Peaks. She is probably best known for playing Sergeant Suzanne 'Pepper' Anderson on Police Woman. Her first Hollywood movie was Tai-Pan, filmed on location in China. She was born in Kulm, North Dakota.

At age twenty she moved to the United States where she studied film at California State University. Angeline Dickinson (born September 30, 1931) is an American television and film actress. At age eighteen she won the Golden Rooster award for acting in China. Rio Bravo (1959). Born in Shanghai, China. Ocean's Eleven (1960). Joan Chen (陳沖, pinyin: Chén Chōng) ( born April 26, 1961) is an actor and film director. Police Woman (1974 - 1978) TV Series.

The Wild side. Dial M for Murder (1981) (TV). Salute of the Jugger (1990). Sabrina (1995). Pay It Forward (2000).