Joan Chen

Joan Chen (simplified Chinese; 陈冲; born April 26, 1961) is a Chinese-born American actress and film director. She made her film debut in the Chinese film Youth (1977) before starring in the film Template:Ill (1979). She came to the attention of American audiences for her portrayal of Wanrong in the Bernardo Bertolucci historical epic film The Last Emperor (1987), which won nine Academy Awards including Best Picture.

She is also known for her leading roles in Heaven & Earth (1993), Golden Gate (1994), Red Rose White Rose (1994), Saving Face (2004), Sunflower (2005), and The Home Song Stories (2007) with supporting roles in Lust, Caution (2007), Tigertail (2020), and Dìdi (2024). As a filmmaker she directed the feature films Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (1998), Autumn in New York (2000), English (2018) and Hero (2022).

On television, she is most known for her recurring role as Jocelyn 'Josie' Packard in the David Lynch created surrealist drama series Twin Peaks (1990–1991). She also portrayed Madame Chiang Kai-shek in the HBO film Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012), Chabi in the Netflix series Marco Polo (2014–2016) and Lu Mei in the FX on Hulu series A Murder at the End of the World (2023).

Early life

Chen was born in Shanghai, to a family of pharmacologists.<ref name="westtoeast">Template:Cite news</ref> 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 Template:Ill<ref name="asiancultcinema">Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Tom Kagy."Heavenly And Hearthy." Goldsea Asian American Daily. August 1992.</ref>

Career

1979–1984: Early career in China

Chen in fantasy makeup for the 1985 film Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart

Chen in the 1985 film Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart

Chen performed alongside Liu Xiaoqing, Tang Guoqiang and Ge Cunzhuang in Zhang Zheng's (Template:Zh) Template:Ill in 1979, for which she won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Chen portrayed a pre-Maoist revolutionary's daughter, who, reunited with her brother, a wounded Communist soldier, later learned that his doctor was her biological mother. Little Flower was her second film and she soon achieved the status of China's most-loved actress; she was dubbed "the Elizabeth Taylor of China" by Time magazine for having achieved stardom while still a teenager.<ref name="asiancultcinema"/>

In addition, Chen was in the 1979 film Template:Ill. The film directed by Ou Fan (Template:Zh) and Xing Jitian (Template:Zh) 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" and "High Flies the Petrel" (Template:Zh), sung by Chen's character, are perennial favorites in China. In 1981, Chen starred in Awakening (Template:Zh), directed by Template:Ill.

1985–1999: Hollywood and Twin Peaks

At age 20, Chen moved to the United States, where she studied filmmaking at California State University, Northridge. Her first Hollywood movie was Tai-Pan, filmed on location in China. In 1985, she appeared in the American television show Miami Vice as May Ying, former wife of Martin Castillo and husband to Ma Sek in the episode "Golden Triangle (Part II)". She went on to portray the Last Empress Wanrong in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor, which won 9 Academy Awards in 1988, including Best Picture.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She then starred in the David Lynch/Mark Frost television series Twin Peaks as Josie Packard. She starred alongside Rutger Hauer in 1989's The Blood of Heroes, written and directed by David Webb Peoples. In 1993, she co-starred in Oliver Stone's Heaven & Earth. She portrayed two different characters in Clara Law's Temptation of a Monk: a seductive princess of Tang dynasty, and a dangerous temptress. She shaved her head on-screen for the role. The award-winning film was adapted from a novel by Lilian Lee.

In 1994, she co-starred with Steven Seagal in the action-adventure On Deadly Ground. She also returned to Shanghai to star in Stanley Kwan's Red Rose White Rose opposite Winston Chao, and subsequently won a Golden Horse Award and a Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for her performance. In 1996, she served as a jury member at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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, adapted from the novella Celestial Bath (Template:Zh) by her friend Geling Yan. She later directed Autumn in New York, starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder, in 2000.

2000–present: International acclaim

In the middle of the 2000s, Chen made a comeback in acting and began to work intensely, alternating between English and Chinese-language roles. In 2004, she starred in Hou Yong's family saga Jasmine Women, 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. In 2005, she appeared in Zhang Yang's family saga Sunflower, as a mother whose husband and son have a troubled father-son relationship over 30 years. She starred in the Asian American independent film Americanese and in Michael Almereyda's Tonight at Noon, the first part of a two part project, scheduled to be released in 2009.

In 2007, Chen was acclaimed for her performance in Tony Ayres' drama The Home Song Stories. She portrayed a glamorous and unstable Chinese nightclub singer who struggles to survive in 1970s Australia with her two children. The performance earned her multiple awards, including the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress and the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress. The same year saw her co-starring in two other acclaimed films: Ang Lee's Lust, Caution, opposite Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, and Jiang Wen's The Sun Also Rises, opposite Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, for which she received the Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 2008, she starred alongside Sam Chow (Template:Zh) in Shi Qi (Template:Zh), directed by Joe Chow (Template:Zh), as a rural mother of a 17-year-old in eastern Zhejiang province. The same year Joan Chen portrayed a factory worker in Jia Zhangke's 24 City once fancied because she resembled Chen herself in the 1979 film Little Flower, but who missed her chance at love. She co-starred in Bruce Beresford's 2009 adaptation of the autobiography of dancer Li Cunxin, Mao's Last Dancer, along with Wang Shuangbao (Template:Zh) and Kyle MacLachlan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2009, Chen starred alongside Feng Yuanzheng and Template:Ill in the Chinese TV series Newcomers to the Middle-Aged (Template:Zh), directed by Dou Qi (Template:Zh), in which she played a female doctor facing middle-age problems. She also played the part of goddess Guan Yin in the 2010 Chinese TV adaptation of Journey to the West, directed by Cheng Lidong (Template:Zh). In October 2009 Joan Chen was the curator of the first Singapore Sun Festival, whose theme was "The Art of Living Well". She selected five films for screening during the festival: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Dead Man Walking, Hannah and Her Sisters, Still Life and Edward Scissorhands.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2010, Chen joined the cast of Wang Leehom's directorial debut Love in Disguise, Alexi Tan's (Template:Zh) Color Me Love (Template:Zh; alongside Liu Ye),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ilkka Järvi-Laturi's Kiss, His First (alongside Tony Leung Ka-fai and Gwei Lun-mei)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and veteran acting coach Larry Moss' Relative Insanity (along with Juliette Binoche). In May 2010, she was set to star and direct one of the three parts of the anthology film Seeing Red.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 2011, Chen played Secretary Bishop's girlfriend on the television series Fringe episode "Immortality".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Chen was cast as the Mongol Yuan Dynasty empress Chabi in the 2014 American television series Marco Polo. Being somewhat unfamiliar with the Mongols, Chen read The Secret History of the Mongol Queens in order to prepare for the role.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She also appeared in several episodes of the 2018 Chinese television drama Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace as Ula Nara Yixiu (the Empress Xiaojingxian).

In 2014, Chen served as a jury member at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the same year, Chen presided over the jury for the 51st Golden Horse Awards.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2023 she played a caring and compassionate mother to a rebellious teenager in the coming of age comedy-drama Dìdi directed by Sean Wang. Angi Han of The Hollywood Reporter wrote of her performance, that the "role often trusts her remarkable ability to convey a lifetime’s worth of regret or joy or swallowed anger through a simple gaze".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> For her performance she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Performance.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

In 1981, Chen left China to study at the State University of New York at New Paltz, before transferring to the California State University, Northridge.

From 1985 to 1990, Chen was married to actor Jim "Jimmy" Lau.

In 1989, she became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

On January 18, 1992, Chen married her second husband, cardiologist Peter Hui. They have two daughters.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> They live in San Francisco, California.

On April 9, 2008, Chen wrote an article entitled "Let the Games Go On" for The Washington Post objecting to the politicization of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Charitable work

In May 2008, Chen appeared alongside James Kyson Lee, Silas Flensted, and Amy Hanaialiʻi Gilliom in a public service announcement for the Banyan Tree Project campaign to stop HIV/AIDS-related stigma in Asian & Pacific Islander communities.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In October 2008, Chen made the cover of Trends Health magazine alongside actresses Ke Lan (Template:Zh) and Ma Yili (Template:Zh) to promote the Chinese Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Prevention campaign.

On January 8, 2010, Chen attended, alongside Nancy Pelosi, Nicole Kidman, and Joe Torre, the ceremony to help Family Violence Prevention Fund break ground on a new center located in the Presidio of San Francisco intended to combat violence against women and children. During the ceremony, Chen performed an excerpt from the documentary play The Thumbprint of Mukhtar Mai (presented as part of "Seven").<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On January 15, 2010, Chen was set to appear, along with other Asian American personalities, in a series of videos supporting the Center for the Pacific Asian Family.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Actress

Film

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Youth	Shen Yamei
1979	Little Flower	Zhao Xiaohua
	Hearts for the Motherland	Huang Sihua
1981	Awakening	Su Xiaomei
1985	Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart	Young M.J. player
1986	Goodbye My Love	Ling Ti
	Tai-Pan	May–May
1987	The Night Stalker	Mai Wing
	The Last Emperor	Wanrong
1989	The Salute of the Jugger	Kidda	Aka The Blood of Heroes
1991	Wedlock	Noelle
1992	Turtle Beach	Minou
	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me	Jocelyn 'Josie' Packard	Scene deleted – see Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
1993	Temptation of a Monk	Princess Hong'e (Scarlet) Lady Qingshou (Violet)
	Heaven & Earth	Mama
1994	Golden Gate	Marilyn
	On Deadly Ground	Masu
	Red Rose White Rose	Wang Jiao-Rui
1995	The Hunted	Kirina
	Wild Side	Virginia Chow	Also associate producer
	Judge Dredd	Ilsa Hayden
1996	Precious Find	Camilla Jones
1999	Purple Storm	Shirley Kwan
2000	What's Cooking?	Trinh Nguyen
2004	Jasmine Women	Mo's Mother / Mo
	Saving Face	Hwei-Lan Gao
	Avatar	Madame Ong
2005	Sunflower	Xiuqing
2006	Americanese	Betty Nguyen
2007	The Home Song Stories	Rose Hong
	Lust, Caution	Mrs. Yee
	The Sun Also Rises	Dr. Lin
2008	The Leap Years	Li-Ann (age 49)
	All God's Children Can Dance	Evelyn
	Shi Qi	Mother
	24 City	Gu Minhua
2009	Mao's Last Dancer	Niang
2010	Love in Disguise	Joan
	Color Me Love	Zoe
2011	1911	Empress Longyu
2012	White Frog	Irene Young
	Passion Island	Johanna
	Let It Be	Niu Jie
	Double Xposure	Dr. Hao
2014	For Love or Money	Xu's Mother
	Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces	Jocelyn 'Josie' Packard
2015	You Are My Sunshine	Pei Fangmei
	Lady of the Dynasty	Consort Wu
	Cairo Declaration	Soong Ching-ling
2019	Sheep Without a Shepherd	Laoorn
2020	Tigertail	Yuan
	Ava	Toni
2023	Under the Light	He Xiuli
2024	Dìdi	Chungsing Wang	Also executive producer
2025	The Wedding Banquet	May Chen
	Oh. What. Fun.
	Montreal, My Beautiful (Montréal, ma belle)	Feng Xia

Television

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Matt Houston	Miss Taipei	Episode: "Target: Miss World"
1984	The New Mike Hammer	Ti	Episode: "Hot Ice"
	Knight Rider	Su-Lin	Episode: "Knight of the Drones"
1985	Miami Vice	May Ying	Episode: "Golden Triangle"
	Double Dare	Lily Chang	Episode: "Hong Kong King Con"
	American Playhouse	Mei Lai	Episode: "Paper Angels"
	MacGyver	Lin	Episode: "The Golden Triangle"
1988	HeartBeat	Cathryn	Episode: "Pilot"
1989	Wiseguy	Maxine Tzu	Episode: "All or Nothing"
1990–1991	Twin Peaks	Jocelyn 'Josie' Packard	TV series — Series regular (2 seasons)
1992	Nightmare Cafe	Cafe Customer	Episode: "Nightmare Cafe"
	Strangers	The Girl	TV movie
	Children of the Dragon	Jin-Juan	Miniseries
	Shadow of a Stranger	Vanessa	TV movie
1993	Tales from the Crypt	Connie	Episode: "Food for Thought"
1997	Homicide: Life on the Street	Elizabeth Wu	Episode: "Wu's on First?"
	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Princess Jade (voice)	Episode: "Aladdin"
1998	The Outer Limits	Major Dara Talif	Episode: "Phobos Rising"
1999	In a Class of His Own	Linda Ching	TV movie
2009	Newcomers to the Middle-Aged	Tian Wenjie	TV series
2010	Journey to the West	Guan Yin
2011	Fringe	Reiko	Episode: "Immortality"
2012	Hemingway & Gellhorn	Madame Chiang Kai-shek	HBO TV movie
	Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties	Empress Dugu	TV series
2013	Serangoon Road	Patricia Cheng	10 episodes
	Meng's Palace 海上孟府	Er Jie	TV series
2014–2016	Marco Polo	Chabi	20 episodes
2017	Twin Peaks	Jocelyn 'Josie' Packard	Episode: "Part 17"; archive footage
2018	Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace	Ula Nara Yixiu	6 episodes
2023	A Murder at the End of the World	Lu Mei	6 episodes

Filmmaker

Year	English Title	Chinese title	Notes
1995	Wild Side		Associate producer
1998	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	天浴 (Tiān Yù)	Director; producer; also co-writer with Geling Yan
2000	Autumn in New York
2018	English	英格力士
2022	Hero	世间有她	Also writer

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Work	Result	Template:Refh
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards	2025	Best Supporting Actress	Dìdi	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Asian American International Film Festival	1994	Asian American Media Award	Template:N/A	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Asian Film Awards	2008	Best Actress	The Home Song Stories	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Supporting Actress	The Sun Also Rises	Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Asia Pacific Screen Awards	2007	Best Performance by an Actress	The Home Song Stories	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Asia Society	2024	Asia Entertainment Gamer Changer Award	Template:N/a	Template:Honored	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Australian Film Institute Awards	2007	Best Actress in a Leading Role	The Home Song Stories	Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Berlin International Film Festival	1998	Golden Bear	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CAAMFest	2012	Award for Achievement in Citizen Journalism	Template:N/A	Template:Honored	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival	2007	Capri Global Award	Lust, Caution	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Chicago International Film Festival	1998	Gold Hugo	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Critics Choice Association	2024	Career Achievement Award	Template:N/A	Template:Honored	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Denver Film Festival	2024	Career Achievement Award	Dìdi	Template:Honored	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
EDA Awards	2024	Best Supporting Actress		Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Festival du Film de Paris	1999	Grand Prix	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Special Jury Prize		Template:Won
Film Critics Circle of Australia	2008	Best Actress	The Home Song Stories	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival	1998	Best Drama	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Golden Raspberry Awards	1987	Worst Actress	Tai-Pan	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Worst New Star		Template:Nom
	1995	Worst Actress	On Deadly Ground	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Hawaiʻi International Film Festival	2007	Achievement in Acting	The Home Song Stories	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards	1994	Best Actress	Red Rose White Rose	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Hong Kong Film Awards	1995	Best Actress		Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Hundred Flowers Awards	1980	Best Actress	Little Flower	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Independent Spirit Awards	2000	Best First Feature (Over $500,000) (shared with Alice Chan Wai-Chung)	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2025	Best Supporting Performance	Dìdi	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Inside Film Awards	2007	Best Actress	The Home Song Stories	Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	2010	Best Actress	Mao's Last Dancer	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Macau International Movie Festival	2020	Best Actress	Sheep Without a Shepherd	Template:Nom
Mons International Film Festival	1999	Grand Prize	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Template:Won
National Board of Review	1999	International Freedom Award		Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Newport Beach Film Festival	2024	Career Achievement Award	Template:N/a	Template:Honored	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Reelworld Film Festival	2025	Outstanding Feature Actress	Montreal, My Beautiful	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
San Diego Asian Film Festival	2005	Lifetime Achievement Award	Template:N/A	Template:Honored	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
San Diego Film Critics Society	2024	Best Supporting Actress	Dìdi	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle	2024	Best Supporting Actress		Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
San Francisco International Film Festival	2024	Career Tribute Award	Template:N/A	Template:Honored	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Seattle Film Critics Society	2024	Best Supporting Actress	Dìdi	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shanghai International Film Festival	2008	Press Prize for Most Attractive Actress	Shi Qi	Template:Won
Shanghai Television Festival	2024	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	The Heart	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Singapore International Film Festival	2018	Cinema Legend Award	Template:N/A	Template:Honored	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
South by Southwest	2006	Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Cast (shared with Ben Shenkman, Chris Tashima, Kelly Hu and Allison Sie)	Americanese	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sundance Film Festival	2024	U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble (shared with Izaac Wang, Shirley Chen and Chang Li Hua)	Dìdi	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Taipei Golden Horse Awards	1994	Best Leading Actress	Red Rose White Rose	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	1998	Best Director	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Adapted Screenplay (shared with Geling Yan)		Template:Won
	2007	Best Leading Actress	The Home Song Stories	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Torino Film Festival	2007	Best Actress		Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Other media

• 2008: "Shanghai," narrator—an audio walking tour by Louis Vuitton and Soundwalk<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Other recognition

• Chen was named one of the 'Fifty Most Beautiful People' by People magazine in 1992.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Chen inspired the American experimental rock band Xiu Xiu, named after her film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl, according to singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Chen was chosen by Goldsea as Number 45 on its compilation of "The 120 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Articles and interviews

• "The Last Empress", by C. Mark Jacobson. Interview. December 1987. p. 146-147.
• "In Praise of Actors: Joan Chen", by Peter Rainer. American Film. Volume 15: Issue 8. May 1990. p. 32.
• "Heavenly And Hearthy", by Tom Kagy. Goldsea Asian American Daily. August 1992.
• "Chen Reaction", by Alison Dakota Gee. Movieline (USA). December 1993. p. 54-59, 88.
• "Joan of Art", by Richard Corliss. TIME (USA). April 5, 1999.
• "West To East", by Richard Corliss. TIME (USA). Volume 153: Issue 13. April 5, 1999.
• "Joan Chen: Guerilla Director", by Michael Sragow. Salon.com. May 27, 1999.
• "Reel Poetry", by Kevin Berger. San Francisco (USA). July 2000. p. 51.
• "Joan Chen: Whether it's China or Hollywood, this actress/director tells it like it is", by Franz Lidz. Interview. August 2000. p. 80-81.
• "An Interview with Joan Chen", by Michelle Caswell. Asia Source. November 2000.
• "Is Joan Chen Done with Hollywood?" Goldsea Asian American Daily. January 28, 2003.
• "Joan Chen's Wild Side", by Malinda Lo. Curve. Volume 15: Issue 4. June 2005.
• "The Face Behind Saving Face", by Kenny Tanemura. Asian Week. June 3, 2005.
• "Sensuously Elegant: An Interview with Joan Chen", by Lisa Odham Stokes. Asian Cult Cinema (USA). Issue 48. October–December 2005. p. 51-61.
• "The Many Faces of Joan Chen.", by Glen Schaefer. The Province. October 3, 2007.

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