Joan Chen is one of the most widely recognized and respected Asian stars in the international film industry. She began her movie career at the age of 14 in Shanghai. Her performance in the films YOUTH, 1977 and LITTLE FLOWER, catapulted her to fame in China. Chen garnered the Best Actress Award in China in 1980 when she was 19 for LITTLE FLOWER.

Chen has appeared in more than 50 US and international film and television roles. The most notable were Bernardo Bertolucci’s Oscar-winning THE LAST EMPEROR, David Lynch’s TWIN PEAKS series, and Oliver Stone’s HEAVEN AND EARTH. At the same time, Chen continued to make films for Asian audiences. Her memorable performance in the Chinese language film RED ROSE AND WHITE ROSE won her Best Actress in the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and the Hong Kong Critics Awards in 1994.

Recent credits include two feature films for Netflix. Joan starred opposite Jessica Chastain and John Malkovich in AVA written and directed by Tate Taylor. She also starred in TIGERTAIL written and directed by Alan Yang. Chen’s recent television series credits include starring opposite Clive Owen, Emma Corrin, and Brit Marling in the FX Limited Series, MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD written, produced and directed by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij (The OA). Prior, Chen starred in the the Netflix original series MARCO POLO opposite Benedict Wong.