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Acting

Joan Chen

Career: Active from 1977 to 2026, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 36
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 63 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Joan Chen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Situational Comedy
1.9, average 2.7
Showbiz
0.4, average 1.2
Pop Culture
1.5, average 2.2
Physical Comedy
1.7, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 10
Historical Drama 5
Character-Driven 5
Psychological Depth 4
Emotional 4
Chinese Cinema 4
Coming-of-Age 4
Political Intrigue 4
Family Secrets 3
Melancholy 3
Intrigue 3
Class Conflict 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

103

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

Tonight at Noon

as Joan

English

Director

2020s

19 titles · average score 64

Montreal, My Beautiful

69

as Feng Xia

Remarkably Bright Creatures

74

as Janice Kim

The Evil Inside

as Ho Jen-Jen / "Golden Phoenix"

No Other Love

as Ms. Miao

The Wedding Banquet

71

as May Chen

Dìdi (弟弟)

81

as Chungsing Wang

Hachiko

79

as Li Jiazhen

A Murder at the End of the World

76

TV show · as Lu Mei

Hero

Screenplay, Director

The Iron Hammer

Director

The Way to World Culture

TV show

Ava

37

as Toni

2010s

25 titles · average score 60

Sheep Without a Shepherd

78

as La Wen

Wonderland

as Susan

Lady of the Dynasty

40

as Consort Wu

Marco Polo

69

TV show · as Empress Chabi

Serangoon Road

62

TV show · as Patricia Cheng

White Frog

66

as Irene Young

Meng's Palace

TV show

Passion Island

as Joanna

Shanghai Strangers

Director, Writer

1911

36

as Longyu

Love in Disguise

54

as Joan

Journey to the West

TV show · as Guanyin

2000s

16 titles · average score 63

Mao’s Last Dancer

61

as Niang

24 City

77

as Xiao Hua

Fringe

82

TV show · as Reiko

The Leap Years

as Li-Ann (age 48)

Lust, Caution

72

as Mrs. Yee

The Sun Also Rises

71

as Dr. Lin

The Home Song Stories

85

as Rose Hong / Hong Meigui

Sunflower

54

as Zhang Xiuqing

Saving Face

76

as Ma

Jasmine Women

71

as Elder Mo

Cyber Wars

43

as Madame Ong

Autumn in New York

38

Director

1990s

23 titles · average score 57

Purple Storm

58

as Shirley Kwan

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

86

Producer, Screenplay

Wild Side

56

as Virginia Chow

Precious Find

33

as Camilla Jones

The Outer Limits

82

TV show · as Major Dara Talif

On Deadly Ground

36

as Masu

Red Rose White Rose

67

as Wang Jiaohui

Heaven & Earth

55

as Mama

Temptation of a Monk

61

as Princess Hong-e - Scarlet / Qing-shou - Violet

Homicide: Life on the Street

89

TV show · as Elizabeth Wu

Wedlock

53

as Noelle

Twin Peaks

84

TV show · as Josie Packard (archive footage) / Jocelyn Packard

1980s

15 titles · average score 65

The Blood of Heroes

42

as Kidda

Tales from the Crypt

75

TV show · as Connie

Twin Peaks

89

as Jocelyn Packard

The Last Emperor

80

as Wan Jung

Wiseguy

59

TV show

Tai-Pan

31

as May-May

MacGyver

77

TV show · as Lin

Miami Vice

77

TV show · as May Ying

Knight Rider

76

TV show · as Su-Lin

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Marilyn Song / Young Mahjong Player

Matt Houston

64

TV show

Peking Encounter

as GUIDE

1970s

3 titles

The Little Flower

as 赵小花

A Loyal Overseas Chinese Family

as 黄思华

Youth

as Shen Yamei