When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have to feel stronger about it in order to succeed.
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All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to my parents.
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Birth: | 26th April, 1961 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Actress, Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
Joan Chen was born in Shanghai, China. She is a Chinese-born American actress, film director, screenwriter and film producer. She studied at Shanghai International Studies University and California State University, Northridge. Her role in several films include: Little Flower (Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress, Yugoslavia Film Festival Award for Best Actress), Tai-Pan, The Last Emperor, Wedlock, Turtle Beach, Red Rose White Rose (Golden Horse Award for Best Actress, Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress), The Hunted, Wild Side, Purple Storm, Avatar, The Home Song Stories (Golden Horse Award for Best Actress), The Sun Also Rises, 24 City, Love in Disguise, White Frog, For Love or Money, and Lady of the Dynasty. Her role in television include: Twin Peaks (TV series), Strangers (TV film), Serangoon Road (TV series), and Marco Polo (TV series). She directed several films, including Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (also producer and screenwriter, Golden Horse Award for Best Director and Screenplay), and Autumn in New York.
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