[1] She and her older brother, Chase, were raised during the Cultural Revolution. In 2008, she starred alongside Sam Chow (Chinese: 邹爽) in Shi Qi (Chinese: 十七; pinyin: Shíqī), directed by Joe Chow (Chinese: 姬诚; pinyin: Jī Chéng), as a rural mother of a 17-year-old in eastern Zhejiang province. Joan Chen real name is Chen Chong. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images [9] She also played the part of goddess Guan Yin in the 2010 Chinese TV adaptation of Journey to the West, directed by Cheng Lidong (Chinese: 程力栋). Joan Chen is a Chinese American actress, screenwriter, producer, ... She then took a break to start a family with her second husband, Peter Hui, whom she married in 1992. 4/26/1961) Joan Chen Photos (3) Joan Chen's Relationships (2) Peter Hui. Joan Chen (born April 26, 1961) is a Chinese-American actress, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. They live in San Francisco, California. 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 Youth (Chinese: 青春; pinyin: Qīngchūn)[2] as a deaf mute whose senses are restored by an Army medical team. Born into a family of doctors and educated in China at the Shanghai Film Academy and the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Languages, Joan Chen was discovered by veteran Chinese director Jin Xie while observing a filming with a school group. In October 2008, Chen made the cover of Trends Health magazine alongside actresses Ke Lan (Chinese: 柯蓝) and Ma Yili (Chinese: 马伊琍) to promote the Chinese Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Prevention campaign. Born Chong Chen on 26th April, 1961 in Shanghai, China, she is famous for Twin Peaks, Marco Polo. Nov. 17, 2014, 5:26 PM UTC. She was formerly married to actor Jimmy Lau from 1985 to 1990. On 26-4-1961 Joan Chen (nickname: Joan) was born in Shanghai, China. Chen married her second husband, cardiologist Peter Hui, on January 18, 1992. 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. Her first Hollywood movie was Tai-Pan, filmed on location in China. In 2004, she starred in Hou Yong's family saga Jasmine Women (Chinese: 茉莉花开; pinyin: Mòlìhuā Kāi), alongside Zhang Ziyi, in which they played multiple roles as daughters and mothers across three generations in Shanghai. They have two daughters. [3], Chen performed alongside Tang Guoqiang in Zhang Zheng's (Chinese: 张铮) Little Flower (Chinese: 小花; pinyin: Xiǎo Huā) in 1979, for which she won the Hundred Flowers Award (Chinese: 百花奖; pinyin: Bǎi Huā Jiǎng). Actree, director, screenwriter and producer Joan Chen is taking on yet another role: food blogger. Joan and her current husband have 2 daughters and live in San Francisco, USA but spend part of every year in Shanghai, China with Joan's family, so their daughters can be familiar with Chinese culture. Dr. Peter Y. Hui is a Cardiologist in San Francisco, CA. In 2007, Chen was acclaimed for her performance in Tony Ayres' drama The Home Song Stories. Joan Chen. Chen was formerly married to actor Jimmy Lau from 1985 to 1990. Joan Chen, Actress: Judge Dredd. During her early years in California, Chen attended California State University, Northridge. She spoke to the press on Wednesday about her role in Serangoon Road, a detective drama series set in Singapore in the 1960s, now being filmed in a studio on Batam. [10], In October 2009 Joan Chen was the curator of the first Singapore Sun Film Festival, whose theme was "The Art of Living Well". She appeared in the show Miami Vice as May Ying , former wife of Martin "Marty" Castillo and husband to Ma Sek in the episode " Golden Triangle (Part II) ". Find Dr. Hui's phone number, address, insurance information, hospital affiliations and more. In 1981, Chen starred in Awakening (Chinese: 甦醒; pinyin: Sūxǐng), directed by Teng Wenji (Chinese: 滕文骥). 13 Chen married her second husband, cardiologist Peter Hui, on January 18, 1992. [6][7] The same year Joan Chen portrayed in Jia Zhangke's 24 City a factory worker once fancied because she resembled Chen herself in the 1979 film Little Flower, but who missed her chance at love. Joan, who got married to her second husband cardiologist Peter Hui in 1992, was for a while busy with the arrival of her daughters Angela (in 1998) and Audrey (2001). (L-R) Audrey Hui, Angela Hui, Joan Chen, Peter Hui. She co-starred in Bruce Beresford's 2009 adaptation of the autobiography of dancer Li Cunxin Mao's Last Dancer, along with Wang Shungbao and Kyle MacLachlan. In 1994 she co-starred with Steven Seagal in the action-adventure On Deadly Ground; she returned to Shanghai to star in Stanley Kwan's Red Rose, White Rose (Chinese: 紅玫瑰白玫瑰; pinyin: Hóng Méigui Bái Méigui) opposite Winston Chao, and subsequently won a Golden Horse Award and a Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for her performance. The role earned her four awards including the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress and the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress. Chinese-born American actress Joan Chen makes funny faces at her daughter Angela, who is held aloft by husband Peter Hui, San Francisco, California, 1999. Chen was born in Shanghai, to a family of pharmacologists. She is also known for her roles in Twin Peaks, Red Rose, White Rose, Saving Face, and The Home Song Stories, and for directing the feature film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl. [8], In 2009, Chen starred alongside Feng Yuanzheng (Chinese: 冯远征) and Liu Jinshan (Chinese: 刘金山) in the Chinese TV series Newcomers to the Middle-Aged (Chinese: 人到中年), directed by Dou Qi (Chinese: 斗琪), in which she played a female doctor facing middle-age problems. She portrayed two different characters in Clara Law's Temptation of a Monk (Chinese: 誘僧; pinyin: Yòu Sēng): a seductive princess of Tang dynasty, and a dangerous temptress. SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 18: Actress Joan Chen, her husband Peter Hui and their daugters Angela Frances Hui and Wen Shan Hui arrive at the Special Screening of "The Last Emperor" at Castro Theater on October 18, 2014 in San Francisco, California. They all speak English. She was born on April 26, 1961 at Shanghai, China. 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.[5]. "But they're just not good enough, I feel." [20] They live in San Francisco, California. Her accomplishment in the film ‘Xiao Hua’ earned her the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress. In 1998, Joan and her second husband, cardiologist Peter Hui, decided to adopt a pair of one-year-old twin sisters in China after being told … In China she performed in the 1979 film Little Flower ("小花") and came to the attention of western audiences for her performance in the 1987 film The Last Emperor. They have been married for 29 years. 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. In San Francisco, California and Allan Fung Song Stories 26th April 1961! 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