Joan Chen

Joan Chen (陳沖, pinyin: Chén Chōng) ( born April 26, 1961) is an actor and film director.

Born in Shanghai, China. At age eighteen she won the Golden Rooster award for acting in China. At age twenty she moved to the United States where she studied film at California State University.

Her first Hollywood movie was Tai-Pan, filmed on location in China. She went on to star in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor in 1987 and the David Lynch television series Twin Peaks.


She directed Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl in 1998 and Autumn in New York in 2000. She has also appeared in many other numerous movies both in Hollywood and China.

Selected filmography

  • Salute of the Jugger (1990)
  • The Wild side

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She has also appeared in many other numerous movies both in Hollywood and China. Geena Davis is a member of Mensa International with an IQ of 140.
She directed Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl in 1998 and Autumn in New York in 2000. Having attended school in Sweden as an exchange student, Davis speaks Swedish. She went on to star in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor in 1987 and the David Lynch television series Twin Peaks. In 1999 she placed 24th out of 28 semi-finalists in tryouts for the United States Olympic Archery team. Her first Hollywood movie was Tai-Pan, filmed on location in China. She had a C-section May 9, 2004 to deliver her twins, Kian William Jarrahy and Kaiis Steven Jarrahy.

At age twenty she moved to the United States where she studied film at California State University. Reza Jarrahy since September 1, 2001, with whom she has one daughter, Alizeh (born April 10, 2002). At age eighteen she won the Golden Rooster award for acting in China. She is currently married to Dr. Born in Shanghai, China. Her ex-husbands include Jeff Goldblum (with whom she co-starred in three films, including The Fly) from 1987-90, and Renny Harlin (who directed her in Cutthroat Island) from 1993-98. Joan Chen (陳沖, pinyin: Chén Chōng) ( born April 26, 1961) is an actor and film director. Davis has been married four times, including her current marriage.

The Wild side. She received an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Accidental Tourist (1988) and a Best Actress nomination for her role in Thelma and Louise (1991). Salute of the Jugger (1990). She followed this up with roles in the short-lived television series Buffalo Bill (1983) and Sara (1985). She was working as a model when director Sydney Pollack spotted her, and cast her in Tootsie (1982) as a soap opera actress. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in drama from Boston University in 1979.

Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21, 1956 in Wareham, Massachusetts) is an American film actress. The Fly (1986). Beetlejuice (1988). Earth Girls Are Easy (1988).

The Accidental Tourist (1988). Quick Change (1990). Thelma and Louise (1991). A League of Their Own (1992).

Hero (1992). Speechless (1994). The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996). Stuart Little (1999).

Stuart Little 2 (2002).