Joan Chen has been a fixture on movie and TV screens around the world for decades. “I'm doing this for almost half a century. My professional life is 49 years,” the 63-year-old Shanghai native ...

For Joan Chen playing a doting but slightly disregarded Taiwanese immigrant mother in Sean Wang’s Dìdi was a healing experience. Not only could she connect with the struggles that her character ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Joan Chen. The actor is getting Oscar buzz for the new film, "Dìdi," in which Chen plays the mother of a Taiwanese-American skater kid in the Bay Area.

Joan Chen gained international fame after appearing in "The Last Emperor" and "Twin Peaks." She says work in Hollywood "dried ...

Joan Chen talks to Deadline about her legendary career, her role in Dìdi and acting in both China and the U.S.

Joan Chen got frustrated with her ability to land interesting roles after starring in 'The Last Emperor.' Now the 'Didi' star considers acting her destiny.

Joan Chen: We’re both mothers and I know how even with the best intentions, you can inadvertently hurt your children. So in that sense, I could relate to her.

Joan Chen (Xiao-Ling Li) In the semi-autobiographical tale based on Wang’s Northern California upbringing in the early aughts, Chen’s maternal character is inspired by the director’s own ...

I t’s been 33 years since Joan Chen was turned into a doorknob. In 1991, having asked David Lynch to write her out of his surrealist soap opera Twin Peaks, the actor found her character, factory ...

Joan Chen gained international fame after appearing in "The Last Emperor" and "Twin Peaks." She says work in Hollywood "dried up" for her as she aged, which led her to return to China.

When Joan Chen was in her early 20s she met with the director Ang Lee about starring in his 1993 film “The Wedding Banquet,” a New York-set rom-com about a Taiwanese American in a relationship ...

'Dìdi' star Joan Chen talks playing a Taiwanese immigrant mother in Sean Wang's new film — in which she stars opposite the film's actual grandmother.