Joan Chen for DìDi (弟弟) – 469

Legendary actress Joan Chen is here to talk about her new film DìDi (弟弟), relating to raising her own daughters, and contextualizing success.

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In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom. Written and directed by Sean Wang.

Starring: Izaac Wang, Shirley Chen, Chang Li Hua, Raul Dial, Aaron Chang, Mahaela Park, Chiron Cilia Denk, Montay Boseman, Sunil Mukherjee Maurillo, Alaysia Simmons, Alysha Syed, Georgie August and Joan Chen

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Joan Chen is one of the most widely recognized and respected Asian stars in the international film industry. She began her movie career at the age of 14 in Shanghai. Her performance in the films YOUTH, 1977 and LITTLE FLOWER, catapulted her to fame in China. Chen garnered the Best Actress Award in China in 1980 when she was 19 for LITTLE FLOWER.

In 1981, Chen left China for the United States to study film at California State University, Northridge, where she graduated with honors. Chen has appeared in more than 50 US and international film and television roles. The most notable were Bernardo Bertolucci’s Oscar-winning THE LAST EMPEROR, David Lynch’s TWIN PEAKS series, and Oliver Stone’s HEAVEN AND EARTH. At the same time, Chen continued to make films for Asian audiences. Her memorable performance in the Chinese language film RED ROSE AND WHITE ROSE won her Best Actress in the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and the Hong Kong Critics Awards in 1994.

In 1997, Chen made her directorial debut with the critically acclaimed XIU XIU, THE SENT-DOWN GIRL (1999). The film has received numerous awards internationally, including 7 Golden Horse Awards. In 2000, Chen was honored by the National Board of Review with the International Freedom of Expression Award for the making of XIU XIU. Chen’s second effort behind the camera was MGM’s AUTUMN IN NEW YORK starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder in 2000.
Between 2003 and 2006, Chen returned to China to star in Chinese films, JASMINE, SUNFLOWER, and THE SUN ALSO RISES. Chen also played a crucial supporting role in Ang Lee’s LUST, CAUTION, which won the Golden Lion award in the 2007 Venice Film Festival. THE HOME SONG STORIES from Australia premiered in the Berlin Film Festival in 2007. Chen won Best Actress award in the Australian Film Institute Awards, the Inside Film Awards and the Australian Critics Awards in 2007. She also won the Best Actress award for the same role in the Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards and in the Torino Film Festival. In the Asian Film Awards 2008, she was honored with a dual nomination, Best Actress for THE HOME SONG STORIES and Best Supporting Actress for THE SUN ALSO RISES, the latter of which she won.
Chen has played various roles in many films, including Oscar nominee Bruce Beresford’s film MAO’S LAST DANCER; Chinese films LOVE IN DISGUISE, COLOR ME LOVE, PASSION ISLAND, 1911 REVOLUTION, DOUBLE XPOSURE, and HBO Asia / ABC Australia co-production series SERANGOON ROAD, for which Joan was nominated for Best Actress in Australia.
Recent credits include two feature films for Netflix. Joan starred opposite Jessica Chastain and John Malkovich in AVA written and directed by Tate Taylor. She also starred in TIGERTAIL written and directed by Alan Yang. Chen’s recent television series credits include starring opposite Clive Owen, Emma Corrin, and Brit Marling in the FX Limited Series, MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD written, produced and directed by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij (The OA). Prior, Chen starred in the the Netflix original series MARCO POLO opposite Benedict Wong.
Joan Chen lives in San Francisco with her husband, Dr. Peter Hui and their daughters, Angela and Audrey.

DìDi (弟弟) is in theaters now