Every actor/actress, singer, and sports personality dream of performing and showing their talent on a global stage in front of a global audience after they are successful in doing so at their local level. And not every artist has what it takes to perform and stand out among the rest in a global competition.
When talking about performing best on a global stage, the famous name Joan Chen comes to everybody’s mind. She is one of the actresses who achieved a lot on a global stage at a very young age.
Joan Chen is one of the most widely recognized and respected Chinese-American actresses and also a film director and producer. She started her acting career when she was 16 years old appearing in a movie named Youth.
She came to the American audience’s notice after she performed in the film “Little Flower”. She has done many celebrated films like The Last Emperor, Twin Peaks, Red Rose White Rose, and many more.
How Old Is Joan Chen? Her Early Life & Parents
Joan Chen (born on April 26, 1962) is 61 years old veteran Chinese-American actress, film director, and producer who took birth in Shanghai, China, to a family holding history in the medical profession.
Her father (Chen Xingrong), mother (Zhang Anzhing), grandfather, and grandmother all served as medical professionals. Chen and her brother (Chase) were raised during the Cultural Revolution.
At the age of 14, when the Cultural Revolution hadn’t ended in China, she was discovered on the school rifle range by the wife of the leader of the Chinese Communist Party at that time, which paved her path toward the film industry as she was selected for the Actors’ Training Program.
Chen studied at the Shanghai Film Academy and the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Languages where she majored in English.
Later in 1981, she started schooling at the State University of New York at New Paltz, and later at California State University where she studied filmmaking.
What Movies Has Joan Chen Been In?
Chen has been in many well-renowned movies like The Last Emperor, Twin Peaks, Red Rose White Rose, The Home Song Stories, and Saving Face.
Likewise, she has directed films like Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl. Little Flower is the movie that imprinted a good impression of her acting skills among American and other audiences outside China. This is the movie for which she won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress and also achieved stardom while she was still a teenager.
She moved into directing in 1998, wanting to tell the stories she heard and made, to millions of people at the same time. She directed Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl and Autumn In New York. Later in the middle of the 2000s, she made went back to acting and began to work, alternating between English and Chinese-language roles.
Is Joan Chen Married?
At the early age of 24, Chen was married to actor Jim Lau, Jimmy. Chen’s relationship with her partner didn’t last long.
As per wiki, they got divorced in 1990 after 5 years of their marital relationship. They don’t have any children together.
Following her divorce, Chen got married to Peter Hui after 2 years on January 18, 1992. Hui is a cardiologist. They together have two daughters and Hui is still her husband at this date.
Joan Chen Kids
Chen’s eldest daughter, Angela Frances Hui is 24 years old now and is a graduate of Harvard University. She is a writer and award-winning journalist and also does business.
The other daughter Audrey Hui is 20 years old and is also an actress. Audrey Hui has done several films like Sheep Without a Shepherd, Breathe, and Wonderland. She is also the co-producer of the movie “Breathe”. She is following in her mother’s footsteps now.
Net Worth Of Joan Chen
Joan Chen has been one of the successful Chinese-American actresses who has assembled both fame and fortune from her professional career.
She has been able to amass a net worth of more than $5 million in 2023. Reportedly, she has investments in stock markets, properties, and lucrative endorsement deals with cosmetics.
She has earned a prominent part of her net worth from her roles in famous movies, and TV series and also directed and produced many movies herself.
How Tall Is Joan Chen?
Joan Chen is 5 ft 4 inches (1.63m) tall with an hourglass body. Chen has a waist size of 24 inches and black coloured hair. Chen has a light brown coloured eye and her horoscope is Taurus.
Chen's body measurement is 33-24-35 inches. Chen stated in an interview that many high-profile people used to visit their house just to see her and her grandmother used to hide her from them.
