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Joan Chen became a celebrity in the Chinese world of entertainment when she performed in Zhang Zheng's Little Flower in the year 1979. She acted in the role of a revolutionary's daughter. The plot of the film was set in the pre-Maoist China. She was soon declared as the "Elizabeth Taylor of China" in the Times Magazine. It was because of her celebrity charisma at that very early age when Joan Chen was still a teenager.
Joan Chen acted in many great movies of China all set to the plot of the political turmoil. Among all the film Hearts for the Motherland was very popular. In 1989 Joan Chen moved to USA. She began studying with film in California State University. By the end of the same year she was taken as a naturalized citizen of USA by the country's government. Joan Chen appeared for the first time in a Hollywood movie titled as Tai-Pan.
The location for the shooting of the film was in China. She also starred in Bernardo Bertolucci's film The Last Emperor. She performed in the television series called Twin Peaks. Joan Chen went back to Shanghai to act in the famous film Stanley Kwan's Red Rose, White Rose. Her achievement as a filmmaker includes the film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl. She won the Award of Best Director in Asian American International Film Festival in the year 1998. Hong Kong Film Awards also nominated her as the Best Actress for the movie Red Rose, White Rose.
Joan Chen has always been a great influence on the other Asian Filmmakers who cherish the dream of working in Hollywood. She is also a cultural idol because of her background and her appearance in the patriotic and revolutionary films like Little Flower or Hearts for the Motherland. Critics and her fans are looking forward to her next creative adventure.
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