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Joan Chen (or Chen Chong; born April 26, 1961) is a Chinese American actress, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. In China
China she performed in the 1979 film Little Flower and came to international attention for her performance in the 1987 Academy Award-winning film The Last Emperor. She is also known for her roles in Twin Peaks; Red Rose, White Rose; Saving Face; and The Home Song Stories, and for directing the feature film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl.
Contents
1 Biography
1.1 Early life and career 1.2 Acting career
2 Personal life
2.1 Charitable work
3 Filmography
3.1 Actress 3.2 Director 3.3 Writer 3.4 Producer
4 Other media 5 Awards and nominations 6 Other recognition 7 References 8 Articles and interviews 9 External links
Biography[edit]
Early life and career[edit]
Chen was born in Shanghai, to a family of pharmacologists.[1] She and
her older brother, Chase, were raised during the Cultural Revolution.
At the age of 14, Chen was discovered on the school rifle range by
Jiang Qing, the wife of leader
Mao Zedong
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Mao Zedong and major Chinese Communist
Party figure, as she was excelling at marksmanship. This led to her
being selected for the Actors' Training Program by the Shanghai Film
Studio in 1975, where she was discovered by veteran director Xie Jin
who chose her to star in his 1977 film Youth (Chinese: 青春; pinyin:
Qīngchūn)[2] as a deaf mute whose senses are restored by an Army
medical team. Chen graduated from high school a year in advance, and
at the age of 17 entered the prestigious Shanghai International
Studies University, where she majored in English.[3]
Acting career[edit]
Chen in fantasy makeup for the 1985 film Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Chen performed alongside
Tang Guoqiang in Zhang Zheng's (Chinese:
张铮) Little Flower (Chinese: 小花; pinyin: Xiǎo Huā) in 1979,
for which she won the
Hundred Flowers Award
Hundred Flowers Award (Chinese: 百花奖;
pinyin: Bǎi Huā Jiǎng). Chen portrayed a pre-
Maoist
Maoist revolutionary's
daughter, who, reunited with her brother, a wounded Communist soldier,
later learned that his doctor was her biological mother. Little Flower
was her second film and she soon achieved the status of China's most
loved actress; she was dubbed "the Elizabeth Taylor of China" by Time
magazine for having achieved stardom while still a teenager.[2]
In addition, Chen was in the 1979 film Hearts for the Motherland
(Chinese: 海外赤子; pinyin: Hǎiwài Chìzǐ). The film directed
by Ou Fan (Chinese: 欧凡) and Xing Jitian (Chinese: 邢吉田)
depicts an overseas Chinese family that returns to
China
China from
southeast Asia out of their patriotic feelings but encounter political
troubles during the Cultural Revolution. The songs, "I Love You,
China" (Chinese: 我爱你中国) and "High Flies the Petrel"
(Chinese: 高飞的海燕), sung by Chen's character, are perennial
favorites in China. In 1981, Chen starred in Awakening (Chinese:
甦醒; pinyin: Sūxǐng), directed by Teng Wenji (Chinese:
滕文骥).
At age 20, Chen moved to the United States, where she studied
filmmaking at California State University, Northridge.
Her first Hollywood movie was Tai-Pan, filmed on location in China. In
1985 she appeared in the show 'Miami Vice' as May Ying, former wife of
Martin "Marty" Castillo and husband to Ma Sek in the episode "Golden
Triangle (Part II)". She went on to star in Bernardo Bertolucci's The
Last Emperor in 1987 and the David Lynch/
Mark Frost television series
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks as Josie Packard. She starred alongside
Rutger Hauer
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Rutger Hauer in
1989's The Blood of Heroes, written and directed by David Webb
Peoples. In 1993 she co-starred in Oliver Stone's Heaven & Earth.
She portrayed two different characters in Clara Law's Temptation of a
Monk (Chinese: 誘僧; pinyin: Yòu Sēng): a seductive princess of
Tang dynasty, and a dangerous temptress. She shaved her head on-screen
for the role. The award-winning film was adapted from a novel by
Lilian Lee.
In 1994 she co-starred with
Steven Seagal
Steven Seagal in the action/adventure On
Deadly Ground; she then returned to Shanghai to star in Stanley Kwan's
Red Rose, White Rose
Red Rose, White Rose (Chinese: 紅玫瑰白玫瑰; pinyin: Hóng
Méigui Bái Méigui) opposite Winston Chao, and subsequently won a
Golden Horse Award and a
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for her
performance. In 1996, she was a member of the jury at the 46th Berlin
International Film Festival.[4]
Tired of being cast as an exotic beauty in Hollywood films, Chen moved
into directing in 1998 with the critically acclaimed Xiu Xiu: The Sent
Down Girl (Chinese: 天浴; pinyin: Tiān Yù), adapted from the
novella Heavenly Bath (Chinese: 天浴; pinyin: Tiān Yù) by her
friend Yan Geling. She later directed Autumn in New York, starring
Richard Gere
Richard Gere and Winona Ryder, in 2000.
In the middle of the 2000s, Chen made a comeback in acting and began
to work intensely, alternating between English and Chinese-language
roles.
In 2004, she starred in Hou Yong's family saga
Jasmine Women
Jasmine Women (Chinese:
茉莉花开; pinyin: Mòlìhuā Kāi), alongside Zhang Ziyi, in which
they played multiple roles as daughters and mothers across three
generations in Shanghai. She also starred in the
Asian American
Asian American comedy
Saving Face as a widowed mother, who is shunned by the
Chinese-American community for being pregnant and unwed and therefore
has come to live with her lesbian daughter.
In 2005, she appeared in Zhang Yang's family saga Sunflower (Chinese:
向日葵; pinyin: Xiàngrìkuí), as a mother whose husband and son
have a troubled father-son relationship over 30 years. She then
starred in the
Asian American
Asian American independent film
Americanese and in
Michael Almereyda's Tonight at Noon, the first part of a two part
project, scheduled to be released in 2009[5]
In 2007, Chen was acclaimed for her performance in Tony Ayres' drama
The Home Song Stories. She portrayed a glamorous and unstable Chinese
nightclub singer who struggles to survive in seventies Australia with
her two children. Chen. The role earned her four awards including the
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress and the Golden Horse
Award for Best Actress. The same year saw her co-starring in two other
acclaimed films: Ang Lee's Lust, Caution, opposite Tony Leung
Chiu-Wai, and Jiang Wen's The Sun Also Rises, opposite Anthony Wong
Chau-Sang, for which she received an Asian Film Award for Best
Supporting Actress.
In 2008, she starred alongside Sam Chow (Chinese: 邹爽) in Shi Qi
(Chinese: 十七; pinyin: Shíqī), directed by Joe Chow (Chinese:
姬诚; pinyin: Jī Chéng), as a rural mother of a 17-year-old in
eastern Zhejiang province.[6][7] The same year
Joan Chen
Joan Chen portrayed in
Jia Zhangke's
24 City
24 City a factory worker once fancied because she
resembled Chen herself in the 1979 film Little Flower, but who missed
her chance at love.
She then co-starred in Bruce Beresford's 2009 adaptation of the
autobiography of dancer Li Cunxin Mao's Last Dancer, along with Wang
Shungbao and Kyle MacLachlan.[8]
In 2009, Chen starred alongside
Feng Yuanzheng (Chinese: 冯远征)
and Liu Jinshan (Chinese: 刘金山) in the Chinese TV series
Newcomers to the Middle-Aged (Chinese: 人到中年), directed by Dou
Qi (Chinese: 斗琪), in which she played a female doctor facing
middle-age problems.[9] She also played the part of goddess Guan Yin
in the 2010 Chinese TV adaptation of Journey to the West, directed by
Cheng Lidong (Chinese: 程力栋).[10]
In October 2009
Joan Chen
Joan Chen was the curator of the first Singapore Sun
Film Festival, whose theme was The Art of Living Well. She selected
and curated five films for screening during the festival: The Diving
Bell and the Butterfly, Dead Man Walking, Hannah and Her Sisters,
Still Life (Chinese: 三峡好人; pinyin: Sānxiá hǎorén) and
Edward Scissorhands.[11][12]
In 2010, Chen joined the cast of Leehom Wang's directorial debut Lian
ai tong gao (Chinese: 恋爱通告; pinyin: Liàn ài tōng
gào).,[13] Alexi Tan's Color Me Love (alongside Liu Ye),[14] Ilkka
Järvilaturi's Kiss, His First (alongside
Tony Leung Ka-fai and Gwei
Lun-mei)[15] and veteran acting coach Larry Moss' Relative Insanity
(along with Juliette Binoche). In May 2010, she was set to star and
direct one of the three parts of the anthology film Seeing
Red.[16][17]
As of the 2011 episode 3.13 entitled "Immortality" she plays Secretary
Bishop's girlfriend on the J.J. Abrams created sci-fi television
series Fringe.
Chen was cast as the Yuan empress
Chabi
Chabi in the 2014 American
television series Marco Polo. Being somewhat unfamiliar with the
Mongols, Chen read
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens in order to
prepare for the role.[18]
Personal life[edit]
Chen was formerly married to actor Jimmy Lau from 1985 to 1990. She
married her second husband, cardiologist Peter Hui, on January 18,
1992. They have two daughters.[19] They live in San Francisco,
California.
During her early years in California, Chen attended California State
University, Northridge. In 1989, she became a naturalized citizen of
the United States. On April 9, 2008, Chen wrote an article entitled
"Let the Games Go On" for the
Washington Post
Washington Post objecting to the
politicization of the
2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[20]
Charitable work[edit]
In May 2008, Chen appeared alongside James Kyson Lee, Silas Flensted,
and
Amy Hanaialiʻi Gilliom in a public service announcement for the
Banyan Tree Project campaign to stop HIV/AIDS-related stigma in Asian
& Pacific Islander communities.[21][22]
In October 2008, Chen made the cover of Trends Health magazine
alongside actresses Ke Lan (Chinese: 柯蓝) and Ma Yili (Chinese:
马伊琍) to promote the Chinese
Pink Ribbon
Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Prevention
campaign.
On January 8, 2010, Chen attended, alongside Nancy Pelosi, Nicole
Kidman, and Joe Torre, the ceremony to help Family Violence Prevention
Fund break ground on a new center located in the Presidio of San
Francisco intended to combat violence against women and children.
During the ceremony, Chen performed an excerpt from the documentary
play The Thumbprint of
Mukhtar Mai
Mukhtar Mai (presented as part of
"Seven").[23][24][25]
On January 15, 2010, Chen was set to appear, along with other Asian
American personalities, in a series of videos supporting the Center
for the Pacific Asian Family.[26]
Filmography[edit]
Actress[edit]
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1977 Youth 青春 Shen Yamei / 沈亞妹
1979
Little Flower
小花
Zhao Xiaohua / 赵小花
Hundred Flowers Award
Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress
Yugoslavia Film Festival Award for Best Actress
1979 Hearts for the Motherland 海外赤子 Huang Sihua / 黃思華 aka Overseas Compatriots, A Loyal Overseas Chinese Family
1981 Awakening 甦醒 Su Xiaomei / 蘇小梅
1986 Goodbye My Love 惡男 Ling Ti
1986 Tai-Pan May–May
1987 The Night Stalker Mai Wing
1987 The Last Emperor Wan Jung / 婉容
1989 The Blood of Heroes Kidda
1991 Wedlock Noelle
1992 Turtle Beach Minou
1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Jocelyn 'Josie' Packard scenes deleted
1993 Heaven & Earth Mama
1993 Temptation of a Monk 誘僧 Princess Hong'e (Scarlet) / 公主紅萼 Lady Qingshou (Violet) / 青绶夫人
1994 Golden Gate Marilyn
1994 Red Rose White Rose 紅玫瑰，白玫瑰 Wang Jiao-Rui / 王嬌蕊 Golden Horse Award for Best Actress HKFCS Award for Best Actress Nominated — HKFA for Best Actress
1994 On Deadly Ground Masu
1995 The Hunted Kirina
1995 Wild Side Virginia Chow
1995 Judge Dredd Ilsa Hayden
1996 Precious Find Camilla Jones
1999 Purple Storm 紫雨風暴 Shirley Kwan
2000 What's Cooking? Trinh Nguyen
2004 Avatar Madame Ong
2004 Jasmine Women 茉莉花开 Mo's Mother / 茉的母亲 Mo / 茉
2004 Saving Face Hwei-Lan Gao
2005 Sunflower 向日葵 Xiuqing / 秀清
2006 Americanese Betty Nguyen
2007 The Home Song Stories 意 Rose Hong / 洪玫瑰 Golden Horse Award for Best Actress IF Award for Best Actress TFF Award for Best Actress AFI Award for Best Actress FCCA Award for Best Actress Nominated — AF Award for Best Actress Nominated — APS Award for Best Actress
2007 The Sun Also Rises 太阳照常升起 Dr. Lin / 林大夫 AF Award for Best Supporting Actress
2007 All God's Children Can Dance Evelyn
2007 Lust, Caution 色，戒 Mrs. Yee / 易太太
2008 The Leap Years Li-Ann (age 49)
2008 Shi Qi 十七 Mother / 母亲 SIFF Press Prize for Most Attractive Actress
2008 24 City 二十四城记 Gu Minhua / 顾敏华
2009 Mao's Last Dancer Niang / 娘
2010 Love in Disguise 恋爱通告 Joan
2010 Color Me Love 爱出色 Zoe
2011 1911 辛亥革命 Empress Longyu / 隆裕
2011 Kiss, His First 初吻
2012 White Frog Irene Young
2012 Passion Island 熱愛島 Johanna / 祖安娜
2012 Let It Be 稍安勿躁 Niu Jie / 牛姐
2012 Double Xposure 二次曝光 Dr. Hao / 郝医生
2014 For Love or Money 露水红颜
2015 You Are My Sunshine 何以笙箫默
2015 Lady of the Dynasty 王朝的女人·楊貴妃 Consort Wu
2015 Cairo Declaration 開羅宣言 Soong Ching-ling
2017 The Cinema that Never Dies 京城81號2
pre-production
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1985 MacGyver Lin Episode 1.2 The Golden Triangle
1985 Miami Vice May Ying Episode 1.14 Golden Triangle
1989 Wiseguy Maxine Tzu Episode All or Nothing
1990 Twin Peaks Jocelyn 'Josie' Packard TV series — Series regular (2 seasons, 1990–1991)
1992 Strangers The Girl TV movie
1992 Shadow of a Stranger Vanessa TV movie
1992 Nightmare Cafe First customer Episode 1.1 Nightmare Cafe
1993 Tales from the Crypt Connie Episode 5.4 Food for Thought
1997 Homicide: Life on the Street Elizabeth Wu Episode 5.15 Wu's on First?
1998 The Outer Limits Major Dara Talif Episode 4.24 Phobos Rising
1999 In a Class of His Own Linda Ching TV movie
2009 Newcomers to the Middle-Aged 人到中年 Tian Wenjie / 田文洁 TV series
2010
Journey to the West
西游记
Guan Yin
Guan Yin / 观音
TV series
2011 Fringe Reiko Episode 3.13 Immortality
2012
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Madame Chiang Kai-shek
HBO
HBO TV movie
2012 Sui Tang Yingxiong 隋唐英雄 Empress Dugu / 独孤后 TV series
2013 Serangoon Road Patricia Cheng TV series
2013 Meng's Palace 海上孟府 Er Jie / 二姐 TV series
2014 Marco Polo Chabi TV series
2017 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace Ulanara·Yixiu
2017 Twin Peaks Josie Packard Episode: "Part 17"; archive footage
Director[edit]
Year English Title Chinese title Notes
1998
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl
天浴 (Tiān Yù)
Golden Horse Award for Best Director
Mons International Love Film Festival Grand Prize
National Board of Review
National Board of Review International Freedom Award
Paris Film Festival
Special
Special Jury Prize
FLIFF Jury Award for Best Drama
Nominated —
Golden Bear
Golden Bear Award
Nominated —
Paris Film Festival Grand Prize
2000 Autumn in New York
2012 Shanghai Strangers 非典情人 (Fēidiǎn qíngrén) short film — post-production (also known as 爱在非典的日子)
2018? English 英格力士
Writer[edit]
Year English Title Chinese title Notes
1998 Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl 天浴 (Tiān Yù) Golden Horse Award for Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium shared with Geling Yan
2012 Shanghai Strangers 非典情人 (Fēidiǎn qíngrén) short film — post-production (also known as 爱在非典的日子)
Producer[edit]
Year English Title Chinese title Notes
1995 Wild Side
Associate producer
1998 Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl 天浴 (Tiān Yù) Producer, Executive producer Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature Over $500,000 shared with Alice Chan Wai-Chung
2012 Shanghai Strangers 非典情人 (Fēidiǎn qíngrén) short film — post-production (also known as 爱在非典的日子)
Other media[edit]
2008: "Shanghai," narrator—an audio walking tour by Louis Vuitton and Soundwalk[27]
Awards and nominations[edit]
Year Award Category Film Result
1980 Hundred Flowers Awards Best Actress Little Flower Won
Yugoslavia International Film Festival Best Actress[28][29] Won
1994
Asian American
Asian American International Film Festival
Asian Media Award for significant contribution to Asian American
media[30]
Won
Golden Horse Awards Best Actress Red Rose, White Rose Won
1995
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Film Awards
Best Actress
Nominated
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
Best Actress[31][32]
Won
1998 Golden Horse Awards Best Director Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl Won
Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium shared with Geling Yan Won
Berlin International Film Festival[33] Golden Berlin Bear Nominated
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Jury Award Won
1999 Paris Film Festival Grand Prize Nominated
Special
Special Jury Prize
Won
Mons International Love Film Festival Grand Prize Won
National Board of Review International Freedom Award[34] Won
2000 Independent Spirit Awards Best First Feature Over $500,000 shared with Alice Chan Wai-Chung Nominated
2007 Golden Horse Awards Best Actress The Home Song Stories Won
Hawaii International Film Festival Achievement in Acting Won
Asia Pacific Screen Awards Best Performance by an Actress Nominated
Inside Film Awards Best Actress Won
Torino Film Festival Best Actress Won
Australian Film Institute Awards Best Actress Won
2008 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards Best Actress Won
Asian Film Awards Best Actress Nominated
Best Supporting Actress The Sun Also Rises Won
Shanghai International Film Festival Press Prize for Most Attractive Actress Shi Qi Won
Other recognition[edit]
In 1992 People magazine chose her as one of the 50 most beautiful
women in the world.
Chen inspired indie rock band
Xiu Xiu
Xiu Xiu (band), named after her film Xiu
Xiu: The Sent Down Girl.
Chen was chosen by
Goldsea as Number 45 on its compilation of "The 120
Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time".[35]
In James McKenzie's 2013 urban fantasy e-novel Janis and Saint
Christopher, Chen runs for the US Senate and befriends Janis
Joplin.[36]
References[edit]
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Articles and interviews[edit]
"The Last Empress", by C. Mark Jacobson. Interview. December 1987.
p. 146-147.
"In Praise of Actors: Joan Chen", by Peter Rainer. American Film.
Volume 15: Issue 8. May 1990. p. 32.
"Heavenly And Hearthy", by Tom Kagy.
Goldsea
Asian American
Asian American Daily.
August 1992.
"Chen Reaction", by Alison Dakota Gee.
Movieline
Movieline (USA). December 1993.
p. 54-59, 88.
"West To East", by Richard Corliss. TIME (USA). Volume 153: Issue 13.
April 5, 1999.
"Joan of Art", by Richard Corliss. TIME (USA). April 5, 1999.
"The Sent Down Girl", by Steven Schwankert. Beijing Scene. Volume 5:
Issue 8. May 7, 1999.
"Joan Chen: Guerilla Director", by Michael Sragow. Salon.com. May 27,
1999.
"Reel Poetry", by Kevin Berger. San Francisco (USA). July 2000.
p. 51.
"Joan Chen: Whether it's
China
China or Hollywood, this actress/director
tells it like it is", by Franz Lidz. Interview. August 2000.
p. 80-81.
"An Interview with Joan Chen", by Michelle Caswell. Asia Source.
November 2000.
"Is
Joan Chen
Joan Chen Done with Hollywood?"
Goldsea
Asian American
Asian American Daily.
January 28, 2003.
"Empress and Enigma".
China
China Daily. October 25, 2003.
"Joan Chen's Wild Side", by Malinda Lo. Curve. Volume 15: Issue 4.
June 2005.
"The Face Behind Saving Face", by Kenny Tanemura. Asian Week. June 3,
2005.
"Sensuously Elegant: An Interview with Joan Chen", by Lisa Odham
Stokes. Asian Cult Cinema (USA). Issue 48. October–December 2005.
p. 51-61.
"
Joan Chen
Joan Chen on Filming
Lust, Caution
Lust, Caution in Shanghai: Follow One's Heart.",
by Liu Qing. The Chinese Mirror. February 28, 2007.
"The Many Faces of Joan Chen.", by Glen Schaefer. The Province.
October 3, 2007.
"
Joan Chen
Joan Chen returns to Chinese film.", by Min Lee. The
China
China Post.
October 17, 2007.
External links[edit]
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Awards and achievements
Australian Film Institute Awards
Preceded by Emily Barclay for Suburban Mayhem Best Actress 2007 for The Home Song Stories Succeeded by Monic Hendrickx for Unfinished Sky
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
Preceded by None Best Actress 1994 for Red Rose, White Rose Succeeded by Siqin Gaowa for The Day the Sun Turned Cold Josephine Siao for Summer Snow
Golden Horse Awards
Preceded by Carrie Ng for Remains of a Woman Best Actress 1994 for Red Rose, White Rose Succeeded by Josephine Siao for Summer Snow
Preceded by Fruit Chan for Made in Hong Kong Best Director 1998 for Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl Succeeded by Ann Hui for Ordinary Heroes
Preceded by To Kwak Wai for Love Go Go Best Adapted Screenplay 1998 for Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl Succeeded by Vacant
Preceded by Zhou Xun for Perhaps Love Best Actress 2007 for The Home Song Stories Succeeded by Prudence Liew for True Women For Sale
Awards for Joan Chen
v t e
Golden Horse Award for Best Director
Doe Ching (1962)
Li Han-hsiang
Li Han-hsiang (1963)
Li Hsing (1965)
Li Han-hsiang
Li Han-hsiang (1966)
Lee Chia (1967)
Bai Ching-zue (1968)
Bai Ching-zue (1969)
Chang Tseng-chai (1970)
Ting Shan-hsi (1971)
Li Hsing (1972)
Cheng Kang (1973)
Liu Yi (1975)
Chang Pei-cheng (1976)
Chang Tseng-chai (1977)
Li Hsing (1978)
King Hu (1979)
Wang Chu-chin (1980)
Tsui Hark
Tsui Hark (1981)
Alex Cheung (1982)
Chen Kun-hou (1983)
Johnny Mak (1984)
Chang Yi (1985)
John Woo
John Woo (1986)
Wang Toon (1987)
Alex Law (1988)
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Hou Hsiao-hsien (1989)
Yim Ho (1990)
Wong Kar-wai
Wong Kar-wai (1991)
Wang Toon (1992)
Ang Lee
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Ang Lee (1993)
Tsai Ming-liang
Tsai Ming-liang (1994)
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Hou Hsiao-hsien (1995)
Jiang Wen
Jiang Wen (1996)
Fruit Chan
Fruit Chan (1997)
Joan Chen
Joan Chen (1998)
Ann Hui
Ann Hui (1999)
Johnnie To
Johnnie To (2000)
Stanley Kwan
Stanley Kwan (2001)
Fruit Chan
Fruit Chan (2002)
Andrew Lau and Alan Mak (2003)
Johnnie To
Johnnie To (2004)
Stephen Chow
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Stephen Chow (2005)
Peter Chan
Peter Chan (2006)
Ang Lee
Ang Lee (2007)
Peter Chan
Peter Chan (2008)
Leon Dai
Leon Dai (2009)
Chung Mong-hong (2010)
Ann Hui
Ann Hui (2011)
Johnnie To
Johnnie To (2012)
Tsai Ming-liang
Tsai Ming-liang (2013)
Ann Hui
Ann Hui (2014)
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Hou Hsiao-hsien (2015)
Feng Xiaogang (2016)
Vivian Qu (2017)
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Golden Horse Award for Best Actress
You Min (1962)
Betty Loh Ti
Betty Loh Ti (1963)
Li Li-hua
Li Li-hua (1964)
Gua Ah-leh (1966)
Jiang Qing
Jiang Qing (1967)
Ivy Ling Po (1968)
Li Li-hua
Li Li-hua (1969)
Gua Ah-leh (1970)
Lisa Lu
Lisa Lu (1971)
Judy Ongg
Judy Ongg (1972)
Shangguan Lingfeng (1973)
Lisa Lu
Lisa Lu (1975)
Hsu Feng (1976)
Chelsia Chan (1977)
Tien Niu (1978)
Joan Lin (1979)
Hsu Feng (1980)
Sylvia Chang
Sylvia Chang (1981)
Wang Ping (1982)
Lu Hsiao-fen (1983)
Loretta Yang (1984)
Loretta Yang (1985)
Sylvia Chang
Sylvia Chang (1986)
Anita Mui
Anita Mui (1987)
Carol Cheng (1988)
Maggie Cheung
Maggie Cheung (1989)
Brigitte Lin
Brigitte Lin (1990)
Maggie Cheung
Maggie Cheung (1991)
Lindzay Chan (1992)
Carrie Ng (1993)
Joan Chen
Joan Chen (1994)
Josephine Siao (1995)
Josephine Siao (1996)
Maggie Cheung
Maggie Cheung (1997)
Li Xiaolu
Li Xiaolu (1998)
Loletta Lee (1999)
Maggie Cheung
Maggie Cheung (2000)
Qin Hailu
Qin Hailu (2001)
Angelica Lee (2002)
Sandra Ng
Sandra Ng (2003)
Yang Kuei-mei (2004)
Shu Qi
Shu Qi (2005)
Zhou Xun
Zhou Xun (2006)
Joan Chen
Joan Chen (2007)
Prudence Liew (2008)
Li Bingbing
Li Bingbing (2009)
Lü Liping (2010)
Deanie Ip (2011)
Gwei Lun-mei
Gwei Lun-mei (2012)
Zhang Ziyi
Zhang Ziyi (2013)
Chen Shiang-chyi (2014)
Karena Lam (2015)
Zhou Dongyu
Zhou Dongyu and Sandra Ma (2016)
Kara Hui
Kara Hui (2017)
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Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
Joan Chen
Joan Chen (2008)
Gina Pareño (2009)
Kara Hui
Kara Hui (2010)
Youn Yuh-jung (2011)
Shamaine Buencamino (2012)
Makiko Watanabe
Makiko Watanabe (2013)
Yeo Yann Yann (2014)
Chizuru Ikewaki (2015)
Zhou Yun
Zhou Yun (2016)
Moon So-ri
Moon So-ri (2017)
Zhang Yuqi
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Zhang Yuqi (2018)
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AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Monica Maughan (1971)
Jacki Weaver
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Jacki Weaver (1972)
Judy Morris (1973)
Julie Dawson (1974/1995)
Helen Morse (1976)
Pat Bishop (1977)
Angela Punch McGregor (1978)
Michele Fawdon (1979)
Tracy Mann (1980)
Judy Davis
Judy Davis (1981)
Noni Hazlehurst (1982)
Wendy Hughes (1983)
Angela Punch McGregor (1984)
Noni Hazlehurst (1985)
Judy Davis
Judy Davis (1986)
Judy Davis
Judy Davis (1987)
Nadine Garner
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Nadine Garner (1988)
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep (1989)
Catherine McClements
Catherine McClements (1990)
Sheila Florance
Sheila Florance (1991)
Lisa Harrow (1992)
Holly Hunter
Holly Hunter (1993)
Toni Collette
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Toni Collette (1994)
Jacqueline McKenzie
Jacqueline McKenzie (1995)
Judy Davis
Judy Davis (1996)
Pamela Rabe
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Pamela Rabe (1997)
Deborah Mailman
Deborah Mailman (1998)
Sacha Horler
Sacha Horler (1999)
Pia Miranda
Pia Miranda (2000)
Kerry Armstrong (2001)
Maria Theodorakis (2002)
Toni Collette
Toni Collette (2003)
Abbie Cornish
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Abbie Cornish (2004)
Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett (2005)
Emily Barclay
Emily Barclay (2006)
Joan Chen
Joan Chen (2007)
Monic Hendrickx (2008)
Frances O'Connor (2009)
Jacki Weaver
Jacki Weaver (2010)
Judy Davis
Judy Davis (2011)
Deborah Mailman
Deborah Mailman (2012)
Rose Byrne
Rose Byrne (2013)
Sarah Snook
Sarah Snook (2014)
Kate Winslet
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Kate Winslet (2015)
Odessa Young
Odessa Young (2016)
Emma Booth (2017)
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Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Joan Chen
Joan Chen (1994)
Siqin Gaowa/
Josephine Siao (1995)
Maggie Cheung
Maggie Cheung (1996)
Jacklyn Wu (1997)
Sandra Ng
Sandra Ng (1998)
Law Lan (1999)
Qin Hailu
Qin Hailu (2000)
Sammi Cheng
Sammi Cheng (2001)
Faye Wong
Faye Wong (2002)
Cecilia Cheung
Cecilia Cheung (2003)
Zhang Ziyi
Zhang Ziyi (2004)
Zhou Xun
Zhou Xun (2005)
Gong Li
Gong Li (2006)
Siqin Gaowa (2007)
Paw Hee-Ching (2008)
Kara Hui
Kara Hui (2009)
Miriam Yeung
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Miriam Yeung (2010)
Deanie Ip (2011)
N/A (2012)
Zhang Ziyi
Zhang Ziyi (2013)
Zhao Wei
Zhao Wei (2014)
Jessie Li (2015)
Zhou Dongyu
Zhou Dongyu (2016)
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Hundred Flowers Award
Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress
1962–1963
Zhu Xijuan
Zhu Xijuan (1962)
Zhang Ruifang
Zhang Ruifang (1963)
1980–2004
Joan Chen
Joan Chen (1980)
Zhang Yu (1981)
Li Xiuming (1982)
Siqin Gaowa (1983)
Gong Xue (1984)
Wu Yufang (1985)
Fang Shu (1986)
Liu Xiaoqing (1987)
Liu Xiaoqing (1988)
Liu Xiaoqing (1989)
Song Jia (1990)
Song Jia (1991)
Zhao Lirong (1992)
Gong Li
Gong Li (1993)
Pan Hong (1994)
Shen Danping (1995)
Guo Keyu (1996)
Ning Jing (1997)
Liu Bei (1998)
Liu Xin (1999)
Zhang Ziyi
Zhang Ziyi (2000)
Gong Li
Gong Li (2001)
Zhou Xun
Zhou Xun (2002)
Xu Jinglei (2003)
Fan Bingbing
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Fan Bingbing (2004)
2006–present
Rene Liu
Rene Liu (2006)
Li Bingbing
Li Bingbing (2008)
Zhao Wei
Zhao Wei (2010)
Bai Baihe (2012)
Zhang Ziyi
Zhang Ziyi (2014)
Xu Qing (2016)
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