Irene Chen is an Australian actress based in
Melbourne
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. At age seventeen, she starred in her first feature film, ''
The Home Song Stories'', alongside
Joan Chen
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,
Joel Lok,
Qi Yu Wu,
Steven Vidler and
Kerry Walker
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.
Career
From an early age, Chen's interest in acting blossomed through her participation in speech and drama classes, and various school productions. In 2006, she was cast as "May", the daughter of Rose (Joan Chen), in ''The Home Song Stories''.
Nominations
*AFI Best Supporting Actress
*AFI Young Actor Award
*FCCA Best Supporting Actress
Australian Film Institute
References
External links
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Australian film actresses
Australian child actresses
Actresses from Melbourne
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