Joan Chong Chen aka Chen Chong

Joan Chen's first genre work was guest starring in numerous tv series during the late 1980s.
She created a buzz among fanboys (and fangirls) for her physically-grueling performance in The Blood of Heroes, and then hit the big-time as the mysterious Josie Packard in Twin Peaks.
Unfortunately, this resulted in her becoming typecast as an "enigmatic exotic beauty".

Feeling her acting choices were becoming limited, Joan turned to other aspects of filmmaking, resulting in her first project as director and co-writer, Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl!
Critical acclaim and numerous awards have been showered on the film itself and her work on it.
She continues to act, direct and produce.
Joan made a return to genre with appearances on Fringe and the most recent version of Journey to the West.

Trivia: A rock band named itself Xiu Xiu in honor of the awrd-winning film!

Genre appearances include...
Fringe "Immortality"
Journey to the West [2010] (Guan Yin)
Avatar [2004] aka Cyber Wars aka Matrix Hunter (Madame Org)
Purple Storm (Shirley Chen)
Outer Limits [1998] "Phobos Rising"
Judge Dredd (Ilsa Hayden)
The Hunted (Kirina)
On Deadly Ground (Masu)
Tales from the Crypt "Food for Thought"
Steel Justice (Nicole Loa)
Nightmare Cafe "Pilot"
Twin Peaks / Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (Jocelyn Packard aka Josie)
Wedlock aka DeadLock (Noelle)
The Blood of Heroes aka Salute of the Jugger (Kidda)
The Night Stalker aka The Man Who Could Not Be Killed (Mai Wing)
WiseGuy "All or Nothing"
MacGyver "Golden Triangle"
Miami Vice "Golden Triangle"
Note: the two "Golden Triangle" episodes are not related.
Joan plays different characters in each.
Knight Rider "Knight of the Drones"
Matt Houston "Target: Miss World"

Check out...
Joan Chen Picture Galleries (FanSite)
Joan Chen Pictures (FanSite)

Jasika Nicole IS Astrid Farnsworth...BOTH of Them!

I'm hooked on JJ Abrams' Fringe!
One of the best-written and acted shows of the past decade.
John Noble as Walter Bishop is an absolute delight to watch in action. Never a dull moment with that guy!
And the season finales with the alternate universe...WOW!
(JJ does have a thing for alternate realities. Think he's gonna tie in Star Trek and LOST into a potential multiverse?)
But there's a mystery even more elusive than ZFT!
Why doesn't Agent Astrid Farnsworth get MORE screen time in Season One?
Jasika Nicole is an extremely-talented actress who easily holds her own on-screen with Noble, Joshua Jackson, and Anna Torv!
C'mon Abrams, give her some time outside the lab!
At least let her shoot somebody! :-)
Well, Season Two did get her out of the lab, and with the intro of Alternate Astrid,

things are developing for Jasika in Season Three! Yay!

Trivia: She's an amazingly-talented illustrator as well, as you'll see when you go to her homepage.
The previous tv series she was a regular cast member of, Return of Jezebel James, was canceled after only three episodes aired. The four remaining episodes were released on iTunes in 2008.

Genre appearances include...
Fringe
(Agent Astrid Farnsworth / Alternate Astrid Farnsworth)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent/Law & Order: Criminal Intent[VG] (Gisella)

Check out...
SpinOff Online Interview about Season 2 finale and Season 3!
Jasika's HomePage
TV Guide Interview
Fringe FanSite's Jasika section