Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
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. 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.