Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien
Known For
Acting
Born
1968-07-03 in Taipei, Taiwan
Biography
Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien, 吳倩蓮, sometimes also spelt Jacqueline Wu Chien-Lien (born July 3, 1968), is a Taiwanese actress and singer. She is best remembered by Western audiences for her role in Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), where she played the second of three sisters. She started her acting career when Johnnie To cast her opposite Andy Lau in A Moment of Romance (1990). Her most acclaimed role to date is in Ann Hui's Eighteen Springs (1997), for which she received a Hong Kong Film Award Best Actress nomination and won the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Best Actress Award. Wu has also acted in TV serials in Taiwan, China and Singapore. Since the turn of the millennium her output has dwindled. Her last film appearance was in 2004's Hong Kong movie Jiang Hu.
Most Known For
The Modern Love Story
Center Stage: Ruan Ling Yu
as 阮玲玉
The Return of the Condor Heroes
as Hsiao Lung Nu
Empress Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty
as Empress Dowager Feng
The Story of Han Dynasty
as Lü Zhi
Zen Master
Beijing Hong Kong Love Connection
as Fang Ming
A Moment of Romance
as Jo Jo
All's Well, End's Well '97
as Shenny
Romantic Heroes of the Tang Dynasty
as Ye Tianlian/Shu Qing
Eat Drink Man Woman
as Jia-Chien
缘海情天
as 洪威
God of Gamblers' Return
as Little Guitar
The Adventurers
as Crystal Lui
Peace Hotel
as Ping's Wife
情牵日月星
as 桑若岚
Jiang Hu
as Mrs. Hung
Treasure Hunt
as Mei Xiao Qing
The Bare-Footed Kid
as Hua Huang Lien
Love and the City
as JoJo