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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1968-07-03 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Taipei, Taiwan

Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien

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.

Known For

Acting

2013

Romantic Heroes of the Tang Dynasty as Ye Tian Lian/Shu Qing

2012

缘海情天 as 洪威

2006

2005

2004

2003

2001

1999

1998

1997

1996

Beyond Hypothermia as Shu Li Han

1995

Only Fools Fall in Love as Mong Dai / Dee
Dream Lover as Kitty
The Phantom Lover as Du Yunyan
The Adventurers as Crystal Lui
Peace Hotel as Ping's Wife
Mean Street Story as Sue/Elaine/Siu Suen

1994

1993

1992

1991

1990

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