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Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien

Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien

Acting
Born: 1968-07-03
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.

Known For

51 Works
The Modern Love Story
10.0

The Modern Love Story

1992

tv

The Return of the Condor Heroes
6.0

The Return of the Condor Heroes

1998

tv

The Adventurers
5.8

The Adventurers

1995

movie

Eat Drink Man Woman
7.6

Eat Drink Man Woman

1994

movie

Zen Master

Zen Master

2001

tv

God of Gamblers' Return
6.6

God of Gamblers' Return

1994

movie

Center Stage: Ruan Ling Yu

Center Stage: Ruan Ling Yu

2005

tv

Beijing Hong Kong Love Connection

Beijing Hong Kong Love Connection

1997

tv

A Moment of Romance
7.1

A Moment of Romance

1990

movie

情牵日月星

情牵日月星

1999

tv

All's Well, End's Well '97
6.4

All's Well, End's Well '97

1997

movie

缘海情天

缘海情天

2012

tv