Acting
Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien
Also Known As: Ng Sin-Lin, Wu Chien-Lien, Jacklyn Wu
Birth Date
July 3, 1968
(58 years old)
Place of Birth
Taipei, Taiwan
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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.
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The Return of the Condor Heroes
Hsiao Lung Nu
1998 • 47 episodes
Zen Master
2001 • 42 episodes
The Modern Love Story
1992 • 1 episode
Eat Drink Man Woman
Jia-Chien
1994
A Moment of Romance
Jo Jo
1990
Empress Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty
Empress Dowager Feng
2006 • 42 episodes
情牵日月星
桑若岚
1999 • 20 episodes
Center Stage: Ruan Ling Yu
阮玲玉
2005 • 30 episodes
God of Gamblers' Return
Little Guitar
1994
Beijing Hong Kong Love Connection
Fang Ming
1997 • 20 episodes
The Story of Han Dynasty
Lü Zhi
2005 • 50 episodes
缘海情天
洪威
2012 • 20 episodes
Casino Raiders II
Lin
1991
A Moment of Romance II
Celia
1993
Romantic Heroes of the Tang Dynasty
Ye Tianlian/Shu Qing
2013 • 38 episodes
All's Well, End's Well '97
Shenny
1997
A Moment of Romance III
Ting Siu Wo
1996
Beyond Hypothermia
Shu Li Han
1996
The Adventurers
Crystal Lui
1995
The Bare-Footed Kid
Hua Huang Lien
1993