Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1968-07-03
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
Eat Drink Man Woman
as Jia-Chien
God of Gamblers' Return
as Little Guitar
A Moment of Romance
as Jo Jo
Peace Hotel
as Killer's Wife
All's Well, Ends Well '97
as Shenny
Beyond Hypothermia
as Shu Li Han
The Bare-Footed Kid
as Hua Huang Lien
Triad Underworld
as Mrs. Hung
Sorry Baby
as Liu Xiao Yun
Treasure Hunt
as Mei Xiao Qing