Name
Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1968-07-03 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
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
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After a young Triad member takes an upper-class girl hostage during his escape from a jewe...
6.6
Ko Chun, the God of Gamblers, vows to keep his identity hidden while looking for the gang...
7.606
Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three att...
6.402
Old Mr. Lo has three sons and the youngest one Lo Kung is his favorite. However, Kung does...
5.909
A C.I.A. agent is assigned to go to Beijing to look for a hidden "treasure," which turns o...
5.9
After his wife's murder, Ping sets up a Peace Hotel to act as a sanctuary for anyone who n...
5.7
A street racer encounters a mainland courtesan under an extraordinary circumstances. A mom...
6.3
A poor barefoot young man from the country arrives in the city to start work with the frie...
5.833
After the murder of his parents and sister at the hands of the villianous gun-running bill...
- 1997 Eighteen Springs as Gu Manjing
- 2004 Jiang Hu as Mrs. Hung
- 2005 No Retreat
- 1994 Treasure Hunt as Mei Xiao Qing
- 1996 Beyond Hypothermia as Shu Li Han
- 1990 A Moment of Romance as Jo Jo
- 1994 God of Gamblers' Return as Little Guitar
- 2005 Banquet at Hongmen
- 2004 The Game of Killing as Jingwen
- 1999 Sorry Baby as Liu Xiao Yun
- 1991 Casino Raiders II as Lin
- 1993 Top Cool
- 1996 A Moment of Romance III as Ting Siu Wo
- 1997 Intruder as Yieh Siu-Yan
- 1993 A Moment of Romance II as Celia
- 1994 In Between as Icy
- 1995 Only Fools Fall in Love as Mong Dai / Dee
- 1993 The Bare-Footed Kid as Hua Huang Lien
- 1994 To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui as Bo
- 1994 The Returning as Elaine / Siu Lau
- 1994 Beginner's Luck as May
- 1992 Three Summers
- 1994 Love and the City as JoJo
- 1994 Oh! My Three Guys.... as Foh Mei / Fok May
- 1995 Dream Lover as Kitty
- 1995 The Phantom Lover as Du Yunyan
- 1997 All's Well, End's Well '97 as Shenny
- 1995 The Adventurers as Crystal Lui
- 1995 Peace Hotel as Ping's Wife
- 1995 Mean Street Story as Sue/Elaine/Siu Suen
- 1991 The Royal Scoundrel as Yuk
- 1997 Walk In as Li Yee Wah
- 1999 Four Chefs and a Feast
- 1997 Dragon Town Story
- 2003 The Stories of Han Dynasty
- 1994 How Deep Is Your Love
- 1998 Ninth Happiness as Chi Wan
- 2005 大汉风20：大风起兮
- 1994 Eat Drink Man Woman as Jia-Chien
- 2010 大汉风4：英雄美人
- 2006 大汉风18：霸王别姬
- 2005 大汉风1：群雄并起
- 2005 大汉风5：破釜沉舟
- 2004 大汉风14：楚营为虏 as 吕雉
- 2005 大汉风9：谋士范增
- 2005 大汉风19：四面楚歌
- 2004 大汉风15：韩信点兵
- 2004 大汉风11：运筹帷幄
- 2005 大汉风16：荥阳对峙
- 2004 Autumn Water ( 20 episodes )
- 1997 Beijing Hong Kong Love Connection ( 20 episodes ) as Fang Ming
- 2001 Zen Master ( 42 episodes )
- 2006 Empress Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty ( 42 episodes ) as Empress Dowager Feng
- 1992 The Modern Love Story ( 1 episode )
- 2005 Center Stage: Ruan Ling Yu ( 30 episodes ) as 阮玲玉
- 2013 Romantic Heroes of the Tang Dynasty ( 38 episodes ) as Ye Tianlian/Shu Qing
- 2005 The Story of Han Dynasty ( 50 episodes ) as Lü Zhi
- 1998 The Return of the Condor Heroes ( 47 episodes ) as Hsiao Lung Nu
- 1999 情牵日月星 ( 20 episodes ) as 桑若岚
- 2012 缘海情天 ( 20 episodes ) as 洪威
