Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien
Acting
Born: July 3, 1968 (age 58) · Taipei, Taiwan
Highest Rated
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
1994
God of Gamblers' Return
1994
A Moment of Romance
1990
All's Well, End's Well '97
1997
Peace Hotel
1995
The Bare-Footed Kid
1993
Jiang Hu
2004
Beyond Hypothermia
1996
Sorry Baby
1999
Eighteen Springs
1997
Treasure Hunt
1994
Intruder
1997
Photos (2)
Movies (47)
A Moment of Romance
Jo Jo
God of Gamblers' Return
Little Guitar
The Adventurers
Crystal Lui
Casino Raiders II
Lin
The Phantom Lover
Du Yunyan
The Bare-Footed Kid
Hua Huang Lien
Eat Drink Man Woman
Jia-Chien
Beyond Hypothermia
Shu Li Han
All's Well, End's Well '97
Shenny
Peace Hotel
Ping's Wife
The Royal Scoundrel
Yuk
A Moment of Romance III
Ting Siu Wo
Jiang Hu
Mrs. Hung
Treasure Hunt
Mei Xiao Qing
Mean Street Story
Sue/Elaine/Siu Suen
Walk In
Li Yee Wah
Sorry Baby
Liu Xiao Yun
The Returning
Elaine / Siu Lau
A Moment of Romance II
Celia
Love and the City
JoJo
Only Fools Fall in Love
Dee
大汉风1：群雄并起
2005
Dream Lover
Kitty
The Stories of Han Dynasty
2003
大汉风9：谋士范增
2005
Intruder
Yieh Siu-Yan
Dragon Town Story
1997
大汉风18：霸王别姬
2006
How Deep Is Your Love
1994
大汉风19：四面楚歌
2005
Eighteen Springs
Gu Manjing
The Game of Killing
Jingwen
Three Summers
1992
Ninth Happiness
Chi Wan
Beginner's Luck
May
Oh! My Three Guys....
Foh Mei / Fok May
To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui
Bo
In Between
Icy
大汉风14：楚营为虏
吕雉
大汉风20：大风起兮
2005
大汉风15：韩信点兵
2004
Banquet at Hongmen
2005
Four Chefs and a Feast
1999
No Retreat
2005
大汉风5：破釜沉舟
2005
大汉风4：英雄美人
2010
Top Cool
1993
TV Shows (11)
The Return of the Condor Heroes
Hsiao Lung Nu · 47 eps
Zen Master
42 eps
The Modern Love Story
1 eps
情牵日月星
桑若岚 · 20 eps
Beijing Hong Kong Love Connection
Fang Ming · 20 eps
Empress Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty
Empress Dowager Feng · 42 eps
Romantic Heroes of the Tang Dynasty
Ye Tianlian/Shu Qing · 38 eps
The Story of Han Dynasty
Lü Zhi · 50 eps
缘海情天
洪威 · 20 eps
Center Stage: Ruan Ling Yu
阮玲玉 · 30 eps
Autumn Water
20 eps