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

Romantic Heroes of the Tang Dynasty 2013
缘海情天 2012
Empress Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty 2006
Center Stage: Ruan Ling Yu 2005
The Story of Han Dynasty 2005 ★ 6.0
Jiang Hu 2004 ★ 6.2
The Stories of Han Dynasty 2003 ★ 8.0
Zen Master 2001
情牵日月星 1999
The Return of the Condor Heroes 1998 ★ 6.0
All's Well, End's Well '97 1997 ★ 6.4
Beijing Hong Kong Love Connection 1997
A Moment of Romance III 1996 ★ 5.2
The Adventurers 1995 ★ 5.8
Peace Hotel 1995 ★ 5.9
Only Fools Fall in Love 1995 ★ 6.9
Eat Drink Man Woman 1994 ★ 7.6
God of Gamblers' Return 1994 ★ 6.6
Treasure Hunt 1994 ★ 5.9
The Bare-Footed Kid 1993 ★ 6.2
A Moment of Romance II 1993 ★ 5.7
The Modern Love Story 1992 ★ 10.0
Casino Raiders II 1991 ★ 6.3
A Moment of Romance 1990 ★ 7.2