Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien
Actor
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.
Filmography
God of Gamblers' Return
as Little Guitar 1994
A Moment of Romance
as Jo Jo 1990
All's Well, Ends Well '97
as Shenny 1997
Peace Hotel
as Ping's Wife 1995
Jiang Hu
as Mrs. Hung 2004
Beyond Hypothermia
as Shu Li Han 1996
The Bare-Footed Kid
as Hua Huang Lien 1993
Sorry Baby
as Liu Xiao Yun 1999
Treasure Hunt
as Mei Xiao Qing 1994
Intruder
as Yieh Siu-Yan 1997
Eighteen Springs
as Gu Manjing 1997
The Adventurers
as Crystal Lui 1995
A Moment of Romance II
as Celia 1993
Casino Raiders II
as Lin 1991
The Phantom Lover
as Du Yunyan 1995
A Moment of Romance III
as Ting Siu Wo 1996