Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien
ActingAlso Known As
Ng Sin-Lin, Wu Chien-Lien, Jacklyn Wu, 오천련, Jacklyn Ng Sin-Lin
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.
Movies
(42 total)
Eat Drink Man Woman
as Jia-Chien
God of Gamblers' Return
as Little Guitar
A Moment of Romance
as Jo Jo
All's Well, End's Well '97
as Shenny
Peace Hotel
as Ping's Wife
Jiang Hu
as Mrs. Hung
Beyond Hypothermia
as Shu Li Han
Sorry Baby
as Liu Xiao Yun
The Bare-Footed Kid
as Hua Huang Lien
Eighteen Springs
as Gu Manjing
Treasure Hunt
as Mei Xiao Qing
Intruder
as Yieh Siu-Yan
The Adventurers
as Crystal Lui
Casino Raiders II
as Lin
A Moment of Romance II
as Celia
The Phantom Lover
as Du Yunyan
Only Fools Fall in Love
as Mong Dai / Dee
A Moment of Romance III
as Ting Siu Wo
Ninth Happiness
as Chi Wan
TV Shows
(11 total)
The Story of Han Dynasty
as Lü Zhi
The Return of the Condor Heroes
as Hsiao Lung Nu
Beijing Hong Kong Love Connection
as Fang Ming
Empress Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty
as Empress Dowager Feng
Romantic Heroes of the Tang Dynasty
as Ye Tianlian/Shu Qing
情牵日月星
as 桑若岚
缘海情天
as 洪威