Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien
Acting • Born 1968-07-03
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
53 credits
Eighteen Springs
Movie • 1997
Gu Manjing
Jiang Hu
Movie • 2004
Mrs. Hung
No Retreat
Movie • 2005
Treasure Hunt
Movie • 1994
Mei Xiao Qing
Beyond Hypothermia
Movie • 1996
Shu Li Han
A Moment of Romance
Movie • 1990
Jo Jo
God of Gamblers' Return
Movie • 1994
Little Guitar
Banquet at Hongmen
Movie • 2005
The Game of Killing
Movie • 2004
Jingwen
Sorry Baby
Movie • 1999
Liu Xiao Yun
Casino Raiders II
Movie • 1991
Lin
Top Cool
Movie • 1993
A Moment of Romance III
Movie • 1996
Ting Siu Wo
Intruder
Movie • 1997
Yieh Siu-Yan
A Moment of Romance II
Movie • 1993
Celia
In Between
Movie • 1994
Icy
Only Fools Fall in Love
Movie • 1995
Mong Dai / Dee
The Bare-Footed Kid
Movie • 1993
Hua Huang Lien
To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui
Movie • 1994
Bo
The Returning
Movie • 1994
Elaine / Siu Lau
Three Summers
Movie • 1992
Beginner's Luck
Movie • 1994
May
Love and the City
Movie • 1994
JoJo
Oh! My Three Guys....
Movie • 1994
Foh Mei / Fok May
Dream Lover
Movie • 1995
Kitty
The Phantom Lover
Movie • 1995
Du Yunyan
All's Well, End's Well '97
Movie • 1997
Shenny
The Adventurers
Movie • 1995
Crystal Lui
Peace Hotel
Movie • 1995
Ping's Wife
Mean Street Story
Movie • 1995
Sue/Elaine/Siu Suen
The Royal Scoundrel
Movie • 1991
Yuk
Walk In
Movie • 1997
Li Yee Wah
Four Chefs and a Feast
Movie • 1999
How Deep Is Your Love
Movie • 1994
Dragon Town Story
Movie • 1997
The Stories of Han Dynasty
Movie • 2003
Ninth Happiness
Movie • 1998
Chi Wan
大汉风20：大风起兮
Movie • 2005
Eat Drink Man Woman
Movie • 1994
Jia-Chien
大汉风4：英雄美人
Movie • 2010
大汉风18：霸王别姬
Movie • 2006
大汉风1：群雄并起
Movie • 2005
Autumn Water
TV • 2004
Beijing Hong Kong Love Connection
TV • 1997
Fang Ming
Zen Master
TV • 2001
Empress Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty
TV • 2006
Empress Dowager Feng
The Modern Love Story
TV • 1992
Center Stage: Ruan Ling Yu
TV • 2005
阮玲玉
Romantic Heroes of the Tang Dynasty
TV • 2013
Ye Tianlian/Shu Qing
The Story of Han Dynasty
TV • 2005
Lü Zhi
The Return of the Condor Heroes
TV • 1998
Hsiao Lung Nu
情牵日月星
TV • 1999
桑若岚
缘海情天
TV • 2012
洪威