Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien
Known for ActingBorn 1968-07-03Taipei, Taiwan
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.
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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
God of Gamblers' Return
1994 · as Little Guitar
Eat Drink Man Woman
1994 · as Jia-Chien
A Moment of Romance
1990 · as Jo Jo
The Stories of Han Dynasty
2003
All's Well, End's Well '97
1997 · as Shenny
A Moment of Romance II
1993 · as Celia
The Adventurers
1995 · as Crystal Lui
Treasure Hunt
1994 · as Mei Xiao Qing
Peace Hotel
1995 · as Ping's Wife
Banquet at Hongmen
2005
The Bare-Footed Kid
1993 · as Hua Huang Lien
The Phantom Lover
1995 · as Du Yunyan
Eighteen Springs
1997 · as Gu Manjing
Jiang Hu
2004 · as Mrs. Hung
Sorry Baby
1999 · as Liu Xiao Yun
Casino Raiders II
1991 · as Lin
Mean Street Story
1995 · as Sue/Elaine/Siu Suen
大汉风20：大风起兮
2005