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
The Modern Love Story
The Return of the Condor Heroes
Zen Master
A Moment of Romance
God of Gamblers' Return
Eat Drink Man Woman
Beijing Hong Kong Love Connection
All's Well, End's Well '97
All Movies (49)
- 大汉风4：英雄美人2010
- 大汉风18：霸王别姬2006
- 大汉风9：谋士范增2005
- 大汉风19：四面楚歌2005
- 大汉风1：群雄并起2005
- 大汉风5：破釜沉舟2005
- 大汉风16：荥阳对峙2005
- No Retreat2005
- Banquet at Hongmen2005
- 大汉风20：大风起兮2005
- 大汉风14：楚营为虏2004 · as 吕雉
- 大汉风15：韩信点兵2004
- 大汉风11：运筹帷幄2004
- Jiang Hu2004 · as Mrs. Hung
- The Game of Killing2004 · as Jingwen
- The Stories of Han Dynasty2003
- Four Chefs and a Feast1999
- Sorry Baby1999 · as Liu Xiao Yun
- Ninth Happiness1998 · as Chi Wan
- Intruder1997 · as Yieh Siu-Yan
- Dragon Town Story1997
- Eighteen Springs1997 · as Gu Manjing
- Walk In1997 · as Li Yee Wah
- All's Well, End's Well '971997 · as Shenny
- Beyond Hypothermia1996 · as Shu Li Han
- A Moment of Romance III1996 · as Ting Siu Wo
- Only Fools Fall in Love1995 · as Mong Dai / Dee
- The Adventurers1995 · as Crystal Lui
- The Phantom Lover1995 · as Du Yunyan
- Dream Lover1995 · as Kitty
- Mean Street Story1995 · as Sue/Elaine/Siu Suen
- Peace Hotel1995 · as Ping's Wife
- God of Gamblers' Return1994 · as Little Guitar
- Oh! My Three Guys....1994 · as Foh Mei / Fok May
- How Deep Is Your Love1994
- Beginner's Luck1994 · as May
- To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui1994 · as Bo
- Eat Drink Man Woman1994 · as Jia-Chien
- The Returning1994 · as Elaine / Siu Lau
- Love and the City1994 · as JoJo
- Treasure Hunt1994 · as Mei Xiao Qing
- In Between1994 · as Icy
- A Moment of Romance II1993 · as Celia
- The Bare-Footed Kid1993 · as Hua Huang Lien
- Top Cool1993
- Three Summers1992
- Casino Raiders II1991 · as Lin
- The Royal Scoundrel1991 · as Yuk
- A Moment of Romance1990 · as Jo Jo
All TV Shows (11)
- Romantic Heroes of the Tang Dynasty2013 · as Ye Tianlian/Shu Qing
- 缘海情天2012 · as 洪威
- Empress Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty2006 · as Empress Dowager Feng
- Center Stage: Ruan Ling Yu2005 · as 阮玲玉
- The Story of Han Dynasty2005 · as Lü Zhi
- Autumn Water2004
- Zen Master2001
- 情牵日月星1999 · as 桑若岚
- The Return of the Condor Heroes1998 · as Hsiao Lung Nu
- Beijing Hong Kong Love Connection1997 · as Fang Ming
- The Modern Love Story1992