Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien
Date of birth: 1968-07-03
Place of birth: Taipei, Taiwan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ng Sin-Lin, Wu Chien-Lien, Jacklyn Wu, 오천련, Jacklyn Ng Sin-Lin, 吳倩蓮, 吴倩莲, 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.
Movie Credits
Eighteen Springs
1997-09-12
In 1930s Shanghai, a young office girl falls in love with a factory worker in the same company.
Jiang Hu
2004-05-26
When Triad leader Hung considers leaving the world of the gangsters, a brutal war begins in the worl
No Retreat
2005-06-15
Po Fu Chen Zhou is a re-enactment of the most fascinating Chinese historical legend. Mainland famous
Treasure Hunt
1994-01-29
A C.I.A. agent is assigned to go to Beijing to look for a hidden "treasure," which turns out to be a
Beyond Hypothermia
1996-09-20
A mysterious and highly successful hitwoman in Hong Kong is paid to assassinate top-level crime boss
A Moment of Romance
1990-06-14
After a young Triad member takes an upper-class girl hostage during his escape from a jewelry heist,
God of Gamblers' Return
1994-12-15
Ko Chun, the God of Gamblers, vows to keep his identity hidden while looking for the gangsters who
Banquet at Hongmen
2005-04-11
A retelling of the fateful Feast at Swan Goose Gate, a historical event that involved two rebel lead
The Game of Killing
2004-04-01
Killing games are quite popular among young people. Seven friends played this game in the bar. Unfor
Sorry Baby
1999-02-09
The film tells of the attempts made by a Beijing van driver to obtain his wage arrears from travel a
Casino Raiders II
1991-06-13
Chicken Feet assists in running an honorable gambling den owned by the crippled Uncle Fan and his so
Top Cool
1993-01-01
After training in the United States, instructor Yu Da-peng comes back to Taiwan to train the first b
A Moment of Romance III
1996-03-28
Lau Tin Wai is a fighter pilot in the Chinese airforce who is forced to ditch in a field; he is take
Intruder
1997-11-29
A mainland Chinese girl is, with her husband, a wanted criminal and they have to get to Hong Kong in
A Moment of Romance II
1993-06-11
A street racer encounters a mainland courtesan under an extraordinary circumstances. A moment of Rom
In Between
1994-01-06
Three flatmates share a luxury flat. A philandering hairdresser meets his match. A young stockbroker
Only Fools Fall in Love
1995-09-28
Poor girl meets rich boy as they quarrel over a food seller's once a year delicacy. His brother pay
The Bare-Footed Kid
1993-04-03
A poor barefoot young man from the country arrives in the city to start work with the friend of his
To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui
1994-08-13
An undercover cop finds himself tortured by his life among the triads. He’s locked into his job with
The Returning
1994-07-30
Chung has a book project that will make his career in publishing: a collector's edition of the work
Beginner's Luck
1994-09-29
Lau and Chow are roommates and they both dream to strike it rich at the races. They invent a device
Three Summers
1992-09-18
Three Summers opens, a young man with a difficult past leaves his present home in the city of Hong K
Love and the City
1994-06-09
A young mobster falls in love with the young head gang's girlfriend.
Oh! My Three Guys....
1994-12-01
Young gay men in Hong Kong. Hoi, Fa, and Kau have been friends since Third Form. They're now young g
Dream Lover
1995-06-17
Cheung Ka Shing, an inventor who participates in illegal road races in his spare time. Their relatio
The Phantom Lover
1995-07-22
In 1936 China, a nearly bankrupt drama troupe starts performing in a burned-out theater where the gr
All's Well, Ends Well '97
1997-02-06
Old Mr. Lo has three sons and the youngest one Lo Kung is his favorite. However, Kung does nothing b
The Adventurers
1995-08-02
After the murder of his parents and sister at the hands of the villianous gun-running billionaire Ra
Peace Hotel
1995-04-12
After his wife's murder, Ping sets up a Peace Hotel to act as a sanctuary for anyone who needs prote
Mean Street Story
1995-05-06
Miu (Ekin Cheng) grew up on Temple Street, where most of the gangsters in the area gathered, but he
The Royal Scoundrel
1991-01-10
Beach Boy is a maverick cop whose unorthodox and incompetent ways are frowned upon by his uptight su
Walk In
1997-04-19
The "walk in" of the title refers to one person allowing another's soul to take possession of his bo
Four Chefs and a Feast
1999-05-01
Fifty years after partners in a prestigious Shanghai restaurant split, others try to restore it to i
Dragon Town Story
1997-11-13
A woman works with an assassin to get revenge upon the man who murdered her family nine years earlie
The Stories of Han Dynasty
2003-01-01
Po Fu Chen Zhou is a re-enactment of the most fascinating Chinese historical legend. Mainland famous
How Deep Is Your Love
1994-10-06
David's lover has died and his Lovers Sister is coming back from America to tie up loose ends. David
Ninth Happiness
1998-02-14
Choi Hung village is full of innocents: people sing and work. The town beauty, Chi Wan, sees a stran
大汉风20：大风起兮
2005-01-01
Eat Drink Man Woman
1994-08-03
Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive da
大汉风4：英雄美人
2010-06-10
大汉风18：霸王别姬
2006-10-10
大汉风1：群雄并起
2005-08-03