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Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien

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Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien

Born Jul 3, 1968 · 58 years60 titles 49 movies · 11 TV
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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.

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

Born

Jul 3, 1968

Taipei, Taiwan

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Roles across career

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Career timeline

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1990 1 title(s)

1991 2 title(s)

1992 2 title(s)

1993 3 title(s)

1994 10 title(s)

1995 6 title(s)

1996 2 title(s)

1997 6 title(s)

1998 2 title(s)

1999 3 title(s)

2001 1 title(s)

2003 1 title(s)

2004 6 title(s)

2005 10 title(s)

2006 2 title(s)

2010 1 title(s)

2012 1 title(s)

2013 1 title(s)