Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien
Acting
Born July 3, 1968, Taipei, 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. 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
- Romantic Heroes of the Tang Dynasty — Ye Tianlian/Shu Qing
- 缘海情天 — 洪威
- 2010大汉风4：英雄美人
- Empress Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty — Empress Dowager Feng
- 2006大汉风18：霸王别姬
- 2005Banquet at Hongmen
- Center Stage: Ruan Ling Yu — 阮玲玉
- 2005No Retreat
- The Story of Han Dynasty — Lü Zhi
- 2005大汉风16：荥阳对峙
- 2005大汉风19：四面楚歌
- 2005大汉风1：群雄并起
- 2005大汉风20：大风起兮
- 2005大汉风5：破釜沉舟
- 2005大汉风9：谋士范增
- Autumn Water
- 2004Jiang Hu — Mrs. Hung
- 2004The Game of Killing — Jingwen
- 2004大汉风11：运筹帷幄
- 2004大汉风14：楚营为虏 — 吕雉
- 2004大汉风15：韩信点兵
- 2003The Stories of Han Dynasty
- Zen Master
- 1999Four Chefs and a Feast
- 1999Sorry Baby — Liu Xiao Yun
- 情牵日月星 — 桑若岚
- 1998Ninth Happiness — Chi Wan
- The Return of the Condor Heroes — Hsiao Lung Nu
- 1997All's Well, End's Well '97 — Shenny
- Beijing Hong Kong Love Connection — Fang Ming
- 1997Dragon Town Story
- 1997Eighteen Springs — Gu Manjing
- 1997Intruder — Yieh Siu-Yan
- 1997Walk In — Li Yee Wah
- 1996A Moment of Romance III — Ting Siu Wo
- 1996Beyond Hypothermia — Shu Li Han
- 1995Dream Lover — Kitty
- 1995Mean Street Story — Sue/Elaine/Siu Suen
- 1995Only Fools Fall in Love — Dee
- 1995Peace Hotel — Ping's Wife
- 1995The Adventurers — Crystal Lui
- 1995The Phantom Lover — Du Yunyan
- 1994Beginner's Luck — May
- 1994Eat Drink Man Woman — Jia-Chien
- 1994God of Gamblers' Return — Little Guitar
- 1994How Deep Is Your Love
- 1994In Between — Icy
- 1994Love and the City — JoJo
- 1994Oh! My Three Guys.... — Foh Mei / Fok May
- 1994The Returning — Elaine / Siu Lau
- 1994To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui — Bo
- 1994Treasure Hunt — Mei Xiao Qing
- 1993A Moment of Romance II — Celia
- 1993The Bare-Footed Kid — Hua Huang Lien
- 1993Top Cool
- The Modern Love Story
- 1992Three Summers
- 1991Casino Raiders II — Lin
- 1991The Royal Scoundrel — Yuk
- 1990A Moment of Romance — Jo Jo