Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien
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Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien

Born 3 July 1968 · Taipei, Taiwan
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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

Eat Drink Man Woman
God of Gamblers' Return
A Moment of Romance
All's Well, End's Well '97
Peace Hotel
The Bare-Footed Kid
Beyond Hypothermia
Jiang Hu
Sorry Baby
Eighteen Springs
Intruder
Treasure Hunt
大汉风4:英雄美人
大汉风18:霸王别姬
No Retreat
Banquet at Hongmen
大汉风20:大风起兮
大汉风1:群雄并起
大汉风5:破釜沉舟
大汉风9:谋士范增
大汉风19:四面楚歌
Jiang Hu
The Game of Killing
大汉风14:楚营为虏
大汉风15:韩信点兵
The Stories of Han Dynasty
Sorry Baby
Four Chefs and a Feast
Ninth Happiness
Eighteen Springs
Intruder
All's Well, End's Well '97
Walk In
Dragon Town Story
Beyond Hypothermia
A Moment of Romance III
Only Fools Fall in Love
Dream Lover
The Phantom Lover
The Adventurers
Peace Hotel
Mean Street Story
Treasure Hunt
God of Gamblers' Return
In Between
To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui
The Returning
Beginner's Luck
Love and the City
Oh! My Three Guys....
How Deep Is Your Love
Eat Drink Man Woman
Top Cool
A Moment of Romance II
The Bare-Footed Kid
Three Summers
Casino Raiders II
The Royal Scoundrel
A Moment of Romance
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