Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
July 3, 1968 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Taipei, Taiwan
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
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.
Acting
Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien has 60 acting credits
2006
2005
Center Stage: Ruan Ling Yu (TV)
2005
as 阮玲玉
大汉风9：谋士范增
2005
as Unknown Role
大汉风19：四面楚歌
2005
as Unknown Role
大汉风1：群雄并起
2005
as Unknown Role
大汉风5：破釜沉舟
2005
as Unknown Role
大汉风16：荥阳对峙
2005
as Unknown Role
No Retreat
2005
as Unknown Role
The Story of Han Dynasty (TV)
2005
as Lü Zhi
Banquet at Hongmen
2005
as Unknown Role
大汉风20：大风起兮
2005
as Unknown Role
2004
1997
1995
1994
God of Gamblers' Return
1994
as Little Guitar
Oh! My Three Guys....
1994
as Foh Mei / Fok May
How Deep Is Your Love
1994
as Unknown Role
Beginner's Luck
1994
as May
To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui
1994
as Bo
Eat Drink Man Woman
1994
as Jia-Chien
The Returning
1994
as Elaine / Siu Lau
Love and the City
1994
as JoJo
Treasure Hunt
1994
as Mei Xiao Qing
In Between
1994
as Icy
