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Wu Chien-Lien

Wu Chien-Lien

Birthday: 1968-07-03 | Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan

Jacklyn Wu Chien-lien, sometimes also spelt Jacqueline Wu (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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chien-lien Wu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1997
Eighteen Springs

as    Gu Manjing

1997
Intruder

as    Yieh Siu-Yan

1996
A Moment of Romance III

as    Ting Siu-Wo

1995
Peace Hotel

as    Killer's wife

1994
The Returning

as    Elaine / Siu Lau

1994
In Between

as    Icy

1994
Eat Drink Man Woman

as    Jia-Chien

1994
God of Gamblers' Return

as    Little Guitar

1994
Treasure Hunt

as    Mei Xiao Qing

1993
A Moment of Romance II

as    Celia

1991
Casino Raiders II

as    Lin

1990
A Moment of Romance

as    Jo Jo