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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

2013
Romantic Heroes of the Tang Dynasty

as    Ye Tian Lian/Shu Qing

2012
缘海情天

as    洪威

2006
Empress Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty

as    Empress Dowager Feng

2005
The Story of Han Dynasty

as    Lü Zhi

2005
Center Stage: Ruan Ling Yu

as    阮玲玉

2004
The Game of Killing

as    Jingwen

2004
Jiang Hu

as    Mrs. Hung

1999
Sorry Baby

as    Liu Xiao Yun

1999
情牵日月星

as    桑若岚

1998
Ninth Happiness

as    Chi Wan

1998
The Return of the Condor Heroes

as    Hsiao Lung Nu

1997
Beijing Hong Kong Love Connection

as    Fang Ming

1997
Eighteen Springs

as    Gu Manjing

1997
Walk In

as    Li Yee Wah

1997
All's Well, Ends Well '97

as    Shenny

1997
Intruder

as    Yieh Siu-Yan

1996
Beyond Hypothermia

as    Shu Li Han

1996
A Moment of Romance III

as    Ting Siu Wo

1995
The Adventurers

as    Crystal Lui

1995
The Phantom Lover

as    Du Yunyan

1995
Dream Lover

as    Kitty

1995
Only Fools Fall in Love

as    Mong Dai / Dee

1995
Peace Hotel

as    Ping's Wife