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Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien

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Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien

Born July 3, 1968 in Taipei, Taiwan49 films

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).

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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.

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Eat Drink Man Woman posterFirst watchEat Drink Man Woman19947.6as Jia-ChienRetired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached.View film

Essential films

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God of Gamblers' Return poster6.6God of Gamblers' Return1994A Moment of Romance poster7.2A Moment of Romance1990

Filmography

49 films as actor
  1. 2010大汉风4：英雄美人
  2. 2006大汉风18：霸王别姬
  3. 2005大汉风9：谋士范增
  4. 2005大汉风19：四面楚歌
  5. 2005大汉风1：群雄并起
  6. 2005大汉风5：破釜沉舟
  7. 2005大汉风16：荥阳对峙
  8. 2005No Retreat
  9. 2005Banquet at Hongmen
  10. 2005大汉风20：大风起兮
  11. 2004大汉风14：楚营为虏吕雉
  12. 2004大汉风15：韩信点兵
  13. 2004大汉风11：运筹帷幄
  14. 2004Jiang HuMrs. Hung
  15. 2004The Game of KillingJingwen
  16. 2003The Stories of Han Dynasty
  17. 1999Four Chefs and a Feast
  18. 1999Sorry BabyLiu Xiao Yun
  19. 1998Ninth HappinessChi Wan
  20. 1997IntruderYieh Siu-Yan
  21. 1997Dragon Town Story
  22. 1997Eighteen SpringsGu Manjing
  23. 1997Walk InLi Yee Wah
  24. 1997All's Well, End's Well '97Shenny
  25. 1996Beyond HypothermiaShu Li Han
  26. 1996A Moment of Romance IIITing Siu Wo
  27. 1995Only Fools Fall in LoveDee
  28. 1995The AdventurersCrystal Lui
  29. 1995The Phantom LoverDu Yunyan
  30. 1995Dream LoverKitty
  31. 1995Mean Street StorySue/Elaine/Siu Suen
  32. 1995Peace HotelPing's Wife
  33. 1994God of Gamblers' ReturnLittle Guitar
  34. 1994Oh! My Three Guys....Foh Mei / Fok May
  35. 1994How Deep Is Your Love
  36. 1994Beginner's LuckMay
  37. 1994To Live and Die in TsimshatsuiBo
  38. 1994Eat Drink Man WomanJia-Chien
  39. 1994The ReturningElaine / Siu Lau
  40. 1994Love and the CityJoJo
  41. 1994Treasure HuntMei Xiao Qing
  42. 1994In BetweenIcy
  43. 1993A Moment of Romance IICelia
  44. 1993The Bare-Footed KidHua Huang Lien
  45. 1993Top Cool
  46. 1992Three Summers
  47. 1991Casino Raiders IILin
  48. 1991The Royal ScoundrelYuk
  49. 1990A Moment of RomanceJo Jo