Wu Chien-Lien

Wu Chien-Lien

55 · Born: Jul 3, 1968

Personal Details

Born Jul 3, 1968 Taipei, Taiwan

Biography

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.

Career

2004
Gong woo
Gong woo as Emily Hung
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1997
All's Well, Ends Well 1997
All's Well, Ends Well 1997 as Shenny
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1995
The Adventurers
The Adventurers as Crystal Lui 'Chan'
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The Phantom Lover
The Phantom Lover as Yun Yan
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Peace Hotel
Peace Hotel as Killer's wife
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1994
In Between
In Between as Icy (segment "Lie xing")
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Treasure Hunt
Treasure Hunt as Yung Hsiao Ching
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The Return of the God of Gamblers
The Return of the God of Gamblers as Siu Yiu-Yiu
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Eat Drink Man Woman
Eat Drink Man Woman as Jia-Chien
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1993
The Bare-Footed Kid
The Bare-Footed Kid as Lien
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A Moment of Romance II
A Moment of Romance II as Celia
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1991
Casino Raiders II
Casino Raiders II as Lin
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1990
A Moment of Romance
A Moment of Romance as Jo Jo
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