Jacklyn Wu
| Jacklyn Wu | |||||||||
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| Chinese name | 吳倩蓮 (traditional) | ||||||||
| Chinese name | 吴倩莲 (simplified) | ||||||||
| Pinyin | Wú Qiànlián (Mandarin) | ||||||||
| Jyutping | Ng4 Sin3-lin4 (Cantonese) | ||||||||
| Born | 3 July 1968 Yuanchang Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan |
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| Other name(s) | Jacqueline Wu, Ng Sin-lin | ||||||||
| Occupation | Actress, singer | ||||||||
| Years active | 1990–2005 | ||||||||
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Jacklyn Wu Chien-lien (born 3 July 1968) is a Taiwanese actress and singer who started her career in Hong Kong. She is best known to 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 television series produced in Taiwan, mainland China, and Singapore. Since the turn of the millennium her output has dwindled. Her last film appearance was in the 2004 Hong Kong film Jiang Hu.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | A Moment of Romance | Jo Jo Huen | Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer |
| 1991 | Royal Scoundrel | Yuk | |
| 1992 | Three Summers | ||
| 1992 | A Moment of Romance II | Celia | |
| 1993 | The Bare-Footed Kid | Lien | |
| 1993 | Casino Raiders II | Lin | |
| 1994 | Beginner's Luck | May | |
| 1994 | Eat Drink Man Woman | Jia-chien | |
| 1994 | The Returning | Elaine / Siu-lau | Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress |
| 1994 | God of Gamblers Returns | Siu Yiu-yiu | |
| 1994 | Love and the City | Jo Jo | |
| 1994 | Treasure Hunt | Mei | |
| 1994 | How Deep Is Your Love | Siu-fu | |
| 1994 | Oh! My Three Guys | Fok May | |
| 1994 | In Between | Icy | |
| 1994 | To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui | Ah-bo | |
| 1995 | The Adventurers | Crystal Lui 'Chan' | |
| 1995 | The Phantom Lover | Yunyan | Changchun Film Festival for Best Actress |
| 1995 | Peace Hotel | cameo | |
| 1995 | Only Fools Fall in Love | Mong Dee | |
| 1995 | Mean Street Story | Sue | |
| 1995 | Dream Lover | Kitty | |
| 1996 | Beyond Hypothermia | Shu Lihan | |
| 1996 | A Moment of Romance III | Ting Siu-wo | |
| 1997 | Eighteen Springs | Gu Manzhen | Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress |
| 1997 | Walk In | Li Yi-wah | |
| 1997 | All's Well, Ends Well 1997 | Shenny | |
| 1997 | Intruder | Yan | |
| 1997 | Dragon Town Story | ||
| 1998 | Ninth Happiness | ||
| 1999 | Sorry Baby | Liu Xiaoyun | |
| 2002 | Venus | ||
| 2004 | Jiang Hu | Mrs Hung |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Return of the Condor Heroes | Xiaolongnü | |
| 2001 | The Colour of Money | ||
| 2004 | The Game of Killing | ||
| 2005 | The Story of Han Dynasty | Lü Zhi | |
| 2005 | Ruan Lingyu | Ruan Lingyu | |
| 2006 | Empress Dowager Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty | Empress Feng (Wencheng) |
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- Hong Kong film actresses
- Taiwanese film actresses
- TVB actors
- People from Yunlin County
- 20th-century Taiwanese actresses
- 21st-century Taiwanese actresses
