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Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien

Jul 03, 1968 (56 years old) in Taipei, Taiwan

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).

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.

Known For

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The Story of Han Dynasty
Lü Zhi
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Empress Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty
Empress Dowager Feng
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The Return of the Condor Heroes
Hsiao Lung Nu
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Autumn Water
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Zen Master
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Beijing Hong Kong Love Connection
Fang Ming
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The Modern Love Story
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God of Gamblers' Return
萧遥遥
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Center Stage: Ruan Ling Yu
阮玲玉
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Romantic Heroes of the Tang Dynasty
Ye Tian Lian/Shu Qing

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