Jacklyn Wu


Jacklyn Wu Chien-lien is a Taiwanese actress and singer who began her career in Hong Kong.

Career

In 1990, Wu's acting career began. For her first acting role, Johnnie To cast her opposite Andy Lau in A Moment of Romance. Wu achieved international recognition for her role in award-winning director Ang Lee's 1994 feature film Eat Drink Man Woman, in which she played the second of three sisters.
Her most acclaimed role to date is in Ann Hui's Eighteen Springs, 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.

Discography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990'Jo Jo HuenNominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer
1991Royal ScoundrelYuk
1992Three Summers
1992'Celia
1993'Lien
1993Casino Raiders IILin
1994Beginner's LuckMay
1994Eat Drink Man WomanJia-chien
1994'Elaine / Siu-lauNominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
1994God of Gamblers ReturnsSiu Yiu-yiu
1994Love and the CityJo Jo
1994Treasure HuntMei
1994How Deep Is Your LoveSiu-fu
1994Oh! My Three GuysFok May
1994In BetweenIcy
1994To Live and Die in TsimshatsuiAh-bo
1995The AdventurersCrystal Lui 'Chan'
1995'YunyanChangchun Film Festival for Best Actress
1995Peace Hotelcameo
1995Only Fools Fall in LoveMong Dee
1995Mean Street StorySue
1995Dream LoverKitty
1996Beyond HypothermiaShu Lihan
1996'Ting Siu-wo
1997Eighteen SpringsGu ManzhenHong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
1997Walk InLi Yi-wah
1997All's Well, Ends Well 1997Shenny
1997IntruderYan
1997Dragon Town Story
1998Ninth Happiness
1999Sorry BabyLiu Xiaoyun
2002Venus
2004Jiang HuMrs Hung

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998'Xiaolongnü
2001'
2004'
2005'Lü Zhi
2005Ruan LingyuRuan Lingyu
2006Empress Dowager Feng of the Northern Wei DynastyEmpress Feng