Jacklyn Wu Explained

Jacklyn Wu
Birth Date:1968 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Yuanchang, Yunlin County, Taiwan
Education:Taipei National University of Arts (BA, Theatre Arts)
Occupation:Actress, singer
Years Active:1990–2007
Spouse:Tsao Sherman Mung (m. 2007-present)
Partner:Tuo Tsung-hua (1987-1999)
Children:1
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Alias:Jacqueline Wu, Ng Sin-lin

Jacklyn Wu Chien-lien (born 3 July 1968) is a Taiwanese actress and singer. She retired after marriage in 2007.

Career

Wu's acting career began as Johnnie To cast her to star opposite Andy Lau in A Moment of Romance (1990). Wu achieved international recognition for her role in Ang Lee's award-winning film Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), in which she plays the second of three sisters. Her most acclaimed role 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.

Since the turn of the millennium, she shifted her career focus to mainland China.

In 2007, Wu married her boyfriend, who worked in pharmaceutical business, in Las Vegas. She has since retired from show business, except a cameo in a Chinese TV series in 2011.

Discography

Filmography

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

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Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1997Beijing-Hong Kong Love LineFang Ming
1998Xiaolongnü
1999Love the sun, moon and starsTsai Jo-lan
2000Gold Tax MonthEllen
The Essence of MoneyHsiao Chien
2001Jigong legendLing Hsiao-tsui
2002Millennium LoveHung Wei
2003Long Autumn SkyFang Lin
2004Flower in DreamShen I-ting
The Game of Killing
2005Lü Zhi
Ruan LingyuRuan Lingyu
2006Empress Dowager Feng of the Northern Wei DynastyEmpress Feng
Beautiful Dream CatcherTsui Hsiu
I Wish I KnewYu-lien
2011Tang Dynasty Romantic HeroYeh Tang-liencameo