Jacklyn Wu | |||||||||||
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Born | Yuanchang, Yunlin County, Taiwan | 3 July 1968||||||||||
Education | Taipei National University of Arts (BA, Theatre Arts) | ||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Actress, singer | ||||||||||
Years active | 1990–2007 | ||||||||||
Spouse | Tsao Sherman Mung (m. 2007-present) | ||||||||||
Partner | Tuo Tsung-hua (1987-1999) | ||||||||||
Children | 1 | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 吳倩蓮 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 吴倩莲 | ||||||||||
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Musical career | |||||||||||
Also known as | 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.
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), [1] 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.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Beijing-Hong Kong Love Line | ||
1998 | The Return of the Condor Heroes | Xiaolongnü | |
1999 | Love the sun, moon and stars | ||
2000 | Gold tax month | ||
The essence of money | |||
2001 | Jigong legend | ||
2002 | Millennium Love | ||
2003 | Long autumn sky | ||
2004 | Flower in dream | ||
The Game of Killing | |||
2005 | The Story of Han Dynasty | Lü Zhi | |
Ruan Lingyu | Ruan Lingyu | ||
2006 | Empress Dowager Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty | Empress Feng | |
Beautiful dream catcher | |||
I wish I knew | |||
2011 | Tang Dynasty Romantic Hero | cameo |
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