Jacklyn Wu

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Jacklyn Wu
Born (1968-07-03) 3 July 1968 (age 55)
EducationTaipei National University of Arts (BA, Theatre Arts)
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1990–2007
SpouseTsao Sherman Mung (m. 2007-present)
Partner Tuo Tsung-hua (1987-1999)
Children1
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 吳倩蓮
Simplified Chinese 吴倩莲
Musical career
Also known asJacqueline Wu, Ng Sin-lin

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

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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), [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.

Discography

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 A Moment of Romance Jo Jo HuenNominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer
1991 The Royal Scoundrel Yuk
Casino Raiders II Lin
1992Three Summers
1993 A Moment of Romance II Celia
The Bare-Footed Kid Lien
1994Beginner's LuckMay
Eat Drink Man Woman Jia-chien
The ReturningElaine / Siu-lauNominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
God of Gamblers Returns Siu Yiu-yiu
Love and the CityJo Jo
Treasure Hunt Mei
How Deep Is Your LoveSiu-fu
Oh! My Three Guys Fok May
In Between Icy
To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui Ah-bo
1995 The Adventurers Crystal Lui 'Chan'
The Phantom Lover Yunyan Changchun Film Festival for Best Actress
Peace Hotel cameo
Only Fools Fall in LoveMong Dee
Mean Street StorySue
Dream LoverKitty
1996 Beyond Hypothermia Shu Lihan
A Moment of Romance III Ting Siu-wo
1997 Eighteen Springs [1] Gu Manzhen Hong 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 1997 Shenny
Intruder Yan
Dragon Town Story
1998Ninth Happiness
1999 Sorry Baby Liu Xiaoyun
2002Venus
2004 Jiang Hu Mrs Hung
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1997Beijing-Hong Kong Love Line
1998 The Return of the Condor Heroes Xiaolongnü
1999Love the sun, moon and stars
2000Gold tax month
The essence of money
2001Jigong legend
2002Millennium Love
2003Long autumn sky
2004Flower in dream
The Game of Killing
2005 The Story of Han Dynasty Lü Zhi
Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu
2006Empress Dowager Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty Empress Feng
Beautiful dream catcher
I wish I knew
2011Tang Dynasty Romantic Herocameo

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