Biography
Jacklyn Wu Chien-lien (born 3 July 1968) is a Taiwanese actress and singer. She began her acting career in 1990 when Johnnie To cast her opposite Andy Lau in A Moment of Romance. She is known internationally for her role as Jia-Chien in Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman (1994).
Her most acclaimed performance came in Ann Hui's Eighteen Springs (1997), for which she received a Hong Kong Film Award nomination for Best Actress and won the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress. Wu has also appeared in films such as God of Gamblers' Return (1994) and Peace Hotel (1995), and in television series produced in Taiwan, China and Singapore.
She graduated with a degree in theatre arts from Taipei National University of the Arts. Wu's film output decreased after 2000; she married in 2007 and largely retired from acting.
