Wu Chien-Lien

Wu Chien-Lien

Jacklyn Wu Chien-lien, sometimes also spelt Jacqueline Wu (born July 3, 1968), is a Taiwanese actress and singer. She is best remembered by Western audiences for her role in Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), where she played the second of three sisters. She started her acting career when Johnnie To cast her opposite Andy Lau in A Moment of Romance (1990). Her most acclaimed role to date 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. Wu has also acted in TV serials in Taiwan, China and Singapore. Since the turn of the millennium her output has dwindled. Her last film appearance was in 2004's Hong Kong movie Jiang Hu.

  • Title: Wu Chien-Lien
  • Popularity: 13.487
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1968-07-03
  • Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Also Known As: Ng Sin-Lin, Wu Chien-Lin, Jacklyn Wu Chien-lien, Wu Chien-Lien, Jacklyn Wu, 오천련, Jacklyn Ng Sin-Lin
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Wu Chien-Lien Movies

  • 1994
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    Eat Drink Man Woman

    Eat Drink Man Woman

    7.565 1994 HD

    A retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu and his family live in modern day Taipei, Taiwan. He lives with his three attractive daughters, all of...

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  • 1997
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    Eighteen Springs

    Eighteen Springs

    7.3 1997 HD

    In 1930s Shanghai, a young office girl falls in love with a factory worker in the same company.

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  • 2004
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    Triad Underworld

    Triad Underworld

    6.172 2004 HD

    When Triad leader Hung considers leaving the world of the gangsters, a brutal war begins in the world of jiang-hu. Meanwhile, an internal conflict...

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  • 2005
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    No Retreat

    No Retreat

    1 2005 HD

    Po Fu Chen Zhou is a re-enactment of the most fascinating Chinese historical legend. Mainland famous actor Wu Jun stars as an ancient Conqueror while...

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  • 1994
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    Treasure Hunt

    Treasure Hunt

    5.6 1994 HD

    A C.I.A. agent is assigned to go to Beijing to look for a hidden "treasure," which turns out to be a woman who has supernatural powers, and is the...

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  • 1996
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    Beyond Hypothermia

    Beyond Hypothermia

    6.433 1996 HD

    A mysterious and highly successful hitwoman in Hong Kong is paid to assassinate top-level crime bosses. After beginning a relationship with a noodle...

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  • 1990
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    A Moment of Romance

    A Moment of Romance

    7.1 1990 HD

    After a young Triad member takes an upper-class girl hostage during his escape from a jewelry heist, the two find themselves falling in love, in...

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  • 1994
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    God of Gamblers' Return

    God of Gamblers' Return

    6.8 1994 HD

    Chow returns to play Ko Chun, a skilled gambler who now lives in retirement in France. Wu Xingguo plays an evil gangster who forces Ko out of...

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  • 2005
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    Banquet at Hongmen

    Banquet at Hongmen

    1 2005 HD

    A retelling of the fateful Feast at Swan Goose Gate, a historical event that involved two rebel leaders opposing the Qin dynasty.

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  • 2004
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    The Game of Killing

    The Game of Killing

    5 2004 HD

    Killing games are quite popular among young people. Seven friends played this game in the bar. Unfortunately, the fake came true, and the game became...

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  • 1999
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    Sorry Baby

    Sorry Baby

    6.5 1999 HD

    The film tells of the attempts made by a Beijing van driver to obtain his wage arrears from travel agency boss even to the point of kidnapping the...

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  • 1991
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    Casino Raiders II

    Casino Raiders II

    6 1991 HD

    Chicken Feet assists in running an honorable gambling den owned by the crippled Uncle Fan and his son Kit. Having previously tried to shut down the...

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  • 1993
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    Top Cool

    Top Cool

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1996
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    A Moment of Romance III

    A Moment of Romance III

    5.1 1996 HD

    Lau Tin-Wai is a fighter pilot in the Chinese airforce who is forced to ditch in a field; he is taken in by the remote community of farmers who nurse...

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  • 1997
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    Intruder

    Intruder

    5.9 1997 HD

    A mainland Chinese girl is, with her husband, a wanted criminal and they have to get to Hong Kong in order to stay alive and be free.

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  • 1993
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    A Moment of Romance II

    A Moment of Romance II

    5.9 1993 HD

    A street racer encounters a mainland courtesan under an extraordinary circumstances. A moment of Romance between them follows after.

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  • 1994
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    In Between

    In Between

    4.7 1994 HD

    Three flatmates share a luxury flat. A philandering hairdresser meets his match. A young stockbroker meets his boss's soon-to-be-ex-wife. A pregnant...

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  • 1995
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    Only Fools Fall in Love

    Only Fools Fall in Love

    6.6 1995 HD

    Poor girl meets rich boy as they quarrel over a food seller's once a year delicacy. His brother pays her to marry the brother so he can stage an...

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  • 1993
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    The Bare-Footed Kid

    The Bare-Footed Kid

    6.2 1993 HD

    A poor barefoot young man from the country arrives in the city to start work with the friend of his dead father.

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  • 1994
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    To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui

    To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui

    7 1994 HD

    An undercover cop finds himself tortured by his life among the triads. He’s locked into his job with no way out, and he’s starting to...

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  • 1994
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    The Returning

    The Returning

    5 1994 HD

    Chung has a book project that will make his career in publishing: a collector's edition of the work of Siu Lau, a reclusive woman who died...

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  • 1992
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    Three Summers

    Three Summers

    6 1992 HD

    Three Summers opens, a young man with a difficult past leaves his present home in the city of Hong Kong and hearkens back to the fishing village of...

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  • 1994
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    Beginner's Luck

    Beginner's Luck

    1 1994 HD

    Lau and Chow are roommates and they both dream to strike it rich at the races. They invent a device that allows them to eavesdrop on jockeys in...

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  • 1994
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    Love and the City

    Love and the City

    7 1994 HD

    A young mobster falls in love with the young head gang's girlfriend.

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  • 1994
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    Oh! My Three Guys....

    Oh! My Three Guys....

    2.7 1994 HD

    Young gay men in Hong Kong. Hoi, Fa, and Kau have been friends since Third Form. They're now young gay adults sharing an apartment. Fa, who writes...

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  • 1995
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    Dream Lover

    Dream Lover

    1 1995 HD

    Popular Hong Kong actress Sharla Cheung actually produced two versions of this romantic seriocomedy -- starring in the second one, Romantic Dream --...

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  • 1995
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    The Phantom Lover

    The Phantom Lover

    5.7 1995 HD

    In 1936 China, a nearly bankrupt drama troupe starts performing in a burned-out theater where the great actor Song Danping was killed. One of the...

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  • 1997
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    All's Well, Ends Well '97

    All's Well, Ends Well '97

    6.1 1997 HD

    Old Mr. Lo has three sons and the youngest one Lo Kung is his favorite. However, Kung does nothing but fool around all day long. Old Mr. Lo is very...

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  • 1995
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    The Adventurers

    The Adventurers

    5.7 1995 HD

    After the murder of his parents and sister at the hands of the villianous gun-running billionaire Ray Lui, crack fighter pilot Yan vows revenge.

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  • 1995
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    Peace Hotel

    Peace Hotel

    5.9 1995 HD

    After his wife's murder, widow Wong A Ping sets up a Peace Hotel to act as a sanctuary for anyone who needs protecting. One day a mysterious woman...

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  • 1995
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    Mean Street Story

    Mean Street Story

    5.5 1995 HD

    Miu (Ekin Cheng) grew up on Temple Street, where most of the gangsters in the area gathered, but he never hung around with them. When he accidentally...

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  • 1991
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    The Royal Scoundrel

    The Royal Scoundrel

    5.2 1991 HD

    Beach Boy is a maverick cop whose unorthodox and incompetent ways are frowned upon by his uptight superiors. His inept partner Mr. Chow isn't much...

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  • 1997
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    Walk In

    Walk In

    7 1997 HD

    The "walk in" of the title refers to one person allowing another's soul to take possession of his body at the time of death.

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  • 1999
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    Four Chefs and a Feast

    Four Chefs and a Feast

    1 1999 HD

    Fifty years after partners in a prestigious Shanghai restaurant split, others try to restore it to its glory.

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  • 2003
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    The Stories of Han Dynasty

    The Stories of Han Dynasty

    8 2003 HD

    Po Fu Chen Zhou is a re-enactment of the most fascinating Chinese historical legend. Mainland famous actor Wu Jun stars as an ancient Conqueror while...

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  • 1994
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    How Deep Is Your Love

    How Deep Is Your Love

    3.5 1994 HD

    David's lover has died and his Lovers Sister is coming back from America to tie up loose ends. David who is gay soon finds he is in love with his...

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  • 1997
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    Dragon Town Story

    Dragon Town Story

    6.5 1997 HD

    A woman works with an assassin to get revenge upon the man who murdered her family nine years earlier.

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  • 1998
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    Ninth Happiness

    Ninth Happiness

    6.3 1998 HD

    Choi Hung village is full of innocents: people sing and work. The town beauty, Chi Wan, sees a stranger in the woods and falls in love, believing...

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  • 1970
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    半生缘

    半生缘

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2004
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    Autumn Water

    Autumn Water

    1 2004 HD

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  • 1997
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    Beijing Hong Kong Love Connection

    Beijing Hong Kong Love Connection

    1 1997 HD

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  • 2001
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    Zen Master

    Zen Master

    1 2001 HD

    China's Southern Song Dynasty was troubled by external troubles and internal troubles, and people's hearts were unstable. At this time, a monk called...

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  • 2006
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    Empress Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty

    Empress Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty

    1 2006 HD

    The story of Empress Dowager Feng, who ruled during the Northern Wei Dynasty.

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  • 1992
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    The Modern Love Story

    The Modern Love Story

    10 1992 HD

    A collection of different love stories starring the most famous singers and stars from Hong Kong of the 90's.

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  • 2005
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    Center Stage: Ruan Ling Yu

    Center Stage: Ruan Ling Yu

    1 2005 HD

    Life story of Chinese silent film star Ruang Ling Yu.

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  • 2013
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    Romantic Heroes of the Tang Dynasty

    Romantic Heroes of the Tang Dynasty

    1 2013 HD

    A suspenseful and heroic tale set in the Tang Empire.

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  • 2005
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    The Story of Han Dynasty

    The Story of Han Dynasty

    6 2005 HD

    The Story of Han Dynasty is a Chinese television series based on the events in the late Qin Dynasty and Chu–Han Contention period of Chinese...

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  • 1998
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    The Return of the Condor Heroes

    The Return of the Condor Heroes

    5 1998 HD

    The Return of the Condor Heroes is a Taiwanese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It was first broadcast on TTV in...

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  • 1999
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    情牵日月星

    情牵日月星

    1 1999 HD

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