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
Johnnie To Kei-fung (born 22 April 1955) is a Hong Kong filmmaker. Popular in his native Hong Kong, To has also found acclaim overseas. Intensely prolific, To has made films in a variety of genres, though in the West he is best known for his H ...
cast her to star opposite
Andy Lau
Andy Lau Tak-wah ( zh, order=t,j, t=劉德華, j=Lau4 Dak1 Waa4; born Lau Fook-wing; 27 September 1961), is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter and film producer. He was named the "Fourth Tiger" among the Five Tiger Generals of TVB in the 1 ...
in ''
A Moment of Romance'' (1990). Wu achieved international recognition for her role in
Ang Lee
Ang Lee (; born October 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker. His films are known for their emotional charge and exploration of repressed, hidden emotions. During his career, he has received international critical and popular acclaim and List o ...
'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
Ann Hui On-wah, (; born 23 May 1947) is a film director, producer, screenwriter and actress from Hong Kong who is one of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave. She is known for her films about social issues in ...
's ''
Eighteen Springs'' (1997),
for which she received a
Hong Kong Film Award
The Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA; ), founded in 1982, is an annual List of film awards, film awards ceremony in Hong Kong. The ceremonies typically take place in April, and have mostly been held at the Grand Theatre of the Hong Kong Cultural Cent ...
Best Actress nomination and won the
Hong Kong Film Critics Society The Hong Kong Film Critics Society (HKFCS; Traditional Chinese: 香港電影評論學會), founded in 1995, is the peak organization of film critics and professionals in Hong Kong. It is also a member of FIPRESCI.
Objectives
The objectives of the H ...
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
* ''Love is Simple'' (1994)
* ''Inner Drama'' (1995)
* ''Terribly Upset'' (1995)
* ''Waiting Because of Love'' (1995)
* ''Come Back Home'' (1996)
* ''Hope'' (1997)
Filmography
References
External links
*
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1968 births
Living people
20th-century Hong Kong women singers
Hong Kong film actresses
Taiwanese women singers
Taiwanese film actresses
Cantonese-language singers of Taiwan
TVB actors
People from Yunlin County
20th-century Taiwanese actresses
21st-century Taiwanese actresses
Taiwanese idols
Hong Kong idols