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Joan Lin met Hong Kong actor and martial artist Jackie Chan in January 1981 and they secretly married in Los Angeles in 1982. Their only child, Jaycee Chan, was born the day after they got married. Lin has since retired from the film industry.
Jul 18, 2019 · When it comes to his personal life, Jackie Chan is married to Joan Lin. Despite being a famous Taiwanese actress, Joan is not as recognizable a name in the entertainment industry as Jackie Chan, a curse that every celebrity spouse has to contend with.
- Joan Lin Was A Superstar in 1970s Taiwanese and Hong Kong Cinema
- Chan Was Attracted to Lin by Her Down-To-Earth and Mature Demeanor
- Their Relationship Got Serious After Lin Became Pregnant
- Chan Was Often Tight-Fisted with Money
- Chan’s 1999 Affair with Another Woman Led to A Child
- Chan’s Relationship with His Family Is Reportedly Distant
Back in the 1970s, Lin was a film superstar in her own right in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Born in Taiwan on June 30, 1953, Lin dropped out of school when she was just 12 due to her family’s poverty. She had four siblings. Lin began her career when she was quite young. At 19, she starred in her first movie, The Hero of Chiu Chow (1972). Lin had a leadin...
In many ways, Joan Lin was very unlike Jackie Chan. According to the way he described himself in his autobiographical book, Never Grow Up, he was somewhat brash and headstrong when he was younger. Lin, on the other hand, was demure, low-key, and uninterested in the kind of flashy clothes and jewelry that many movie stars typically sported. Chan’s t...
Lin became pregnant with Chan’s child in 1981. He told her he wanted the baby, but under the surface, he harbored serious concerns. Chan wondered how the public would react to an out-of-wedlock pregnancy and whether fans might be distraught at the news that his baby was on the way. He came up with a solution of sorts, which was to have Lin give bir...
Chan’s friends started to put ideas in his head about Lin’s sincerity, suggesting without basis that she was a gold digger who was after his money even though she had earned quite a bit of her own. He acknowledged that he was stingy with Lin despite the fact that she was now his wife and the mother of their child and never gave him any cause to be ...
A bombshell landed in the middle of the Chans’ marriage when he had an extramarital relationship. The other woman, Hong Kong actress Elaine Ng Yi-lei, had Chan’s daughter, Etta Ng Chok Lam, in January 1999. In 2017, The Straits Times reportedthat Ng’s lawyer had reached out to Chan in 2015 via a middleman for some financial support for Ng. She had ...
Chan wasn’t always a model husband and father. He often prioritized the demands of his hectic and extremely successful career over his family. Chan and Lin reportedly each went their own way to the point that he felt at ease dating other women. His son, Jaycee, was said to only see his dad rarely. Chan didn’t even want his family present when he wa...
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May 9, 2019 · Joan Lin bio. Although most people may know Lin as the wife of the famous martial artist and actor Jackie Chan, Joan has more to offer than the title of Mrs. Chan. Joan was born in Taipei, Taiwan, on the 30th of June 1953. Her birth name was Joan Lin Feng-jiao.
Apr 14, 2015 · In Jackie Chan’s (成龍) autobiography, Jackie Chan: Got Old Before Growing Up <成龍：還沒長大就老了>, he revealed his brief romance with the late Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng (鄧麗君), reluctance to start a family with his wife Joan Lin (林鳳嬌), and affair with Hong Kong actress Elaine Ng (吳綺莉).
Apr 23, 2024 · Jackie Chan has one son, Jaycee Chan, with his wife, Joan Lin, as well as an estranged daughter, Etta Ng Chok Lam, from a previous affair. Here’s everything to know about Jackie Chan's children.
Dec 22, 2023 · Jackie Chan's wife, Joan Lin, stayed with him despite him having an affair that resulted in a child while they were still married. The couple has been married for more than 40 years.
