
Joan Lin, also known as Joan Lin Feng-jiao is a Taiwanese former actress and the beautiful companion of Hong Kong-Chinese actor and martial artist Jackie Chan. Joan’s husband Jackie Chan is also a filmmaker and stuntman. Jackie is very famous and beloved by both the old generation and young generations. He has been on the screens since the 1960s, performing in above 150 films. He is regarded as one of the most popular action film stars and influential personalities in the world.
Joan Lin: Bio Summary
Name | Joan Lin |
Age | 70 years old as of 2023 |
Date of birth | 30 June 1953 |
Famous as | Actress, wife of Jackie Chan |
Gender | Female |
Birthplace | Taipei, Taiwan |
Spouse | Jackie Chan (m. 1982) |
Children | Jaycee Chan |
Occupation | Actress |
Who Is Jackie Chan’s Wife?
Joan Lin Feng-jiao was born on 30 June 1953, in Taipei, Taiwan. She will be 70 years old as of 30th June 2023. Out of five children born to her parents, she is the second child. She is not from a wealthy family. At age 12, she had to drop out of school because her fees couldn’t be afforded.
Joan Lin started acting at an early age. When she was 19 years old, she acted in her first film which was a Kung fu film, in 1972. Her first film is The Hero of Chiu Chow, also known as Hero of Waterfront. She acted in several films that are based on the novels of Chiung Yao.
Chiung Yao is a prominent novelist, screenwriter, lyricist, and producer whose novels have been adapted into over 100 films and TV dramas. Joan Lin worked very hard to make her mark in the entertainment industry mainly the film industry.
Joan Lin became one of the biggest names in the Taiwanese and Hong Kong cinema industries in the 1970s, alongside Charlie Chin and Chin Han, and Brigitte Lin. They were called the “Two Chins, Two Lins” (二秦二林) by the media.
They were famous for their appearance in different box-office hits, many of which were adaptations of Chiung Yao’s novels. During Joan Lin’s 10-year career, she starred in above 70 films. She has earned recognition and has been awarded and nominated for her work in the industry.
Joan Lin has appeared in several films including The Story of a Small Town (1979), for which she won Best Leading Actress at the 16th Golden Horse Awards, He Never Gives Up (1979), and Shaolin Long Arm (1974). She has retired from the film industry.
How Did Jackie Chan and his wife Joan Lin Meet?

Joan Lin met her husband Jackie Chan in January 1981. They were in a relationship for some time before getting married secretly. On December 1, 1982, they got married officially in Los Angeles in a private wedding ceremony.
Joan Lin and Jackie Chan gave birth to a son the same year they got married. Their son Jaycee Chan was born on 3 December 1982, in Los Angeles, California, United States. He is a singer and actor, who sings and performs in Mandarin and Cantonese.
However, Jackie Chan got involved in an extra-marital affair with actress and winner of Miss Asia in 1990, Elaine Ng Yi-Lei. Elaine Ng revealed that she was pregnant with Jackie Chan’s child. They have a daughter Etta Ng Chok Lam, born on 18 January 1999.
Jackie Chan had regrets about the affair but he also said he had “only committed a fault that many men in the world commit”. Elaine Ng raised her daughter as a single mother. Elaine later disowned her daughter after her daughter came out as a lesbian.
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