Joan Lin Feng-Jiao is the wife of world famous actor Jackie Chan, formerly an actress from Taiwan. Jackie and Joan's wedding took place in 1983, both spouses consider their marriage to be happy. Despite the fact that the husband and wife are actors, they did not star in any joint films, with the exception of "Armor of God-3", where Feng Jiao played a small role.
Joan Lin's childhood
The future wife of Jackie Chan was born on June 30, 1953 in Taiwan, in a suburb of Taipei. When the girl was 3 years old, her parents moved to Taipei itself. The family was extremely poor, the girl was the second child of five and due to poverty she had to leave school at the age of 12. In order to somehow make money, the young girl had to get a job as a saleswoman, but one day, together with her friend, they decided to try themselves in films and go through auditions for several films at once.
Career
For the first time in the role of actress Joan Lin appeared at the age of 19, starring in the film "Hero of Chiu Chau". It was a film about kung fu, but not an action movie in the Western sense of the word, but a Hong Kong action movie - a Chinese story with traditional Chinese aesthetic traditions, methods and historical add-ons. For the Western audience, these were more dramatic films than action films. Subsequently, most of the films in which she starred belonged to this genre and were based on the novels of the Taiwanese novelist and producer Jiong Yao, well known in China.
In the seventies, Joan Lin was one of the four most famous actors and actresses in Hong Kong and Taiwan, along with Charlie Chin, Chin Khan and Bridget Lin.
In 1979, Joan Lin won the Best Actress Award for Best Actress in A Small Town Story at the Golden Horse ceremony. In total, the actress's filmography includes filming in more than 70 films, known mainly in Asian countries.
Lin ended her 11-year film career the day after her marriage to Jackie Chan, opting for the role of a loving wife and caring mother.
Married to Jackie Chan
Joan Lin met her future husband in 1981 on the set of one of the films in Taiwan. Lin was supposed to work in a film studio that day, and Jackie next to this studio made a business meeting for the editor of Silver World magazine, Annie Wang.
Jackie at first sight fell in love with a young charming actress and on the same day proposed to her. However, the preparation for the wedding was long and during this time Joan managed to get pregnant from her future husband.
In 1982, they got married in Los Angeles. The wedding was a secret, as Jackie was at the peak of his popularity and did not want to upset his fans. At that time, as now, it was customary for famous actors to officially remain single. There was also another reason for this. The fact is that several years earlier, after false information about Jackie Chan's wedding, several of his fans committed suicide.
Lin sincerely fell in love with her future husband and even agreed to a secret marriage. By the way, the ceremony itself took place in one of the Los Angeles restaurants. Even the priest was invited directly to the restaurant, although the ritual of swearing allegiance to each other took place in a separate room. Only the closest friends and relatives were invited to the wedding.
In the same year, the couple had a son, Chang Zuoming, known in the West as Jaycee Chan and who later became an actor and singer. By coincidence, he was born literally the day after the official marriage.
Immediately after the birth of her son, the actress left her career and moved to permanent residence in the United States.
For many years, Jackie hid the fact of his marriage, appearing at official events with various companions. But, according to the actor, all the years he experienced real feelings only for his wife. Probably, these were dummy girls hired by the actor or his fleeting hobbies. This was necessary in order to stir up interest in his person on the part of numerous fans.
In 1999, the media spread rumors that Jackie had an illegitimate daughter from actress Elaine Wu Qili. The actor himself did not recognize her as his daughter, Elaine did not provide evidence of Chan's paternity, and his wife diplomatically refuses to comment on this. Subsequently, Jackie still took responsibility for the maintenance of the girl, but did not take any part in her upbringing.
Jackie officially announced his wife only in 1998 at the funeral ceremony of producer Leonard Ho, a former close friend of Jackie and godfather of his son.
From that time on, Jackie began to communicate freely with his son, who was already 15 years old. The relationship between father and son did not develop for a long time due to the fact that the fact of their relationship was a secret for many years and no one believed the teenager that he had such a famous dad. In addition, they practically did not see each other due to the fact that Jackie was constantly on the set in Hong Kong, and his son grew up in the United States.
Jackie, for his part, also did not have strong feelings for his son, constantly accusing him of laziness and addiction to drugs. In 2011, Jackie drew up a will, according to which half of his wealth will go to charity, telling his son: “If you are capable of something, then make your own money. And if you are not capable, then you will waste mine too."
In 2014, Jaycee was arrested for possession of marijuana. The eminent father refused to protect him, so Jaycee was forced to spend six months in prison. But after his release, they were able to completely reconcile.
For several decades of marriage, the couple have not lost their romantic feelings for each other. Until now, Jackie does romantic deeds for his wife, devotes his songs to her. Joan Lin was accustomed to the role of a secret wife and still rarely appears in public. Therefore, an interview with her can only be taken during family holidays.
According to Joan Lin, from the first day of her acquaintance, she sincerely loved and respected her husband infinitely and considered it a great success to become his wife, even despite the long separations and the status of a secret wife.
