Hong Kong-born superstar Jackie Chan's wife is Joan Lin, who was a Taiwanese actress. The two of them have been married since 1982 and have a son together.
Jackie Chan is one of the greatest action superstars who has been working for almost sixty years. He is popular for his unique, acrobatic style of fighting in many martial arts films like The Drunken Master (1978), Police Story (1985), as well as Hollywood action films like Rush Hour (1998). Chan has been a part of the Karate Kid film franchise since 2010, and he will be seen in the latest instalment, titled Karate Kid: Legends.
Who is Jackie Chan's wife?
Chan has been married to Joan Lin since 1982. Lin met the actor in Los Angeles in the year 1981, and they got married the next year. The wedding was not a public affair.
Lin was born in Taipei on June 30, 1952. Her full name is Joan Fin Feng-jiao. Before getting married to Chan, she used to be an actress in the Taiwanese film industry. For her performance in the 1979 film The Story of a Small Town, Lin won the best actress award at the 16th Golden Horse Awards, which is a prestigious award ceremony in Taiwan. After her marriage to Chan, Lin retired from acting. Lin and Chan’s son, Jaycee, was born on December 7, 1982.
Chan has talked about not being an ideal husband and admitted infidelity. In his autobiography Never Grow Up, Chan has written:
“In 1999, I made a serious mistake. When the news broke about an affair I’d had that resulted in a child, the media frenzy was like a bomb going off. I wanted to phone Joan but I didn’t know what to say. I wouldn’t be able to explain this.”
In the same book, Chan has also admitted to inflicting domestic violence on their son. Despite all that, their marriage survived, and they continue to be together.
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