- She is a Chinese SUPER STAR. Made over 100 films. She was discovered as a teenager (17 years old) back in the late 70's on a busy street in Teipai, Taiwan. At age 17, she was cast as a student falling in love with her teacher in the film "Out side my window." Dated actor Hong Chin for over ten years in the 80's. No one in the modern Chinese film history has maintained a career as her. She is the "Grable" of Chinese films.
- Often portrays men in Kung Fu/period movies.
- Gave birth to her second child at age 46, a daughter Yin Oi Ying on June 10, 2001. Child's father is her husband, Michael Ying.
- Gave birth to her first child at age 41, a daughter Oi Lam Ying on January 2, 1996. Child's father is her husband, Michael Ying.
- (1984-1985) Was Engaged to Chinese film Star actor Charlie Chin Hsion-Lin
- Known for being a "screen goddess" by Chinese film lovers, Lin's early collaborations with Hong Kong New Wave directors Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark and Jackie Chan in Love Massacre (1981), Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983), Police Story (1985) and Peking Opera Blues (1986) brought her success.
- In 1990, she won the Best Actress trophy at the 27th Golden Horse Awards for her depiction of a Chinese female writer who fell in love with a Japanese collaborator in Red Dust (1990).
- Lin won the Best Actress award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival for her role as a girl scout in Eight Hundred Heroes (1976).
- Lin debuted in the film adaptation of Chiung Yao's Outside the Window (1973), which propelled her into stardom.
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