She was born Lin San-chiao (林三嬌) is what became Taiping District, Taichung.
[1][2] Lin began training in dance at the age of four, with Hsieh Lien-zhi (謝連枝), and later took her mentor's surname.
[1][3] In 2002, she received the Golden Bell Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film.
[3] Hsieh, Li Ang, and DJ Chen [zh] were featured in Monika Treut's Tigerwomen Grow Wings (2004).
[3][4] Her son Wang Rong-yu founded Golden Bough Theatre [zh] in 1993.