His wife, Lin Huei-chia, had always been a good student. She attended Taipei's prestigious First Girls 'High School and National Taiwan University. After obtaining a doctorate at the University of Illinois, she took a position in a microbiology lab.
李安的太太林惠嘉，是一女中、台大的高材生，取得伊利諾大學博士學位後，任職於一所微生物科學實驗室，個性獨立。