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Carina Lau
Actor

Carina Lau

Born December 8, 1966 in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

16 films

Carina Lau Kar-Ling (Chinese: 劉嘉玲; born 8 December 1966) is a Hong Kong-Canadian actress and singer. She started her acting career in TVB, before going on to achieve success in films after her 2nd year in college. She was notable in the 1980s for her girl-next-door type roles in films. She also plays Empress Wu Zetian in Tsui Hark's Detective Dee films, starting with Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame in 2010. She has won Best Actress awards at the Hong Kong Film Award and Mainland China's Golden Rooster Awards, and has been nominated at Cannes Film Festival and Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards.

Filmography 16

Dynasty Warriors (2021) movie poster
Dynasty Warriors2021
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018) movie poster
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings2018
From Vegas to Macau III (2016) movie poster
From Vegas to Macau III2016
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013) movie poster
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon2013
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010) movie poster
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame2010
Let the Bullets Fly (2010) movie poster
Let the Bullets Fly2010
2046 (2004) movie poster
20462004
Infernal Affairs II (2003) movie poster
Infernal Affairs II2003
Infernal Affairs III (2003) movie poster
Infernal Affairs III2003
Flowers of Shanghai (1998) movie poster
Flowers of Shanghai1998
Forbidden City Cop (1996) movie poster
Forbidden City Cop1996
Ashes of Time (1994) movie poster
Ashes of Time1994
The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993) movie poster
The Eagle Shooting Heroes1993
Center Stage (1991) movie poster
Center Stage1991
Days of Being Wild (1990) movie poster
Days of Being Wild1990
Project A Part II (1987) movie poster
Project A Part II1987