Carina Lau
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1966-12-08
Place of birth: Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Biography
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.
Known for
2046
2004Lulu / Mimi / Android
Project A Part II
1987Carina
Infernal Affairs II
2003Mary Hon
Ashes of Time
1994Peach Blossom
Return of the Lucky Stars
1989Banana Tso
Saviour of the Soul
1991Pet Lady
La Brassiere
2001Samantha
She Shoots Straight
1990Huang Chia-Ling
Sex and the Beauties
2004Selina
Flowers of Shanghai
1998Pearl
Crazy Hong Kong
1993Shirley Huang
Mighty Baby
2002Samantha
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
2010Wu Zetian
Days of Being Wild
1990Leung Fung-ying
Deadful Melody
1994Tam Yuet-Wah
Let the Bullets Fly
2010Magistrate's wife
Lord Of East China Sea II
1993Lao Liu
All's Well, End's Well 2011
2011Tai Mung-ni / Mona
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993Zhou Botong