Carina Lau
Acting
Born 1966-12-08 · Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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
Let the Bullets Fly
2010 · Movie
Days of Being Wild
1990 · Movie
Infernal Affairs II
2003 · Movie
2046
2004 · Movie
Center Stage
1991 · Movie
Ashes of Time
1994 · Movie
Project A Part II
1987 · Movie
Armour of God
1986 · Movie
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993 · Movie
Infernal Affairs III
2003 · Movie
Warriors of Future
2022 · Movie
Forbidden City Cop
1996 · Movie
Lord Of East China Sea
1993 · Movie
C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
1993 · Movie
He's a Woman, She's a Man
1994 · Movie
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Movie
Ashes of Time Redux
2008 · Movie
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father
1993 · Movie
A Beautiful Moment
2018 · Movie
无间道正序版
2006 · Movie
Heart to Hearts
1988 · Movie
Saviour of the Soul
1991 · Movie
Girls Without Tomorrow
1992 · Movie
Gigolo and Whore
1991 · Movie
Lover of the Swindler
1993 · Movie
Cairo Declaration
2015 · Movie
Lord Of East China Sea II
1993 · Movie
Four Loves
1989 · Movie
Mighty Baby
2002 · Movie
A Roof with a View
1993 · Movie
Queen's Bench III
1990 · Movie
Beijing Love Story
2014 · Movie
Shadow Cop
1993 · Movie
7½ Detectives
1988 · Movie
Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'
2021 · Movie
Return of the Lucky Stars
1989 · Movie
Rose Rose I Love You
1993 · Movie
Profiles of Pleasure
1988 · Movie
City Warriors
1988 · Movie
My American Grandson
1991 · Movie
No More Love No More Death
1993 · Movie
She Shoots Straight
1990 · Movie
The Great Detective
2019 · Movie
The Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Stars
1991 · Movie
Showtime
2010 · Movie
华纳十五周年金钻群星演唱会
1992 · Movie
Rich and Famous
1987 · Movie
China White
1989 · Movie
1:99 Shorts
2003 · Movie
In Your Dreams
2017 · Movie
Lady Supercop
1993 · Movie
Lucky Guys
1989 · Movie
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
1992 · Movie
A City Called Macau
2019 · Movie
I Am Sorry
1989 · Movie
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
2010 · Movie
Sex and the Beauties
2004 · Movie
The Night Rider
1992 · Movie
Curiosity Kills the Cat
2006 · Movie
Love Generation Hong Kong
1998 · Movie