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Carina Lau

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.


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Born:
Dec 8, 1966 In Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China
Movie/TV Credits:
116
First Appeared:
In the series Mystery Beyond 1976-07-15
Latest Project:
Series Jia Ren Zi You Yue 2024-03-14
Known For
Filmography
Series Jia Ren Zi You Yue 2024-03-14
Movie Warriors of Future Colonel Tam Bing 2022-08-05
Movie Dynasty Warriors Master of the Sword Forge Castle 2021-04-27
Series Half a Lifelong Romance 顾曼璐/Gu Manlu 2020-11-19
Movie A City Called Macau Fei Jie 2019-05-17
Movie The Great Detective 2019-01-25
Movie A Beautiful Moment 2018-02-15
Movie Asura 2018-07-13
Series 影响:改革开放40年的中国电影 Unknown 2018-11-19
Movie Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings Wu Zetian 2018-07-27
Series Roast Unknown 2017-01-08
Movie In Your Dreams Mrs. Yip 2017-10-31
Series Trump Card Unknown 2016-01-29
Series 我们来了 Unknown 2016-07-22
Movie From Vegas to Macau III Molly 2016-02-06
Movie From Vegas to Macau II Molly 2015-02-19
Movie Cairo Declaration 2015-09-03
Series Super Brain Unknown 2014-01-03
Movie Beijing Love Story 2014-02-14
Series 我是演说家 Unknown 2014-10-04
Series Keep Running Unknown 2014-10-10
Movie Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon Empress Wu 2013-09-27
Movie Bends Anna Li 2013-10-16
Movie All's Well, Ends Well 2011 Tai Mung-ni / Mona 2011-02-02
Movie Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame Wu Zetian (The Empress) 2010-09-18
Movie Showtime 2010-09-02
Movie Let the Bullets Fly Magistrate's wife 2010-12-20
Movie Curiosity Kills the Cat Chian Yu / Rose 2006-10-12
Series 一江春水向东流 Wang Lizhen/王丽珍 2005-04-27
Movie 2046 Lulu / Mimi 2004-10-29
Movie Sex and the Beauties Selina 2004-02-26
Movie Itchy Heart Cheung Choi Bing 2004-11-02
Series 恩情 2003-07-01
Movie 1:99 Shorts 11) 2003-08-04
Movie Infernal Affairs III Mary Hon 2003-12-12
Movie Infernal Affairs II Mary Hon 2003-10-01
Movie Mighty Baby Samantha 2002-08-08
Series 多桑与红玫瑰 Liu hui fang 2001-08-08
Movie Cop Shop Babes Mona Lui 2001-05-19
Movie La Brassiere Samantha 2001-09-27
Series Showbiz Tycoon 2000-01-01
Movie Love Generation Hong Kong 1998-07-25
Movie Flowers of Shanghai Pearl 1998-10-01
Movie Intimates Wan 1997-10-23
Movie Forbidden City Cop Ling Kar Ting 1996-02-16
Movie Who's the Woman, Who's the Man? Rose 1996-08-15
Movie Deadful Melody Tam Yuet-Wah 1994-01-08
Movie Ashes of Time Peach Blossom 1994-09-17
Movie He's a Woman, She's a Man Rose 1994-07-23
Movie Lord Of East China Sea Lao Liu 1993-04-22
Movie Lord Of East China Sea II Lao Liu 1993-05-13
Movie The Eagle Shooting Heroes Zhou Botong 1993-02-05
Movie Shadow Cop Witty 1993-01-08
Movie Rose Rose I Love You 1993-03-27
Movie No More Love No More Death Jing Jing 1993-04-16
Movie He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father Laura Watts 1993-12-11
Movie Crazy Hong Kong Shirley Huang 1993-07-10
Movie C'est La Vie Mon Cheri Tracey 1993-11-11
Movie Lady Supercop 1993-10-21
Movie Lover of the Swindler 1993-07-15
Movie A Roof with a View 1993-09-16
Movie Now You See Love... Now You Don't Susan Chong 1992-02-01
Series Big Little Man 1992-04-01
Movie The Night Rider Laura 1992-12-17
Movie Girls Without Tomorrow Hua 1992-05-17
Series The Modern Love Story Unknown 1992-06-06
Series 佳人有约 1991-10-08
Movie My American Grandson Jiao Li 1991-11-07
Movie The Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Stars 1991-05-20
Movie Gigolo and Whore Chung Siu Hung 1991-05-23
Movie Center Stage Lily Li / Self 1991-11-29
Movie The Banquet Dancer / Woman at dinner 1991-11-30
Movie Saviour of the Soul Pet Lady 1991-12-19
Movie She Shoots Straight Huang Chia-Ling 1990-04-07
Series When the Sun Shines 1990-07-10
Movie Days of Being Wild Leung Fung-ying 1990-12-15
Movie Queen's Bench III Ms Chen 1990-11-02
Movie Four Loves Cheng Hsiao-Chuan 1989-03-04
Movie Lucky Guys Tam Wing Lin 1989-02-10
Series Here Comes A Hero 1989-04-03
Series The Shanghai Conspiracy 1989-02-13
Movie I Am Sorry 1989-05-10
Series Looking Back in Anger Ni Chujun 1989-04-03
Series Fate In Our Hands 1989-11-20
Movie China White Yen 1989-11-04
Movie Profiles of Pleasure Miss Chu 1988-05-05
Series Behind Silk Curtains 1988-04-11
Series My Father's Son 1988-07-04
Movie The Romancing Star II Fong Fong 1988-01-21
Movie Return of the Lucky Stars Banana Tso 1988-12-24
Movie 7½ Detectives Mrs. Koo 1988-07-09
Movie City Warriors Mak Ying-ying 1988-10-20
Movie Heart to Hearts Alex's friend 1988-08-25
Series 柠檬丈夫 曾海恩 1988-08-22
Movie Tragic Hero Lau Po Yee 1987-02-20
Movie Rich and Famous Lau Po Yee 1987-05-27
Series 新扎师兄1988 张嘉汶 1987-11-23
Series Fate Takes A Hand 1987-07-20
Movie Project A: Part II Carina 1987-07-25
Movie Naughty Boys Bonnie 1986-07-25
Series The Feud of Two Brothers Lin Yueming 1986-05-12
Movie Armour of God Member of The Losers Band 1986-08-16
Series The Turbulent Decade 1986-10-06
Series The Young Wanderer 1985-01-21
Series Middle Aged Fancy 1985-04-15
Series The Yang's Saga Princess Chai 1985-09-23
Series Take Care Your Highness 1985-09-30
Series The Tough Fight 1985-11-01
Series Pau Kung Unknown 1984-06-01
Series The Clones 1984-01-02
Series Hero Without Tears - II 1984-06-28
Series Police Cadet 1984-10-29
Series Rainbow Round My Shoulder 1984-07-02
Series The Duke of Mount Deer Fong Yee 1984-07-09
Series The Legend of the Condor Heroes 華箏婢女 1983-02-21
Series Mystery Beyond 1976-07-15