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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:
75
First Appeared:
In the series The Duke of Mount Deer 1984-07-09
Latest Project:
Movie Warriors of Future 2022-08-05
Known For
Filmography
Movie Warriors of Future Colonel Tam Bing 2022-08-05
Movie The Great Detective Unknown 2019-01-25
Movie A City Called Macau Fei Jie 2019-05-17
Movie A Beautiful Moment 2018-02-15
Movie Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings Wu Zetian 2018-07-27
Movie Asura 2018-07-13
Movie In Your Dreams Mrs. Yip 2017-10-31
Movie From Vegas to Macau III Molly 2016-02-06
Movie From Vegas to Macau II Molly 2015-02-19
Movie Beijing Love Story Unknown 2014-02-14
Movie Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon Empress Wu 2013-09-27
Movie Bends Mrs. Li 2013-10-16
Movie All's Well, Ends Well 2011 Tai Mung-ni / Mona 2011-02-02
Movie Showtime 2010-09-02
Movie Let the Bullets Fly Magistrate's wife 2010-12-20
Movie Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame Wu Zetian (The Empress) 2010-09-18
Movie Curiosity Kills the Cat Chian Yu / Rose 2006-10-12
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
Movie 1:99 Shorts 11) 2003-08-04
Movie Infernal Affairs II Mary Hon 2003-10-01
Movie Infernal Affairs III Mary Hon 2003-12-12
Movie Mighty Baby Samantha 2002-08-08
Movie Cop Shop Babes Mona Lui 2001-05-19
Movie La Brassiere Samantha 2001-09-27
Movie Flowers of Shanghai Pearl 1998-10-01
Movie Love Generation Hong Kong 1998-07-25
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 Ashes of Time Peach Blossom 1994-09-17
Movie Deadful Melody Tam Yuet-Wah 1994-01-08
Movie He's a Woman, She's a Man Rose 1994-07-23
Movie No More Love No More Death Jing Jing 1993-04-16
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 A Roof with a View Unknown 1993-09-16
Movie Crazy Hong Kong Shirley Huang 1993-07-10
Movie C'est La Vie Mon Cheri Tracey 1993-11-11
Movie He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father Laura Watts 1993-12-11
Movie Lady Supercop 1993-10-21
Movie Lover of the Swindler 1993-07-15
Movie Now You See Love... Now You Don't Susan Chong 1992-02-01
Movie Girls Without Tomorrow Hua 1992-05-17
Movie The Night Rider Laura 1992-12-17
Movie Gigolo and Whore Chung Siu Hung 1991-05-23
Movie My American Grandson Jiao Li 1991-11-07
Movie Saviour of the Soul Pet Lady 1991-12-19
Movie Center Stage Lily Li / Self 1991-11-29
Movie The Banquet Dancer / Woman at dinner 1991-11-30
Movie She Shoots Straight Huang Chia-Ling 1990-04-07
Movie Queen's Bench III Ms Chen 1990-11-02
Movie Days of Being Wild Leung Fung-ying 1990-12-15
Movie Lucky Guys Tam Wing Lin 1989-02-10
Movie Four Loves Cheng Hsiao-Chuan 1989-03-04
Movie China White Yen 1989-11-04
Movie I Am Sorry 1989-05-10
Movie Profiles of Pleasure Miss Chu 1988-05-05
Movie The Romancing Star II Fong Fong 1988-01-21
Movie 7½ Detectives Mrs. Koo 1988-07-09
Movie Heart to Hearts Alex's friend 1988-08-25
Movie Return of the Lucky Stars Banana Tso 1988-12-24
Movie City Warriors Mak Ying-ying 1988-10-20
Movie Tragic Hero Lau Po Yee 1987-02-20
Movie Project A: Part II Beattie 1987-08-19
Movie Rich and Famous Lau Po Yee 1987-05-27
Movie Naughty Boys Bonnie 1986-07-25
Movie Armour of God 1986-08-16
Series The Yang's Saga Princess Chai 1985-09-23
Series The Duke of Mount Deer Fong Yee 1984-07-09
Series Police Cadet Unknown 1984-10-29
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