Carina Lau
Known for
Acting
Born
December 8, 1966 (age 59)
Birthplace
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.
Best known work
2046
2004
Armour of God
1986
Days of Being Wild
1990
Warriors of Future
2022
Infernal Affairs II
2003
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
2010
Ashes of Time
1994
Infernal Affairs III
2003
Let the Bullets Fly
2010
Project A - Part II
1987Filmography
2026
Kung Fu Socceras Grandmaster
2025
2025
2024
2022
Warriors of Futureas Colonel Tam Bing
2021
The HandThanks
2021
Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'as Archival Footage
2021
Dynasty Warriorsas Master of the Sword Forge Castle
2021
2020
2019
A City Called Macauas Fei Jie
2019
2018
2018
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kingsas Wu Zetian
2018
Asuraas Asura King, Head of Cunning
2018
A Beautiful Momentas Doctor Bo
2017
In Your Dreamsas Mrs. Yip, Producer
2017
RoastTV2016
Up IdolTV2016
From Vegas to Macau IIIas Molly
2016
2015
2015
From Vegas to Macau IIas Molly
2014
2014
我是演说家TV