Carina Lau
Acting
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.
Movies
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
2018
C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
1993
Project A Part II
1987
Armour of God
1986
Warriors of Future
2022
2046
2004
Infernal Affairs III
2003
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993
From Vegas to Macau III
2016
From Vegas to Macau II
2015
Infernal Affairs II
2003
Let the Bullets Fly
2010
Dynasty Warriors
2021
Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
1996
Ashes of Time
1994
The Banquet
1991
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
2013
Profiles of Pleasure
1988
Shadow Cop
1993
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
2010
TV Shows
Keep Running
2014
Trump Card
2016
Legend of the Condor Heroes
1983
Police Cadet
1984
Super Brain
2014
When the Sun Shines
1990
Roast
2017
CHEF of CHINA
2025
The Duke of Mount Deer
1984
The Blooming Journey
2025
Looking Back in Anger
1989
歷年TVB台慶經典回顧
1968
The Modern Love Story
1992
The Feud of Two Brothers
1986
最佳女主角
2013
The Turbulent Decade
1986
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
2018
Showbiz Tycoon
2000
Mystery Beyond
1976
My Father's Son
1988